Unrepentant Purgatory; Chasm in Sutton attracts natives and newcomers.(NEWS)

From: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) | Date: April 25, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Chris Sinacola

Purgatory Chasm may be the best-known quarter mile of woods in Central Massachusetts.

Purgatory. The very name suggests a place of testing, and generations have flocked here, to the woods of Sutton, to scramble over imposing boulders and marvel at sheer rock walls created by a retreating glacier some 15,000 years ago.

Yes, there are picnic tables, fireplaces, swings and seesaws at Purgatory Chasm State Reservation. With the a...

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