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MA crags with bathrooms?

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thecyborganizer · · Somerville, MA · Joined Sep 2015 · Points: 15

A friend of mine who is very pregnant is looking to get in one last day at the crag before the baby arrives. Of course she is at the stage of pregnancy where frequent bathroom trips are a necessity.

Does anyone know if there are any kind of bathroom facilities at any of the following? (Porta-potties count.)

-Quincy Quarries
-Crow Hill
-College Rock

If you know of anywhere else within a couple hours of Boston that is suitably equipped, I'd love to hear about it.

Eric8 · · Maynard, MA · Joined Nov 2007 · Points: 310

Farley has a porta-potty, I don't believe anything you listed does.

Eric Engberg · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2009 · Points: 0

Crow Hill has one in the paved parking lot. You can drive into it (parking lot - not potty) until ~Memorial Day.

TDoyle · · Milford, MA · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 140

College Rock does not.
I believe there is a porta-potty at the Quarries but don't know if it is locked or not.

Todd Townsend · · Bishop, CA · Joined Oct 2010 · Points: 522

Having grown up in metro west, I can tell you that (at least as of 10 yrs ago) none of those crags have anything in the way of bathroom facilities. (In fact, I can't think of any that do, unless you count going into the mall at Hammond Pond.)

My suggestion would be to head up to the Parking Lot Wall at Rumney. I know it's not in Mass, but depending on where you're driving from, it may only be another hour in the car. You'll have a good facility literally a 1 min walk from the crag there.

Alan Rubin · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2015 · Points: 10

Definitely Farley--right in the lot and only a few minutes walk from the main climbing areas. As said above I believe there is one at one of the state park lots close to Crow--though they are a bit of a walk from the crag itself. College Rock has the woods. At the Quarries there may be one at the RR museum but nothing else I'm aware of. Rose Ledge also has one at the Northfield Mountain visitors center but that is a good walk from the crag--nothing you'd want to do mid-visit--though again there are the woods and few other people there.

djh860 · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2014 · Points: 110

If you can't pee in the woods please don't go rock climbing

Jimmy Downhillinthesnow · · Fort Collins, CO / Seattle, WA · Joined Mar 2013 · Points: 10


Farley, literally hundreds of urinals within the field of view. And the porta-potty a 3-minute walk away if you gotta drop a log.

If she's an agoraphobic urinator, probably the parking lot wall at Rumney, but actually climbing anything there when there's nice weather may be problematic.
thecyborganizer · · Somerville, MA · Joined Sep 2015 · Points: 15
djh860 wrote:If you can't pee in the woods please don't go rock climbing
In my experience with pregnancy, peeing is not the only bathroom need :) I know that it is possible to LNT poop in the woods, but I figured that if this was an option it would be good to know.
M Sprague · · New England · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 5,090
djh860 wrote:If you can't pee in the woods please don't go rock climbing
A lot of women amazingly don't know how, unfortunately, and leave clumps of TP on the ground when they finish.
simplyput . · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Nov 2013 · Points: 60
Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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