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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Nov 19, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Hamilton |
| County: | Essex |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Team Randalstik  |
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| Found by: | graywolfe |
| Last found: | May 13, 2012 |
| Status: | FFFFFFaFFFFFFFm |
| Last edited: | Nov 19, 2005 |
DIFFICULTY: Easy
TERRAIN: Easy, some uphill hikes. Very WIDE paths.
TIME: 1 hour round trip
STAMP: Hand carved. Bring your own ink pad (BYOIP)
CHILDREN: Jogging-stroller friendly
DOGS: Absolutely (see below)
LOCATION: Appleton Farms
Appleton Farms Grass Rides is part of the Trustees of Reservations GREEN DOG program. The program consists of a free (to Trustees members) off-leash walking permit in exchange for agreeing to follow Green Dog rules. Once you have your Green Dog permit, you may walk your dog off-leash in this beautiful natural area. Please respect the Green Dog Program by not walking your dog off leash unless you have a permit.
For more information and an application:
www.appletonfarms.org
978.356.5728
appletonfarms@ttor.org
This is a wonderful place for people with dogs, but not so great for people who are terrified of dogs. Although most people are very respectful about controlling their dogs around other people, we dog owners are breed of our own and don't always understand why somebody doesn't want "My Boy" licking them or charging at them from a distance.
DIRECTIONS:
Enter the area at Lamson Field parking area on Goodhue Street, just east of the intersection with Cutler Road in Hamilton (time to MapQuest).
Grab a trail map at the trailhead.
CLUES:
Follow the center path towards the woods. When you come to the Appleton Farms sign past the stone wall, those of you with permits are allowed to have Poochers leash-free.
Continue straight all the way to the end of this path, on the way passing four other paths on the right. At the third path will be a large dead tree on your left, and at the forth path will be another huge dead tree with arms reaching upward in a spooky way, also on your left.
At the very end of this path is a Whomping Willow (although it may be an oak) with a gaping hole in it. Photo Op. Here you will go right, down the wide path.
At the next crossroads, turn left. There is a steep hill that this cross roads comes down from. Cross over the "bridge." You will come towards an open field to your right and another wide path to the left. Go to the left.
You may already see the statue looming up ahead at the end of this path. Go to the statue. Basically, you can find your way to Round Point and you're done. In fact I could have made the clues lots trickier and done some clever tricky clue thingy, but I didn't.
Also, I just received an email from somebody that said there are now three wasp nests on the statue. So, I wouldn't let a child, or your moneky-dog climb all over the 6 foot high statue.
Stand in front of the statue with the engraving in the triangle that starts, "So grave it stands this stone apart . . ." At 7 o'clock or perhaps 7:30 (yes, I could have used a compass reading . . . HAD I BROUGHT THE COMPASS!) you will see a PILE of logs. It is between the path you just walked, and another path to the right. There are also some logs arranged to make a low wall. The pile of interest to you is to the right of this wall-like pile.
Standing in front of this pile of logs, you will see three jutting logs -- two larger logs, and one thin one to the left of them. To the left of the thin jutting log is a pile of logs lying in a haphazard way. Check underneath the largest log at the back, under lots of leaves and twigs and bark and more leaves. Just don't dig up the entire place.
Yes, the name on the box is different from the name of the clues. But the whole letterbox still makes sense.
TERRAIN: Easy, some uphill hikes. Very WIDE paths.
TIME: 1 hour round trip
STAMP: Hand carved. Bring your own ink pad (BYOIP)
CHILDREN: Jogging-stroller friendly
DOGS: Absolutely (see below)
LOCATION: Appleton Farms
Appleton Farms Grass Rides is part of the Trustees of Reservations GREEN DOG program. The program consists of a free (to Trustees members) off-leash walking permit in exchange for agreeing to follow Green Dog rules. Once you have your Green Dog permit, you may walk your dog off-leash in this beautiful natural area. Please respect the Green Dog Program by not walking your dog off leash unless you have a permit.
For more information and an application:
www.appletonfarms.org
978.356.5728
appletonfarms@ttor.org
This is a wonderful place for people with dogs, but not so great for people who are terrified of dogs. Although most people are very respectful about controlling their dogs around other people, we dog owners are breed of our own and don't always understand why somebody doesn't want "My Boy" licking them or charging at them from a distance.
DIRECTIONS:
Enter the area at Lamson Field parking area on Goodhue Street, just east of the intersection with Cutler Road in Hamilton (time to MapQuest).
Grab a trail map at the trailhead.
CLUES:
Follow the center path towards the woods. When you come to the Appleton Farms sign past the stone wall, those of you with permits are allowed to have Poochers leash-free.
Continue straight all the way to the end of this path, on the way passing four other paths on the right. At the third path will be a large dead tree on your left, and at the forth path will be another huge dead tree with arms reaching upward in a spooky way, also on your left.
At the very end of this path is a Whomping Willow (although it may be an oak) with a gaping hole in it. Photo Op. Here you will go right, down the wide path.
At the next crossroads, turn left. There is a steep hill that this cross roads comes down from. Cross over the "bridge." You will come towards an open field to your right and another wide path to the left. Go to the left.
You may already see the statue looming up ahead at the end of this path. Go to the statue. Basically, you can find your way to Round Point and you're done. In fact I could have made the clues lots trickier and done some clever tricky clue thingy, but I didn't.
Also, I just received an email from somebody that said there are now three wasp nests on the statue. So, I wouldn't let a child, or your moneky-dog climb all over the 6 foot high statue.
Stand in front of the statue with the engraving in the triangle that starts, "So grave it stands this stone apart . . ." At 7 o'clock or perhaps 7:30 (yes, I could have used a compass reading . . . HAD I BROUGHT THE COMPASS!) you will see a PILE of logs. It is between the path you just walked, and another path to the right. There are also some logs arranged to make a low wall. The pile of interest to you is to the right of this wall-like pile.
Standing in front of this pile of logs, you will see three jutting logs -- two larger logs, and one thin one to the left of them. To the left of the thin jutting log is a pile of logs lying in a haphazard way. Check underneath the largest log at the back, under lots of leaves and twigs and bark and more leaves. Just don't dig up the entire place.
Yes, the name on the box is different from the name of the clues. But the whole letterbox still makes sense.