For those of you traveling from a distance, https://www.explorefall.com/fall-foliage-map indicates high foliage cover in our area as well as peak color in the surrounding higher elevations of Maine and New Hampshire. (fb)

PLAN AHEAD! THIS WEEKEND Saturday & Sunday 4th-5th# We Will be Operating Other Things to Do When Visiting Us to Make it A Day: Phillips Historical Society-Railroad room’s 1st & 3rd Sundays of the month 11-2 p.m. (# Dates P.H.S. and the railroad room is open) Just A Field Golf “Step above cow pasture golf” as described by a member, in its 22nd year now. - 3 Greens, 18 T-boxes, 18-holes, 5-7 iron course. Scramble Sunday’s 10.45 a.m. $10 Yearly memberships are available. Free activities to do within a few miles of the S.R. & R.L. station: -On special event days as noted, Ambleside the Seward Dill home, an investor and promoter of the Sandy River railroad in the 1870s. -Our blacksmith shop, which is equipped with actual Franklin & Megantic railroad blacksmith tools rescued from the Kingfield Station cellar before it was torn down. Days the blacksmith shop is operational will be noted online. -You can walk part of the Fly Rod Crosby trail along the Sandy River on S.R. & R.L. property. Should you get tired after a walk you can get a train ride back; tickets are good for all day. -In Phillips, Dagget rock on Wheeler Hill Road, about two miles from the railroad station on 128 Bridge Street. From Wheeler Hill road it’s about a 1300 foot walk to the boulder. -In Madrid, north on Rt.4 (10.1 miles) is Smalls Falls, a State of Maine-operated picnic area in Madrid, which is the outflow of the Sandy River Ponds and the start of the Sandy River. Even Smalls Falls has a S.R. & R.L. connection - the wooded flat area on the left was the location of the Gray’s Farm pulp loading operation. -2.4 miles beyond Smalls Falls is the Piazza Rock trailhead, part of the Appalachian Trail system. Google Piazza Rock for information, photos. -In Weld, down Rt. 142 is Mt. Blue State Park offering camping, hiking, biking, and swimming. Details can be found online. (fb)