Goshen Pond sites are better for tent camping, BUT....group sites B and even better, group site C is really good for hammocks. Probably up to 6-10 hammocks in site C. Privy access is close by and a water pump is available.
Goshen Pond sites are better for tent camping, BUT....group sites B and even better, group site C is really good for hammocks. Probably up to 6-10 hammocks in site C. Privy access is close by and a water pump is available.
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In post #73, I have a couple of videos of the group sites at Hawkins.Originally Posted by silentorpheus
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Right. So Hawkins group site A you could probably get a crowd hanging, not so much with the other sites.
None of the individual sites looked very appealing. I'd say site A is cream of the crop.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Goshen Pond
Group Site C - good for hammock camping, 15+ hammocks
Site 16 - 2 hammocks, ok site
Site 15 - 2 hammocks, hang close to dirt access road
Group Site B can handle some hammocks
Compost toilets, well pump
Bodine
Group Site E - used to be a non group site and a few trees were cut down, not so great now but near water
Site 13 handles several hammocks but is between 2 group sites
Site 11 is on the water
Sites 1,2,3,4,5,6 - offer a nice hanging area
Hawkins Bridge
all the group sites are wide open, few trees and generally not good for hanging with the exception of Group Site D iirc
Group Site D has a grove of pine trees between the fire pit and the smaller sites near the road.
Many of the small sites can handle a hammock or two.
Can do a little scouting.
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Update after a little scouting yesterday.
Bodine:
The side of the camp with group sites A, B, and sites 1-8 are, is the place to look.
Group site A is useless. Group site B has a place for a couple hammocks (maybe 3?), and plenty of room for communal gathering, but you'd need other sites to cover a group.
Sites 1-6 all offer some good options. Ideally you could grab group site B and site 1 and 2, and house a decent group.
Group side C and D both offer some hanging options. C has less, but is a cool spot in the corner. D has some good options, but it's RIGHT on the road in the corner where the main road bends goes through. No shelter or privacy at all.
The rest of the camp has options at various sites, didn't survey them all. The large group site(s) in the middle of the camp are basically an open field with fire rings. There was a larger group with a bunch of tents all spread out across that area (8-10 tents, possibly scouts) - perfect for that use, but for hammocks: Pass.
bodine-wsf.jpg
Hawkins:
Group sites C & D, as well as sites 1,2, and 3 are all pretty solid. The group sites don't technically have much right in the clearly assumed site (around the fire ring in a 50' diameter), but if you look towards the direction of sites 1/2/3, there's a huge expanse of oaks with plenty of room for a lot of hammocks.
Same goes for sites 1-3. They have more options directly at the sites, with room for a few hammocks at each, but if you look back towards the group sites (C & D), there's plenty of trees to choose from. All depends on how you define the site limits, and I suppose whether a ranger cared to argue the point. And whether or not you had neighbors at any of the above mentioned sites.
The area between C/D and 1/2/3 is circled in red below:
Hawkins.png
There were people over at sites 4-9 (on a separate little loop), so I didn't go nosing around there. I'll save that for another trip.
Last edited by silentorpheus; 09-10-2017 at 11:41.
Yeah Hawkins C,D are awesome! WE hung there last fall. Good spot.Update after a little scouting yesterday.
Bodine:
The side of the camp with group sites A, B, and sites 1-8 are, is the place to look.
Group site A is useless. Group site B has a place for a couple hammocks (maybe 3?), and plenty of room for communal gathering, but you'd need other sites to cover a group.
Sites 1-6 all offer some good options. Ideally you could grab group site B and site 1 and 2, and house a decent group.
Group side C and D both offer some hanging options. C has less, but is a cool spot in the corner. D has some good options, but it's RIGHT on the road in the corner where the main road bends goes through. No shelter or privacy at all.
The rest of the camp has options at various sites, didn't survey them all. The large group site(s) in the middle of the camp are basically an open field with fire rings. There was a larger group with a bunch of tents all spread out across that area (8-10 tents, possibly scouts) - perfect for that use, but for hammocks: Pass.
bodine-wsf.jpg
Hawkins:
Group sites C & D, as well as sites 1,2, and 3 are all pretty solid. The group sites don't technically have much right in the clearly assumed site (around the fire ring in a 50' diameter), but if you look towards the direction of sites 1/2/3, there's a huge expanse of oaks with plenty of room for a lot of hammocks.
Same goes for sites 1-3. They have more options directly at the sites, with room for a few hammocks at each, but if you look back towards the group sites (C & D), there's plenty of trees to choose from. All depends on how you define the site limits, and I suppose whether a ranger cared to argue the point. And whether or not you had neighbors at any of the above mentioned sites.
The area between C/D and 1/2/3 is circled in red below:
Hawkins.png
There were people over at sites 4-9 (on a separate little loop), so I didn't go nosing around there. I'll save that for another trip.
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