Brian E. Tierney Preserve LbNA #17000
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jul 31, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Roxbury |
| County: | Litchfield |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 2 |
| Planted by: | Rubaduc  |
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| Found by: | Trailhead Tessie (2) |
| Last found: | Apr 2, 2021 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Jul 31, 2005 |
This is a two mile round trip with some steep uphills in a very pretty preserve in Roxbury dedicated to a fallen Viet Nam Vet. The first stamp was carved by Cody B Cleo.
From exit 15 on I-84, route 6 east and 67 north go the same way. From the intersection where they split from each other go 4.8 miles on route 67 and turn left onto Squire Road. From the intersection of routes 172 and 67 in the corners of Southbury, Woodbury and Roxbury go 2.6 miles and turn left onto Squire Road. Travel one half mile on Squire Road and look for the preserve on the left right after the house with stone pillars. Watch carefully, it's easy to miss. This is the Brian E. Tierney Preserve of the Roxbury Land Trust.
From your car go down the stairs and straight across the field into the woods. There's a map board on the right and just before the bridge on the left is a tribute to Brian E. Tierney. The bridge is another gift to us from the Boy Scouts of America. Cross the bridge and go right (this is a loop so you'll be coming back on the left trail) stay on the blue trail the whole way, mostly marked with tin discs except at the end where there are blue painted blazes. The trail goes mainly up for awhile then levels out with rock ledges to the right. When you come to the vernal pool, keep it to your left following the tin discs and then some more uphill which is quite steep. At the top of this hill you have to clamber up and over a rocky cliff face but then the trail levels out with a very nice stone wall on your right. This wall eventually starts to disintegrate and at that point you need to watch for a tree with a quartz rock at the base. From here count 6 steps and look directly to the right for a natural trap door at the foot of a three foot rocky ledge. Behind this door is box number one. Rehide carefully from view, the trail is close.
Continue on the blue trail and you'll see a giant erratic on the right (as of 12-02-06, I've found that a new trail goes to the right at this point and leads to another preserve so go left keeping the erratc on your right) cross a stream and eventually come to where the trail follows a stone wall. When the trail turns left away from the wall, you have before you a monstrous fallen tree. What a magnificent tree it must have been. After admiring the tree, follow the trail to the right about 50 steps to a 10 foot stump on the right side and look between the two fallen branches about five feet up for what you seek. Make sure to cover completely.
Now continue to follow the trail, coming to a magnificent waterfall to the right (during high water season) and then the trail follows the brook until the long bridge comes into sight. Go right to your car.
Thanks for visiting.
From exit 15 on I-84, route 6 east and 67 north go the same way. From the intersection where they split from each other go 4.8 miles on route 67 and turn left onto Squire Road. From the intersection of routes 172 and 67 in the corners of Southbury, Woodbury and Roxbury go 2.6 miles and turn left onto Squire Road. Travel one half mile on Squire Road and look for the preserve on the left right after the house with stone pillars. Watch carefully, it's easy to miss. This is the Brian E. Tierney Preserve of the Roxbury Land Trust.
From your car go down the stairs and straight across the field into the woods. There's a map board on the right and just before the bridge on the left is a tribute to Brian E. Tierney. The bridge is another gift to us from the Boy Scouts of America. Cross the bridge and go right (this is a loop so you'll be coming back on the left trail) stay on the blue trail the whole way, mostly marked with tin discs except at the end where there are blue painted blazes. The trail goes mainly up for awhile then levels out with rock ledges to the right. When you come to the vernal pool, keep it to your left following the tin discs and then some more uphill which is quite steep. At the top of this hill you have to clamber up and over a rocky cliff face but then the trail levels out with a very nice stone wall on your right. This wall eventually starts to disintegrate and at that point you need to watch for a tree with a quartz rock at the base. From here count 6 steps and look directly to the right for a natural trap door at the foot of a three foot rocky ledge. Behind this door is box number one. Rehide carefully from view, the trail is close.
Continue on the blue trail and you'll see a giant erratic on the right (as of 12-02-06, I've found that a new trail goes to the right at this point and leads to another preserve so go left keeping the erratc on your right) cross a stream and eventually come to where the trail follows a stone wall. When the trail turns left away from the wall, you have before you a monstrous fallen tree. What a magnificent tree it must have been. After admiring the tree, follow the trail to the right about 50 steps to a 10 foot stump on the right side and look between the two fallen branches about five feet up for what you seek. Make sure to cover completely.
Now continue to follow the trail, coming to a magnificent waterfall to the right (during high water season) and then the trail follows the brook until the long bridge comes into sight. Go right to your car.
Thanks for visiting.