Froggie LbNA #17621
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Aug 22, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Center Harbor |
| County: | Carroll |
| State: | New Hampshire |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Jabula  |
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| Found by: | LoveBirdsMTKU |
| Last found: | Oct 21, 2014 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Aug 22, 2005 |
The Chamberlain-Reynolds Memorial Forest is a beautiful lakefront property owned by the New England Forestry Foundation. There are lovely trails, beaches and a cool swampwalk that the kids will love and adults will enjoy for birdwatching. It is on College Road between Route 25B and Route 3. Take Route 3 from either Holderness or Meredith and turn on 25B towards Center Harbor. Turn left on College Road. There are two parking lots for the Forest, park in the East Lot (the smaller of the two, the first one you come to on College Road). If you park in the West Lot, just walk up the road to the East Lot, where these directions begin.
From the East parking lot, take the East Fire Road to the meadow filled with pine trees. Bear left at the signpost when you get to the meadow, heading towards "Beaches, Campsites." At the far edge of the meadow bear left, again towards the "Beaches, Campsites" (not right on the Middle Fire Road). Further down the hill at the next fork, bear right towards the Swamp Walk on the Swamp Fire Road. Walk downhill through the pine trees. At the bottom of the hill, turn right. Follow the path to the Swamp Walk and enjoy it!
Once you've finished exploring the Swamp Walk, continue along the path, keeping the swamp/lake on your left. At the intersection with the Middle Fire Road (which comes in from the right) continue along the lakefront path.
Soon the swamp gives way to a lovely cove on the left. Here the path crosses stone slabs which cause the path to lie at a 45 degree angle. At the end of the slabs, the path turns 90 degrees to the right. At this corner, turn around to face the way you came. Take 21 steps back along the path and across the stone slabs. On your left there is a tree that has significant woodpecker holes in it. Behind this tree, beneath a large slab of rock you will find the Froggie letterbox. The easiest way to get at the letterbox is from the opening at the base of the tree.
After carefully re-hiding the letterbox, you can finish the hiking loop by continuing along the lakefront path (called the Dog Cove Shore Trail) and up the hill, back through the pine tree meadow to the East Parking Lot.
My two young sons and I just discovered letterboxing this summer and have loved it. This is the first letterbox we've ever hidden. Thanks so much for looking for it!
From the East parking lot, take the East Fire Road to the meadow filled with pine trees. Bear left at the signpost when you get to the meadow, heading towards "Beaches, Campsites." At the far edge of the meadow bear left, again towards the "Beaches, Campsites" (not right on the Middle Fire Road). Further down the hill at the next fork, bear right towards the Swamp Walk on the Swamp Fire Road. Walk downhill through the pine trees. At the bottom of the hill, turn right. Follow the path to the Swamp Walk and enjoy it!
Once you've finished exploring the Swamp Walk, continue along the path, keeping the swamp/lake on your left. At the intersection with the Middle Fire Road (which comes in from the right) continue along the lakefront path.
Soon the swamp gives way to a lovely cove on the left. Here the path crosses stone slabs which cause the path to lie at a 45 degree angle. At the end of the slabs, the path turns 90 degrees to the right. At this corner, turn around to face the way you came. Take 21 steps back along the path and across the stone slabs. On your left there is a tree that has significant woodpecker holes in it. Behind this tree, beneath a large slab of rock you will find the Froggie letterbox. The easiest way to get at the letterbox is from the opening at the base of the tree.
After carefully re-hiding the letterbox, you can finish the hiking loop by continuing along the lakefront path (called the Dog Cove Shore Trail) and up the hill, back through the pine tree meadow to the East Parking Lot.
My two young sons and I just discovered letterboxing this summer and have loved it. This is the first letterbox we've ever hidden. Thanks so much for looking for it!