Blue Jay at Blue Pond LbNA #1934
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Add Location| Owner: | wandaandpete  |
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| Plant date: | Apr 30, 2003 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Hopkinton |
| County: | Washington |
| State: | Rhode Island |
| Boxes: | 2 |
| Found by: | Sagacorn (2) |
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| Last found: | Nov 29, 2020 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFaFFF |
| Last edited: | Aug 8, 2020 |
4. BLUE JAY at BLUE POND
Yet another fine fishing pond within the domain of "Canonchet's Waters" in Ashaway, RI - an easy 2 miles or less.
Checked box - OK 18 April 2011
The pond was damaged during the flooding of March 2010. It now contains only enough water to make the frogs happy.
Blue Pond in Hopkinton, RI can be accessed from Exit 2 off of I-95 by heading briefly west, then south on Route 3 for 1/2 mile, then west again on Canonchet Rd. Follow Canonchet Rd for almost 2 miles, passing Asheville Pond on the left, to a small Fish and Wildlife parking area on the right. (A sign says that the only activities permitted here are fishing and boating, but somehow I think that just hiking in, even without a boat or fishing pole, would probably be OK!)
Follow the laurel-lined lane (quite lovely in June) east, soon catching a glimpse of an old fireplace on your left. In about 1/2 mile, reach the foundation of a small house that once stood overlooking the pond. 50 yards further will lead you onto a wedge-shaped rock jutting out into the pond - a nice view point. Returning to the southern corner of the old foundation and continuing 80 yards back the way you came, and just west of a large oak tree find a faint trail heading generally south to take you along and above the pond's western shore. Just as you reach what appears to be the highest point of this stretch of trail and just before a small white pine on your left, take a bearing of 250 and walk 6 steps in that direction. Your treasure is tucked low into the NW side of this particular rock.
From here, you can return the way you came or continue briefly south with the trail, passing an old campfire ring, to reach the pond's south end. Taking the dirt road that swings between south and west will soon return you to paved Canonchet Rd, and a 1/2 mile north on this usually quiet byway will get you back to your car. (The trailhead for Long Pond is just up the road a bit on your left, and Route 138 in Rockville is about a mile past that.)
Yet another fine fishing pond within the domain of "Canonchet's Waters" in Ashaway, RI - an easy 2 miles or less.
Checked box - OK 18 April 2011
The pond was damaged during the flooding of March 2010. It now contains only enough water to make the frogs happy.
Blue Pond in Hopkinton, RI can be accessed from Exit 2 off of I-95 by heading briefly west, then south on Route 3 for 1/2 mile, then west again on Canonchet Rd. Follow Canonchet Rd for almost 2 miles, passing Asheville Pond on the left, to a small Fish and Wildlife parking area on the right. (A sign says that the only activities permitted here are fishing and boating, but somehow I think that just hiking in, even without a boat or fishing pole, would probably be OK!)
Follow the laurel-lined lane (quite lovely in June) east, soon catching a glimpse of an old fireplace on your left. In about 1/2 mile, reach the foundation of a small house that once stood overlooking the pond. 50 yards further will lead you onto a wedge-shaped rock jutting out into the pond - a nice view point. Returning to the southern corner of the old foundation and continuing 80 yards back the way you came, and just west of a large oak tree find a faint trail heading generally south to take you along and above the pond's western shore. Just as you reach what appears to be the highest point of this stretch of trail and just before a small white pine on your left, take a bearing of 250 and walk 6 steps in that direction. Your treasure is tucked low into the NW side of this particular rock.
From here, you can return the way you came or continue briefly south with the trail, passing an old campfire ring, to reach the pond's south end. Taking the dirt road that swings between south and west will soon return you to paved Canonchet Rd, and a 1/2 mile north on this usually quiet byway will get you back to your car. (The trailhead for Long Pond is just up the road a bit on your left, and Route 138 in Rockville is about a mile past that.)