The Purgatory Chasm State Reservation

The Purgatory Chasm State Reservation The Purgatory Chasm is a unique natural landmark offering exciting adventure. After exploration, settle down for an afternoon picnic.

Follow trails to rock formations such as The Corn Crib, The Coffin and Lovers’ Leap. A unique natural landmark, Purgatory Chasm runs for a quarter of a mile between granite walls rising as high as 70 feet. Popular with picnickers and rock-climbers alike, the Chasm is believed to have its origin in the sudden release of dammed-up glacial meltwater near the end of the last Ice Age, approximately 14,

000 years ago. Trails lead to a wide variety of rock formations, with such romantic names as The Corn Crib, The Coffin, The Pulpit, Lovers' Leap and Fat Man's Misery.

Slippery when wet!
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Slippery when wet!

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198 Purgatory Road
Sutton, MA
01590

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+15082343733

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