Bauneg Beg - RETIRED LbNA #11169 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Sep 11, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | North Berwick |
| County: | York |
| State: | Maine |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Nautilus and Culex  |
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| Found by: | where eagles fly |
| Last found: | Jul 5, 2009 |
| Status: | FOFFaFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Sep 11, 2004 |
THESE BOXES HAVE BEEN RETIRED but feel free to enjoy the hike anyway.
TERRAIN: Moderate (the way up is quite easy, the way down is very steep and rocky for a short bit)
LENGTH: A little over a mile round trip
BACKGROUND: Although Bauneg Beg Mountain is little more than a hill at 866 feet, it was a ski area in the 1930s and 1940s, complete with a rope tow and snack stand for skiers. Today 89 acres, including the trail and the peak, is owned by the Great Works Regional Land Trust, a nonprofit organization that preserves open space throughout southern Maine. The stamp is based on a label from Bauneg Beg Gingerale, a soda produced by the Springvale Bottling Company before they went out of business in the 1960s.
DIRECTIONS: From the junction of Routes 4 and 109 in Sanford, go south on Route 4 for 0.8 miles and turn right onto Country Club Road #2. Half a mile later, bear right onto Sand Pond Road. At the stop sign go straight onto Fox Hill Farm Road. At about 1.3 miles turn left into a gravel parking lot. You should see a small sign for the Bauneg Beg Mountain Conservation Area.
CLUES: Now if you wish, be very quick
You may have your pick of a hiking stick,
Found by the donor stone.
Follow the trail through maple, cherry and birch.
But ‘ware the mud that may cause you to lurch
And send you sprawling to break a bone.
Continue walking past the second stone wall
Keeping to the path through trees so tall.
Either Ginny or Linny will beg you to take.
Ascend by the first way that is a bit milder
For the second, we feel, is much wilder,
Then you’ll descend by Linny where boulders break.
When you finally reach the crest
Pull out your water and have a brief rest,
As you look northwest at a presidential peak.
After sitting at the top enjoying the view
As raptors on thermals above you flew,
Continue northwest to find the box you seek.
After you duck under the fallen tree
Count your steps to the number 33.
The trail turns right and descends a steep slope.
At the junction take the path off to the right
Where the rock face winds east to the morning light
In a far end crevice under a rock you should grope.
(carved by Nautilus)
TERRAIN: Moderate (the way up is quite easy, the way down is very steep and rocky for a short bit)
LENGTH: A little over a mile round trip
BACKGROUND: Although Bauneg Beg Mountain is little more than a hill at 866 feet, it was a ski area in the 1930s and 1940s, complete with a rope tow and snack stand for skiers. Today 89 acres, including the trail and the peak, is owned by the Great Works Regional Land Trust, a nonprofit organization that preserves open space throughout southern Maine. The stamp is based on a label from Bauneg Beg Gingerale, a soda produced by the Springvale Bottling Company before they went out of business in the 1960s.
DIRECTIONS: From the junction of Routes 4 and 109 in Sanford, go south on Route 4 for 0.8 miles and turn right onto Country Club Road #2. Half a mile later, bear right onto Sand Pond Road. At the stop sign go straight onto Fox Hill Farm Road. At about 1.3 miles turn left into a gravel parking lot. You should see a small sign for the Bauneg Beg Mountain Conservation Area.
CLUES: Now if you wish, be very quick
You may have your pick of a hiking stick,
Found by the donor stone.
Follow the trail through maple, cherry and birch.
But ‘ware the mud that may cause you to lurch
And send you sprawling to break a bone.
Continue walking past the second stone wall
Keeping to the path through trees so tall.
Either Ginny or Linny will beg you to take.
Ascend by the first way that is a bit milder
For the second, we feel, is much wilder,
Then you’ll descend by Linny where boulders break.
When you finally reach the crest
Pull out your water and have a brief rest,
As you look northwest at a presidential peak.
After sitting at the top enjoying the view
As raptors on thermals above you flew,
Continue northwest to find the box you seek.
After you duck under the fallen tree
Count your steps to the number 33.
The trail turns right and descends a steep slope.
At the junction take the path off to the right
Where the rock face winds east to the morning light
In a far end crevice under a rock you should grope.
(carved by Nautilus)