Garfield Woods

Garfield Woods is a bouldering area in Massachusetts, about 1.2 miles from Seventh Day Adventist Village. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots, with Welcome Boulder and The Anvil each about 0.1 mile away and Berlin Boulder about 0.3 mile off. The area is a compact, close-together set of boulders rather than a single route, and it works well as a short stop for climbers who want to move between several crags in a small radius. The climbing here is all bouldering, with 16 routes in total. Most are rated on the V scale, ranging from V0 to V7-, and a few are also given a YDS grade of 5.6. Among the named routes are Big Shelf at V0, Bubble Guppie Slab at V1-, and Troll at V7-, the hardest of the bunch, which was first climbed by Samuel Hayden. For a change from the rocks, North Brook Trail is about a mile away and Great Oak Farm Trail about 2 miles off. Wachusett Reservoir, roughly 4.7 miles away, offers lake fishing, and the Assabet River, about 6 miles away, is a canoeing option.