Tag Archives: Atherton Brook

03.31.2023 Balanced Rock

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Steve Gingold

A re-edit of a shot from 2019. During one of my many hikes along Atherton Brook in the Quabbin Watershed I came across this scene with a rock firmly balanced atop another. Click for a much larger view This is … Continue reading →

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03.19.2022 Splish Splash Saturday

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Steve Gingold

It’s a rainy day here in WMass.  Mostly a drizzle but at one point earlier the heavens gushed forth so hard it sounded like a herd of oxen on the roof.  Not much snow this winter so little if any … Continue reading →

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11.24.2021 Waterfall Wednesday-Atherton Brook Rocks 2

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Atherton Brook, like Dean Brook, draws me back repeatedly for an almost endless collection of cascades. While some are more spectacular than others, especially the waterfall I linked to in the previous post, all have something interesting to share. I’ll … Continue reading →

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11.19.2021 Atherton Brook Rocks!

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Actually, it does.  My favorite of the brooks that feed the Quabbin Reservoir, the cascades are varied and interesting and there is also a nice waterfall which appeared here several times including this from 2016. There are many cascades with … Continue reading →

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02.10.2021 Wordless Wednesday-Atherton Brook Ice Cake

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Steve Gingold
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05.19.2020 Triple Rock Cascade

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Steve Gingold
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05.01.20-2 Cascade Two-ways

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Steve Gingold

This is the downstream cascade I mentioned with the waterfall images. I did a few sections here too, but I think the whole works a little better.  I’ll share the others tomorrow and see  what you think. At first I … Continue reading →

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04.30.2020 Waterfall Intimacy

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Yesterday’s image showing the whole of the waterfall is the view I have made often in the past.  But the closer looks are appealing on their own and I am sharing two today. I made this image then waded a … Continue reading →

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04.29.2020 Return to Atherton Brook

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Steve Gingold

I try to visit this location each year about this time when the water is running strong and the weather is just starting to warm up. It’s my favorite brook in the Quabbin watershed with loads of cascades to study…probably … Continue reading →

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05.03.2019 Ha Ha Ha…yet another from Atherton Brook

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Steve Gingold

I gave it a couple of days, but there was one more lurking among all the others that I processed late. When hiking along the trail by Atherton Brook, this waterfall’s sound is unmistakable and heard for a great distance…actually … Continue reading →

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