Four Ponds LbNA #780 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | N/A |
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| Plant date: | Jan 21, 2002 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Pocasset (Bourne) |
| County: | Barnstable |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Ginger Blue
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| Found by: | Hayes-E-L-Nuts |
| Last found: | Dec 31, 2006 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Jan 21, 2002 |
Four Ponds
Terrain: Easy with a couple short hills
Clues: Moderate
Shortest round trip: About ¾ mile
Directions: From the Bourne Bridge rotary take Rte 28 towards Falmouth. At 3 miles look for Pocasset/Wings Neck exit. (If you reach another rotary, you’ve gone too far.) Take a right here onto Barlows Landing Rd. and continue for ¾ mile. The parking area is on your right. Start at the gate to the conservation area.
Ten paces times 10
Plus another fourteen
Brings you right to the head
To an oblong of green
Lions and eagles
May wind through the forest
Staying true to the clues
Will work out for you best
The sinister path
Is the one that you want
For success to cap off
This letterbox jaunt
Great pine offers choices
Charming trail either side
The answer’s left up
For you to decide
Stop a moment to rest
Wounded tree next to you
Both hunter and arbor
Refreshed by the view
Continue on down
To the foot of the stairs
Two-thirty degrees
Sets right your affairs
Two wooden bridges
Invite you each way
But along by the pond
You surely must stay
Another stop offers
Watchful gaze of the pond
While a stronger urge beckons
Of the quest you’re more fond
Step back and consider
The journey uphill
Whose trail ends abruptly
While the maze expands still
Head NE through the maze
The next one of its joints
Bears green arrow on white
Your direction it points
The island of trees
Tests the sum of your grit
Loop back to the start
And you might as well quit
Huge pine with bent elbows
Stands guard near the shore
Where a swan you might spy
By chance, maybe more
This beautiful sight
Could destroy your resolve
Hurry back to the trail
You’ve a mystery to solve
Ten paces times ten
Then do it again
Bear three-thirty degrees
Count two paces plus ten
‘Neath the crust of the ridge
Mother earth heaves a sigh
Peer into her mouth
There your treasure does lie
Head straight past trees’ island
If with speed you are bound
To return to your car
Hope my stamp has been found
Trail maps may be obtained by contacting the Conservation Dept. at the Bourne Town Hall – Tel. #508-759-0625. As with any hike in the woods, be cautious on slippery slopes and brook crossings. Also, DO NOT FEED THE BIRDS! They will not learn to survive in the wild if they become dependent on humans for food.
Terrain: Easy with a couple short hills
Clues: Moderate
Shortest round trip: About ¾ mile
Directions: From the Bourne Bridge rotary take Rte 28 towards Falmouth. At 3 miles look for Pocasset/Wings Neck exit. (If you reach another rotary, you’ve gone too far.) Take a right here onto Barlows Landing Rd. and continue for ¾ mile. The parking area is on your right. Start at the gate to the conservation area.
Ten paces times 10
Plus another fourteen
Brings you right to the head
To an oblong of green
Lions and eagles
May wind through the forest
Staying true to the clues
Will work out for you best
The sinister path
Is the one that you want
For success to cap off
This letterbox jaunt
Great pine offers choices
Charming trail either side
The answer’s left up
For you to decide
Stop a moment to rest
Wounded tree next to you
Both hunter and arbor
Refreshed by the view
Continue on down
To the foot of the stairs
Two-thirty degrees
Sets right your affairs
Two wooden bridges
Invite you each way
But along by the pond
You surely must stay
Another stop offers
Watchful gaze of the pond
While a stronger urge beckons
Of the quest you’re more fond
Step back and consider
The journey uphill
Whose trail ends abruptly
While the maze expands still
Head NE through the maze
The next one of its joints
Bears green arrow on white
Your direction it points
The island of trees
Tests the sum of your grit
Loop back to the start
And you might as well quit
Huge pine with bent elbows
Stands guard near the shore
Where a swan you might spy
By chance, maybe more
This beautiful sight
Could destroy your resolve
Hurry back to the trail
You’ve a mystery to solve
Ten paces times ten
Then do it again
Bear three-thirty degrees
Count two paces plus ten
‘Neath the crust of the ridge
Mother earth heaves a sigh
Peer into her mouth
There your treasure does lie
Head straight past trees’ island
If with speed you are bound
To return to your car
Hope my stamp has been found
Trail maps may be obtained by contacting the Conservation Dept. at the Bourne Town Hall – Tel. #508-759-0625. As with any hike in the woods, be cautious on slippery slopes and brook crossings. Also, DO NOT FEED THE BIRDS! They will not learn to survive in the wild if they become dependent on humans for food.