Series I LbNA #2341
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Nearby Boxes
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jun 16, 2002 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Bristol |
| County: | Bristol |
| State: | Rhode Island |
| Boxes: | 6 |
| Planted by: | donna  |
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| Found by: | The Townies |
| Last found: | Jul 19, 2011 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFaaaFa |
| Last edited: | Jun 16, 2002 |
Difficulty: flat riding ( 20 mile round trip as described)
boxes accessable by foot by parking in various
locations along the way
Planted: 6/16/02 by Tweety and Mr. Coon
Email: damccombs@m...
We planted some of these for a cookout event for some friends who are
cyclists and letterboxers, so they stamped in some of them on
Father's Day. Thanks to them for their patience tryign out the
directions, maybe they've forgiven us. We've added a couple more
boxes, hope to add still more along the path, and hope others will
too.
Guide to a series of letterboxes near the East Bay Bicycle Path
Any day of the week this path sees plenty of use by people
using all types of pollution free transportation. We've been riding
bikes in and around the path since the early phases of its
construction and saw this as a way of celebrating the path and its
diverse users. We've only been letterboxing for a couple of months
but we've already been made aware of so many nifty places we never
would have visited otherwise and wanted to do the same for others.
We were inspired to make East Bay Bike Path the scene of our first
attempts at "giving back" a little by our experience at the
excellent "Hills are Alive" series a couple of weeks ago. We hope to
add more and hope others might as well.
Series I
The directions are given as though traveling from the
southern end of the path in Bristol but one might enter at any point
and figure it out. Some of the boxes can easily) be accessed (three
and six year old granddaughters helped set them out from parking
areas nearby. Some are a little ways off the path to show off nearby
parks and through neighboring areas along our habitual routes we
first picked up from Narragansett Wheelmen rides. It might be a good
idea to change the order of visiting the boxes to spread them over an
out and back ride. Reliable parking for the southern end of the path
is available at the Independence Park terminus in Bristol (get there
early), off the entrance road for Colt State Park, behind the Warren
Town Hall, the Barrington Shopping Center, and at Haines Park in East
Providence.
The Jogger
Starting at Colt State Park where ample parking is available in a
large lot on the entrance road to the park (across from the armory).
Take a left out of the lot and follow the main road as it bears left
at the first fork, then at the entrance kiosk go around the rotary
and down the hill to the small jogger's parking lot (home of the East
Bay Striders according to the sign) Begin to follow Ah Doo Wah Blvd
and immediately after passing through the first stone wall look low
in the wall directly behind the tree bearing the Ah Doo Wah Blvd.
sign. (You may want to take a spin through this walking/biking path
that goes through the park)
The Chair Wheeler
Leaving the jogger's parking lot, turn right and exit the
park with a left turn onto Poppasquash Road. Follow this around the
back of Bristol Harbor and turn left onto the East Bay Bicycle Path.
(You may want to take a quick detour down to the right for a few
hundred yards to Independence Park to say you went to the end. If
you're hungry there are several places to eat here.) Follow the bike
path northward.
After passing through Warren (There is a bike shop and a Del's frozen
lemonade stand right on the path near the Warren Town Hall) the bike
path crosses over two bridges into Barrington. After the second
bridge (nothernmost) enter a shady section of the path which leads up
to the Barrington shopping center. Along part of this shady section
is a stone wall on the left (west) side. When you get to the third in
a series of four sewer covers in the grassy verge on your right
(east), stop and count back (south) forty paces along the path and
face the wall. You should be about halfway between two double
trunked maple trees behind you (on the east side of the path). The
box is in the usual crevice in the wall. This is a busy stretch with
a long line of sight. You might want to sit on the wall and fake
taking a rest to avoid suspicion.
