Autumn splendor at Wachusett Reservoir confluence

Vibrant autumn foliage of maple trees near the confluence of the Stillwater and Quinapoxet Rivers at the Wachusett Reservoir in West Boylston, Massachusetts. This photo was taken about one mile south-southwest of the USGS groundwater monitoring site (Ma-wsw 26 West Boylston, MA - USGS-422341071464901), in the back parking lot of the Mass Central Rail Trail. The site is near the merging point of two major tributaries feeding Wachusett Reservoir, which supplies water to over 2.5 million residents in central and eastern Massachusetts.