Hockomock Swamp (Raynham, MA)

This journey was probably my fourth or fifth foray into the infamous epicenter of the Bridgewater Triangle. I thought with the recent cold weather that the swamp might be frozen, however, I was mistaken. The pictures I posted here do not accurately depict how dense the cedars and pines are in the swamp. They simply engulf what little "trail" there is leading into the swamp from Prospect Hill Street in Raynham. 

I parked at the dirt lot and headed west on a trail that quickly descended into crowded swampy thickets. It was near impossible to walk the trail, so I had to zig zag and sneak around the branches and thorns just to move forward. The trees and braches were so thick that I almost had to crawl through them, hunched over.

This is the "trail head" leading into the swamp. 

As you can see, the trails quickly devolves into a wet mess. In the summer, the bugs are really bad, so the winter is a nice time to explore without getting eaten alive.

Things progressively got swampier, thicker, and wetter.

Someone made it deeper into the woods than me with their faithful hound. I basically followed their tracks until the snow faded and I couldn't see them any more.

Look! A fire pterodactyl! Oh wait, just a minion.

Eventually, after about a mile or two, I had to turn around because the trail was just too wet to follow.

Again, this is a great place to explore in the winter, especially since it's even denser and thicker in the summer. The trees also seem to insulate the woods a little so it's not as cold as you would expect.