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Hip-Hop LbNA #1773

Owner:Funhog
Plant date:Jun 19, 2002
Location:
City:North Bennington
County:Bennington
State:Vermont
Boxes:1
Found by: four winds
Last found:Nov 8, 2007
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFa
Last edited:Jun 19, 2002
In the Mid 19th century Trenor Park-Thomas left the frantic pace of San Francisco and returned to his family home in Vermont. He suffered a nervous breakdown but devised an ingenious form of self therapy. He decided to construct a carriageway through the family woodlot that was exactly one mile in length and did not require the cutting of a single tree. Unfortunately, later generations were not so conservation minded. The woods you see here today are second growth with the remains of Park-Thomas' original trees scattered here and there. One of these has become a cozy home for the letterbox.


To the trailhead: From Bennington head north on 67a to the town of North Bennington. At the diminutive town green turn left on West Street. One block up is the entrance to the historic Park-McCullough House. you can stop here and tour the house and walk to The Mile-Around Woods or proceed a quarter mile farther up the road in your car and park in a gravel turnout on the left side of the road.
To the letterbox: Take the path between the stone pillars and bear right to the beginning of the Trail where you will find an interpretive sign. Take note of the dates when the property was acquired and when the builder of the trail returned from California as well as the address of the folks who maintain the trail today.
Walk counter clockwise around the loop until you see a lithic landmark to your right. At this point set your compass to the last three digits of the Fund's zip code. Then multiply the third digits in the two noted dates to learn the number of steps to the letterbox. It lives behind a wooden hatch cover.


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