Green Mountain Club, Worcester Section
345 Rawson Street, Leicester, MA
Activities for August 2026
Dear Members and Friends:
This is a reminder that we will change the code to the camp gate at 345 Rawson Street in Leicester, MA on August 15, 2026. If you forget the gate code, please call or text Ram Moennsad at 508-210-6965 or email him at <shivratri@gmail.com>. You may also call or text Margos Stone at 508-826-6842 or email him at <mstone12242@gmail.com>. Please do not share the code with anyone who is not a member of the Green Mountain Club, Worcester Section.
Please join us for the following Green Mountain Club, Worcester Section, activities for August 2026:
Thursday, August 13, 2026. Mountain Bike Ride in Sturbridge, MA.
We will meet at at 9:30 AM in the parking lot at Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, MA and ride to the nearby trails. The trails are wide and well marked. This will be a moderate ride of 6-8 miles. For questions about the ride, please call or text Gary Brigham at 508-471-7867 or email him at <gbrighammt@aol.com>. You may also call or text Margos Stone at 508-826-6842 or email him at <mstone12242@gmail.com>.
Thursday Evenings, August 6, 13, 20, and 27. Potluck Picnic, Horseshoes, and Corn Hole at the GMC camp.
Please join us for horseshoes and corn hole at the GMC camp each Thursday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Bring a pot luck dish to share with others. You may also just come for a swim and to relax. We will fire up the grill when needed. Whether you are a beginner or a long time player, come join in and have some fun. The address of the GMC camp is 345 Rawson Street in Leicester, MA.
Saturday and Sunday, August 22 and 23. Tunxis State Forest (Connecticut) Camping and Hiking. Meet at 9:00 A.M. at 25 Birchwood Drive in Holden on August 22. (Or at the trailhead.) Drive to Tunxis State Forest, 84.3 miles. (About 1 hour and 35 minutes.)
Tunxis State Forest in NW CT offers a gently rolling landscape with very pleasant scenery and hiking with brooks and rocky ledges, marshes and ponds. The forest is highly diverse with red and white oak trees, sugar maple, ash, paper and yellow birch, beech, pine, hemlock, and spruce. Deer, coyotes, porcupines, and moose frequent the area, and there are occasional beaver ponds. Our campsite borders on a scenic marsh and is sheltered by white pine and hemlock trees as well as some hardwoods. The site includes a fire pit, lots of room for tents, and nearby firewood. There is water in Roaring Brook, which runs by the site.
After a 2.8 mile hike from the trailhead, we will set up camp, gather firewood and have lunch around the fire. After lunch we will explore the area. A half mile southerly path leads to the Indian Council Cave, passing through the ruins of a small farming settlement along the way—stone walls, cellar holes, etc. It is 1.3 miles from camp (elevation 1,020 feet) to the scenic lookout at the summit of Pine Mountain (elevation 1,381 feet).
Bring your camping equipment, lunch, supper, breakfast, and lunch (Four meals). See AMC’s Best Backpacking in New England by Matt Heid for more information. Call leader David Miller, 508-853-8964, or email him at <sentierdeau@gmail.com> for more information or to register for the trip.
Sunday, August 30. Mountain Bike Ride, Green Briar Recreational Area
We will meet at 10:00am at 591 Main Street, Oxford, MA. There are new bathrooms on the right just after you enter the park. This will be the meeting place. The ride will be an easy going double track, dirt roads, 6 to 8 mile loop. We have the option to ride a few single tracks if anyone is adventurous. Mountain, e-bikes, gravel and recreational bikes are good for this trip. Call or text Brian Pepin at 508-494-1013 or email him at <pepinbs@msn.com> for more information or to register for the ride.
We hope that you can join us for some of these activities. If you have any questions about the Green Mountain Club, our activities or our camp, please feel free to contact us at the contact information below.
Happy Trails,
Ram Moennsad, President
GMC, Worcester Section
508-210-6965
shivratri@gmail.com
