Rockland Preserve Animals LbNA #12809 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Bluebird  |
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| Plant date: | Dec 24, 2004 |
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| City: | Madison |
| County: | New Haven |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 5 |
| Found by: | smariev (4) |
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| Last found: | Sep 29, 2013 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Dec 24, 2004 |
ROCKLAND PRESERVE ANIMALS
This series honors the variety of animals we see in the local woods! This preserve is in North Madison, and abuts the Braemore Preserve in North Guilford, site of some letterboxes, too. The Guilford and Madison land trusts are doing a great job of scooping up open space for our enjoyment!
This walk will take about 1 1/2 hours. It took about that long for me to plant these with Butterfly, Martini Man, Katie and grandson Riley on Christmas Eve day. It was a great way to celebrate together! In addition, thanks to Hiker Lou/Fish-or-Man for checking the clues.
Find parking for this preserve in a recently-opened pull-out on Route 79 in Madison. There is a nice “routered” sign there, indicating the Rockland Preserve. As you go north from the Madison circle (at Routes 79 and 80), it is one mile past County Road, on your left. (don’t be fooled by the green hikers sign; that leads to another entrance). Coming south on 79 from Durham, go 3.3 miles south from the Route 79 split-off. Parking will on your right.
Boxes: 5.
Difficulty: Moderate (did it with 26-pounder on my back).
Time: 1 1/2 hours, or less.
Go over or around the chain-link gate and start out on the orange trail. I put a box with maps under the tilted boulder you will soon pass on your right. Try to return the map when you are done. At the first intersection, stay right, on orange.
At the next Y, stay right again, shortly taking another right, still on orange.
Soon orange will head left, crossing a small stream (depending on recent rainfall). You will climb a bit and head right on an old farm road. On the right you will see a five-sister tree which has a “baby” and one sister that has passed away. Head 13 steps from the tree at 160 degrees to find Brazen Bear between the tree and a rock (they brazenly eat from local bird feeders!).
Continue on the orange trail. Go left when you meet green. There will be an interesting LARGE split rock/ledge on the left; check the split for Cunning Coyote (they cunningly eat local cats at night!).
Next continue up the trail and almost immediately head to the right to loop around the summit. Pass the green-dotted trail on your right, coninue for a few minutes and look for a large boulder on the right, with a stump five feet to the left of it. Check under bark in the stump for the Trotting Turkey (they trot around our yard daily!).
When you see the green-yellow dotted-blazed tree ahead, take the left there, green, and go right on the next dotted trail (not blazed at this point). You will soon see an unmarked trail on the left – take it to the summit’s bald spot, at the top, on your right. From the center of the bald rock, go 20 degrees for 10 steps to the small ledge behind the laurel to find the Frisky Fisher (seen in our neighbor’s backyard; they are re-populating in CT).
Head back down to the marked trail and head downhill. At the intersection, stay left on the dotted trail. Soon you will re-join the green and the dotted yellow-green ends. Continue, and at the interection go right, still on green, by the split rock ledge(look familiar?). Go right on orange when you see it. Head left, staying on orange. Cross that mini-stream. Turn right. Just before the T (where you will head left toward the parking area - see below) find Precious Porcupine behind/between 2 large boulders on the left, not far off trail (I have spotted them in and out of trees around the region!) .
At the intersection, head left and keep left and down and
soon you are back to the parking area. Look for other boxes, soon to be planted in this wonderful preserve!
This series honors the variety of animals we see in the local woods! This preserve is in North Madison, and abuts the Braemore Preserve in North Guilford, site of some letterboxes, too. The Guilford and Madison land trusts are doing a great job of scooping up open space for our enjoyment!
This walk will take about 1 1/2 hours. It took about that long for me to plant these with Butterfly, Martini Man, Katie and grandson Riley on Christmas Eve day. It was a great way to celebrate together! In addition, thanks to Hiker Lou/Fish-or-Man for checking the clues.
Find parking for this preserve in a recently-opened pull-out on Route 79 in Madison. There is a nice “routered” sign there, indicating the Rockland Preserve. As you go north from the Madison circle (at Routes 79 and 80), it is one mile past County Road, on your left. (don’t be fooled by the green hikers sign; that leads to another entrance). Coming south on 79 from Durham, go 3.3 miles south from the Route 79 split-off. Parking will on your right.
Boxes: 5.
Difficulty: Moderate (did it with 26-pounder on my back).
Time: 1 1/2 hours, or less.
Go over or around the chain-link gate and start out on the orange trail. I put a box with maps under the tilted boulder you will soon pass on your right. Try to return the map when you are done. At the first intersection, stay right, on orange.
At the next Y, stay right again, shortly taking another right, still on orange.
Soon orange will head left, crossing a small stream (depending on recent rainfall). You will climb a bit and head right on an old farm road. On the right you will see a five-sister tree which has a “baby” and one sister that has passed away. Head 13 steps from the tree at 160 degrees to find Brazen Bear between the tree and a rock (they brazenly eat from local bird feeders!).
Continue on the orange trail. Go left when you meet green. There will be an interesting LARGE split rock/ledge on the left; check the split for Cunning Coyote (they cunningly eat local cats at night!).
Next continue up the trail and almost immediately head to the right to loop around the summit. Pass the green-dotted trail on your right, coninue for a few minutes and look for a large boulder on the right, with a stump five feet to the left of it. Check under bark in the stump for the Trotting Turkey (they trot around our yard daily!).
When you see the green-yellow dotted-blazed tree ahead, take the left there, green, and go right on the next dotted trail (not blazed at this point). You will soon see an unmarked trail on the left – take it to the summit’s bald spot, at the top, on your right. From the center of the bald rock, go 20 degrees for 10 steps to the small ledge behind the laurel to find the Frisky Fisher (seen in our neighbor’s backyard; they are re-populating in CT).
Head back down to the marked trail and head downhill. At the intersection, stay left on the dotted trail. Soon you will re-join the green and the dotted yellow-green ends. Continue, and at the interection go right, still on green, by the split rock ledge(look familiar?). Go right on orange when you see it. Head left, staying on orange. Cross that mini-stream. Turn right. Just before the T (where you will head left toward the parking area - see below) find Precious Porcupine behind/between 2 large boulders on the left, not far off trail (I have spotted them in and out of trees around the region!) .
At the intersection, head left and keep left and down and
soon you are back to the parking area. Look for other boxes, soon to be planted in this wonderful preserve!