The Coffee Break
Continue north on the path turn right at the intersection of
County Street instead of crossing at the light. A few short blocks
along County Street, before the town hall, at the corner of Markwood
Drive is a small park with a pond and a gazebo. The benches here are
perfect places to sit and sample a coffee from one of the sources
within sight. Stand on the path to the gazebo with your back to it
and you should see a large "boxy" evergreen. A quick search in the
base of its multiple trunks should yield a find. You can return to
the bike path by back the way you came or by crossing County Street
here (carefully, there is a crosswalk nearby) and bearing off toward
the path via a number of entry ramps. Anyone who doesn't believe that
businesses can benefit from a bike path should see this place. You
are nearly five miles north of Colt State Park at this point. Head
northward if you want more.
The Rollerblader
North of the Barrington shopping center turn left on the next street
(West Street) pass the YMCA and enter Veterans Memorial Park. Follow
the road to a lot at the end and look for a sign for fireplace 11
near a gate. Peek among the triple trunks for The Rollerblader.
The Tired Cyclist
Return to the bike path and continue north to an intersection
with Washington Road and turn left. Follow Washington Road until,
just as you see a golf course on the left ( Rhode Island Country
Club, scene of Rhody's only annual PGA tournament) turn left onto
South Lake Road (one-way traffic). A few hundred feet later there
will be a large white birch on the left and shortly after that a
large fallen log across from a gate in the new fence. (The No Parking sign is no longer there). Check under the
northern end of the log for the Tired Cyclist.
The Walker
Continue along South Lake Road through the fishing spots
along the edge of this pond called Echo Lake, crossing North Lake
Road and intercepting the bike path again. Turn left (northward ) and
continue on to the marker on the southbound side that says
"6 mi S". Keep an eye out for a short spur of pavement on the right
(guarded at its end by two boulders) that leads into a network of
trails in part of Haines Memorial State Park. Enter here and turning
left at the first trail intersection count about 45 paces. Here
should be a path that leads off to the left (SW) back toward the bike
path. Walk along here about 22 paces and sight through the center
(approx. WNW) of the clump of a four trunk oak tree to an aspen tree
about 15 feet beyond. The Walker rests at the base of this aspen.
If you return to the bike path, turn right and continue north to the
picnic area of Haines Park there are rest rooms and places to stop
for a snack while looking at some boats.
boxes accessable by foot by parking in various
locations along the way
Planted: 6/16/02 by Tweety and Mr. Coon
Email: damccombs@m...
We planted some of these for a cookout event for some friends who are
cyclists and letterboxers, so they stamped in some of them on
Father's Day. Thanks to them for their patience tryign out the
directions, maybe they've forgiven us. We've added a couple more
boxes, hope to add still more along the path, and hope others will
too.
Guide to a series of letterboxes near the East Bay Bicycle Path
Any day of the week this path sees plenty of use by people
using all types of pollution free transportation. We've been riding
bikes in and around the path since the early phases of its
construction and saw this as a way of celebrating the path and its
diverse users. We've only been letterboxing for a couple of months
but we've already been made aware of so many nifty places we never
would have visited otherwise and wanted to do the same for others.
We were inspired to make East Bay Bike Path the scene of our first
attempts at "giving back" a little by our experience at the
excellent "Hills are Alive" series a couple of weeks ago. We hope to
add more and hope others might as well.
Series I
The directions are given as though traveling from the
southern end of the path in Bristol but one might enter at any point
and figure it out. Some of the boxes can easily) be accessed (three
and six year old granddaughters helped set them out from parking
areas nearby. Some are a little ways off the path to show off nearby
parks and through neighboring areas along our habitual routes we
first picked up from Narragansett Wheelmen rides. It might be a good
idea to change the order of visiting the boxes to spread them over an
out and back ride. Reliable parking for the southern end of the path
is available at the Independence Park terminus in Bristol (get there
early), off the entrance road for Colt State Park, behind the Warren
Town Hall, the Barrington Shopping Center, and at Haines Park in East
Providence.
The Jogger
Starting at Colt State Park where ample parking is available in a
large lot on the entrance road to the park (across from the armory).
