Hartford Hawk LbNA #16906
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jul 27, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| City: | West Hartford |
| County: | Hartford |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Urban Letterboxer  |
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| Found by: | Summer Place Boxers |
| Last found: | Jul 14, 2008 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFa |
| Last edited: | Jul 27, 2005 |
*** The Hawk was reported alive and well on 8-03-2007.***
Bring your own ink pad and pen.
You can register this letterbox find here or at www.atlasquest.com
Starting point:
Your starting point is the Reich Family Pavillion on the University of Hartford Campus.
The campus is located at 200 Bloomfield Ave. (Connecticut Route 189) in West Hartford,Connecticut.
(http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory
=&searchtab=home&address=200+Bloomfield+Ave&city=west+hartford&state=CT&zipcode=)
The best way to find the Pavillion is to enter the campus from the northernmost campus entrance rather than the main entrance. If coming from the south, there is a light at the main entrance. The northern entrance is the next street on your right. If coming from the north, you can see the light for the main campus entrance, but you want to turn at the last street on the left before the main entrance (Hawk Drive).
Turn into the University of Hartford campus on Hawk Drive. Follow the road until you see the Reich Family Pavillion on your left. Park in the "L" lot. You are ready to begin your hawk hunt!
Finding the Hawk:
The Reich Family Pavillion states it is the “home of the Hartford Hawks”, but the Hawk you are seeking is not inside.
The Hawk sits on top of the American Flag flagpole, then flies south across the street to land on the red fire hydrant.
After landing on the fire hydrant, he flies at 150-degrees and lands on a light post. From that light, he flies at 149-degrees to another light post. This flight takes him over a short downhill and puts him in the vicinity of two storm drain covers.
The Hawk flies left (east) at the light post and you can follow by walking in the same direction until you are standing between the next light post and a fire hydrant.
The Hawk turns right and flies down a dirt path. Follow him.
After 10 yards, he flies down the path on the right into a patch of woods behind the newly constructed dorm.
At the fork, The Hawk flies along the path on the right. He avoids the arrows and lands on the footbridge. He watches you as you find your way onto the bridge.
The Hawk takes off from the bridge - flying across to the far side of the stream to his nest, but you will have to continue across the footbridge. Note the construction materials of the footbridge as you cross over.
At the end of the bridge, the path will curve slightly to the left. You will see some birch trees and an asphalt pathway that veers off to the right. Follow this path. At the next “Y” intersection, stay to the left. Up ahead, you will see a modern art sculpture that looks as if it was made from the bridge construction material.
At the middle of the side of the sculpture platform, take a compass reading of 12-degrees. The Hawk waits for you in a wide tree, across a grass clearing, 140 “urban steps” from the platform.
The Hawk, of course, is not hiding in the hole in the trunk that faces you, but is behind the tree. Not up high, as expected, but down low and deep inside in an effort to trick you.
PLEASE BE VERY DISCREET WHEN FINDING AND REHIDING THE HAWK. Use the rock to keep him in place. During a last check . . . the Hawk had slid out into the open.
Happy Hunting!
Bring your own ink pad and pen.
You can register this letterbox find here or at www.atlasquest.com
Starting point:
Your starting point is the Reich Family Pavillion on the University of Hartford Campus.
The campus is located at 200 Bloomfield Ave. (Connecticut Route 189) in West Hartford,Connecticut.
(http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory
=&searchtab=home&address=200+Bloomfield+Ave&city=west+hartford&state=CT&zipcode=)
The best way to find the Pavillion is to enter the campus from the northernmost campus entrance rather than the main entrance. If coming from the south, there is a light at the main entrance. The northern entrance is the next street on your right. If coming from the north, you can see the light for the main campus entrance, but you want to turn at the last street on the left before the main entrance (Hawk Drive).
Turn into the University of Hartford campus on Hawk Drive. Follow the road until you see the Reich Family Pavillion on your left. Park in the "L" lot. You are ready to begin your hawk hunt!
Finding the Hawk:
The Reich Family Pavillion states it is the “home of the Hartford Hawks”, but the Hawk you are seeking is not inside.
The Hawk sits on top of the American Flag flagpole, then flies south across the street to land on the red fire hydrant.
After landing on the fire hydrant, he flies at 150-degrees and lands on a light post. From that light, he flies at 149-degrees to another light post. This flight takes him over a short downhill and puts him in the vicinity of two storm drain covers.
The Hawk flies left (east) at the light post and you can follow by walking in the same direction until you are standing between the next light post and a fire hydrant.
The Hawk turns right and flies down a dirt path. Follow him.
After 10 yards, he flies down the path on the right into a patch of woods behind the newly constructed dorm.
At the fork, The Hawk flies along the path on the right. He avoids the arrows and lands on the footbridge. He watches you as you find your way onto the bridge.
The Hawk takes off from the bridge - flying across to the far side of the stream to his nest, but you will have to continue across the footbridge. Note the construction materials of the footbridge as you cross over.
At the end of the bridge, the path will curve slightly to the left. You will see some birch trees and an asphalt pathway that veers off to the right. Follow this path. At the next “Y” intersection, stay to the left. Up ahead, you will see a modern art sculpture that looks as if it was made from the bridge construction material.
At the middle of the side of the sculpture platform, take a compass reading of 12-degrees. The Hawk waits for you in a wide tree, across a grass clearing, 140 “urban steps” from the platform.
The Hawk, of course, is not hiding in the hole in the trunk that faces you, but is behind the tree. Not up high, as expected, but down low and deep inside in an effort to trick you.
PLEASE BE VERY DISCREET WHEN FINDING AND REHIDING THE HAWK. Use the rock to keep him in place. During a last check . . . the Hawk had slid out into the open.
Happy Hunting!