Riverbound Farm LbNA #5485 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | N/A |
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| Plant date: | Aug 30, 2003 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Cheshire |
| County: | New Haven |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 2 |
| Planted by: | n98
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| Found by: | burning feet |
| Last found: | May 17, 2012 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFaFFFFFaaaF |
| Last edited: | Aug 30, 2003 |
Difficulty - Easy - 1 mile walk will get you two letterboxes
Riverbound Farm Sanctuary/Nature Center - Cheshire, CT
Update - 10/20/2006 - Both boxes have been reported as missing. Plans are to replace these boxes quickly, but it may take several weeks. This message will be updated once the boxes have been replaced.
Take a easy stroll through an old forest and small meadows that lead you to the Quinnipiac river and your reward will be two letterboxes - the HICKORY and the KINGFISHER. Quinnipiac Valley Audubon Society owns and manages the Riverbound Farm Sanctuary on the Quinnipiac River located at 1881 Cheshire Street.
Directions to Riverbound Farm Chesire, CT -
--From points East/North/South: I-91 to Route 691W to exit 4 (Rt. 322). Bear right at end of ramp, at 2nd traffic light turn lieft onto South End Road (McDonald's on corner. Riverbound Farm is located on right side of road a short distance after passing under Rt. 691. (Note - South End Road becomes Chesire Street at the Chesire town line.
--From the West: I84 to exit 28 (Rt. 322)turn right onto Sound End Road (McDonalds) and proceed as above.
-------------------------CLUES---------------------------
Blue Trail - .26 mile
Orange Trail - .72 mile
HICKORY Letterbox
All along the Blue Trail, you will find that a boy scout project has nicely identified some of the more outstanding specimens of the older trees on this property. Find your way to the "Shagbark Hickory" tree on the Blue trail. Admire this old beauty for a moment, then take 25 paces west along the trail to a younger/smaller version of the same tree. The HICKORY letterbox is on the south side of the base of this Hickory tree, close to the stone wall. (Keep a watch for poison ivy if you stray to far off course).
KINGFISHER Letterbox
Find your way to the Orange Trail. (Orange and Blue trails are one in the same at the point of the HICKORY letterbox above.) Follow the Orange trail to a spot along the river where there is a triangle bench. You can sit here and try to spot a Belted Kingfisher flying back and forth across the river. But if it is the KINGFISHER letterbox that you seek, take twenty paces at 30 degrees, to a fairly large Beech tree (smooth bark). The KINGFISHER letterbox is hidden on the NW base of this tree.
Enjoy !
Riverbound Farm Sanctuary/Nature Center - Cheshire, CT
Update - 10/20/2006 - Both boxes have been reported as missing. Plans are to replace these boxes quickly, but it may take several weeks. This message will be updated once the boxes have been replaced.
Take a easy stroll through an old forest and small meadows that lead you to the Quinnipiac river and your reward will be two letterboxes - the HICKORY and the KINGFISHER. Quinnipiac Valley Audubon Society owns and manages the Riverbound Farm Sanctuary on the Quinnipiac River located at 1881 Cheshire Street.
Directions to Riverbound Farm Chesire, CT -
--From points East/North/South: I-91 to Route 691W to exit 4 (Rt. 322). Bear right at end of ramp, at 2nd traffic light turn lieft onto South End Road (McDonald's on corner. Riverbound Farm is located on right side of road a short distance after passing under Rt. 691. (Note - South End Road becomes Chesire Street at the Chesire town line.
--From the West: I84 to exit 28 (Rt. 322)turn right onto Sound End Road (McDonalds) and proceed as above.
-------------------------CLUES---------------------------
Blue Trail - .26 mile
Orange Trail - .72 mile
HICKORY Letterbox
All along the Blue Trail, you will find that a boy scout project has nicely identified some of the more outstanding specimens of the older trees on this property. Find your way to the "Shagbark Hickory" tree on the Blue trail. Admire this old beauty for a moment, then take 25 paces west along the trail to a younger/smaller version of the same tree. The HICKORY letterbox is on the south side of the base of this Hickory tree, close to the stone wall. (Keep a watch for poison ivy if you stray to far off course).
KINGFISHER Letterbox
Find your way to the Orange Trail. (Orange and Blue trails are one in the same at the point of the HICKORY letterbox above.) Follow the Orange trail to a spot along the river where there is a triangle bench. You can sit here and try to spot a Belted Kingfisher flying back and forth across the river. But if it is the KINGFISHER letterbox that you seek, take twenty paces at 30 degrees, to a fairly large Beech tree (smooth bark). The KINGFISHER letterbox is hidden on the NW base of this tree.
Enjoy !