Take a left out of the lot and follow the main road as it bears left
at the first fork, then at the entrance kiosk go around the rotary
and down the hill to the small jogger's parking lot (home of the East
Bay Striders according to the sign) Begin to follow Ah Doo Wah Blvd
and immediately after passing through the first stone wall look low
in the wall directly behind the tree bearing the Ah Doo Wah Blvd.
sign. (You may want to take a spin through this walking/biking path
that goes through the park)
The Chair Wheeler
Leaving the jogger's parking lot, turn right and exit the
park with a left turn onto Poppasquash Road. Follow this around the
back of Bristol Harbor and turn left onto the East Bay Bicycle Path.
(You may want to take a quick detour down to the right for a few
hundred yards to Independence Park to say you went to the end. If
you're hungry there are several places to eat here.) Follow the bike
path northward.
After passing through Warren (There is a bike shop and a Del's frozen
lemonade stand right on the path near the Warren Town Hall) the bike
path crosses over two bridges into Barrington. After the second
bridge (nothernmost) enter a shady section of the path which leads up
to the Barrington shopping center. Along part of this shady section
is a stone wall on the left (west) side. When you get to the third in
a series of four sewer covers in the grassy verge on your right
(east), stop and count back (south) forty paces along the path and
face the wall. You should be about halfway between two double
trunked maple trees behind you (on the east side of the path). The
box is in the usual crevice in the wall. This is a busy stretch with
a long line of sight. You might want to sit on the wall and fake
taking a rest to avoid suspicion.
The Coffee Break
Continue north on the path turn right at the intersection of
County Street instead of crossing at the light. A few short blocks
along County Street, before the town hall, at the corner of Markwood
Drive is a small park with a pond and a gazebo. The benches here are
perfect places to sit and sample a coffee from one of the sources
within sight. Stand on the path to the gazebo with your back to it
and you should see a large "boxy" evergreen. A quick search in the
base of its multiple trunks should yield a find. You can return to
the bike path by back the way you came or by crossing County Street
here (carefully, there is a crosswalk nearby) and bearing off toward
the path via a number of entry ramps. Anyone who doesn't believe that
businesses can benefit from a bike path should see this place. You
are nearly five miles north of Colt State Park at this point. Head
northward if you want more.
The Rollerblader
North of the Barrington shopping center turn left on the next street
(West Street) pass the YMCA and enter Veterans Memorial Park. Follow
the road to a lot at the end and look for a sign for fireplace 11
near a gate. Peek among the triple trunks for The Rollerblader.
The Tired Cyclist
Return to the bike path and continue north to an intersection
with Washington Road and turn left. Follow Washington Road until,
just as you see a golf course on the left ( Rhode Island Country
Club, scene of Rhody's only annual PGA tournament) turn left onto
South Lake Road (one-way traffic). A few hundred feet later there
will be a large white birch on the left and shortly after that a
large fallen log across from a gate in the new fence. (The No Parking sign is no longer there). Check under the
northern end of the log for the Tired Cyclist.
The Walker
Continue along South Lake Road through the fishing spots
along the edge of this pond called Echo Lake, crossing North Lake
Road and intercepting the bike path again. Turn left (northward ) and
continue on to the marker on the southbound side that says
"6 mi S". Keep an eye out for a short spur of pavement on the right
(guarded at its end by two boulders) that leads into a network of
trails in part of Haines Memorial State Park. Enter here and turning
left at the first trail intersection count about 45 paces. Here
should be a path that leads off to the left (SW) back toward the bike
path. Walk along here about 22 paces and sight through the center
(approx. WNW) of the clump of a four trunk oak tree to an aspen tree
about 15 feet beyond. The Walker rests at the base of this aspen.
If you return to the bike path, turn right and continue north to the
picnic area of Haines Park there are rest rooms and places to stop
for a snack while looking at some boats.