Millers

The Buckman Brook Shelter in the Bearsden Conservation Area is FREE of charge and requires a reservation made at this link. The Town of Athol manages this site. This video shows the shelter (at minute 7:30) when accessed from the road (about a 1 mile hike). That is what makes it perfect for a river access site. Could camp here overnight and break up the 7-mile river trek into two days. Perhaps the tricky part is securing your vehicles at the put-in and take-out locations so they are not towed away by the local police!

New link to Birch hill dam inflow and outflow

https://reservoircontrol.usace.army.mil/nae\_ords/cwmsweb/cwms\_realtime.projectpage?gagecode=BHD

\\\* Put-in is in the area of the Royalston General Store and an old restaurant. General store is 21 Main St, Royalston, MA 01368. Old restaurant is nearby roughly at the corner of Blossom St.
\\\* Middle Take-out: 42.62392690509209, -72.18039598665281 (Beardson Rd off of Gulf Road, but dirt roads may not be marked)
\\\* Take-out Parking is near 733 Crescent St, Athol. It's a quiet residential road. Please be courteous to the neighbors.

6-15-2013 1820 cfs (7.1 gauge)
really fun upper section as described above. lower section as described cl 2. all strainers were easily seen at this level. one strainer on river right when the high tension lines come into view could be a problem at higher flows (log would become more submerged.) other rivers in the area running too high for my skill level. great day with awesome weather and really good scenery. good waves for playing and practice.

This is the view from the abandoned bridge just above the normal put-in for the Upper Millers. You can put in just above the bridge (but below the broken dam) to start with this rapid.