View Of Great Seal LbNA #23859
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Add Location| Owner: | Walkabout  |
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| Plant date: | Jul 8, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Chillicothe |
| County: | Ross |
| State: | Ohio |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Walkabout |
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| Last found: | Feb 19, 2017 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFaO |
| Last edited: | Oct 5, 2020 |
The View of Great Seal Letterbox is located in the middle of Great Seal State Park, which is in Ross County. The park is south of Circleville and north of Chillicothe, approximately 3 miles east of Rte 23.
Look up the PDF map of the park here.
We are avid hikers but realize that not everyone enjoys hiking as we do. This letterbox can be reached by hiking the long, hilly, blue-blazed Shawnee Ridge trail, or by parking on the roadside where this trail intersects Rocky Road. The box is located on the Sand Hill section that is an easy flat hike when parking at the Rocky Road intersection. If parking at the roadside, this will be approximately a short 10 minute flat hike.
To get there from the north: from Rte 23, follow the signs to the park by turning east on Rte 207, then south (right) on Hospital Road to Delano Road. Turn onto Delano Road. You will encounter a traffic light and cross a railroad track; continue on Delano Road. At Marietta Road, turn south and at .6 miles you will arrive at the main park entrance.
(Park here if you plan to hike the main hiking trail, and follow the blue blazes for the Shawnee Trail to the ridge top of Sand Hill. The letterbox is located shortly after this crest, but for the sake of clarity we suggest that you hike on to where the trail intersects with Rocky Road, and then backtrack to the letterbox.)
If you plan to drive to the Rocky Road pullover, follow Delano to where it becomes Marietta Rd as above. Drive 1.2 miles on Marietta to Graves Rd. Turn R on Graves, and drive 2 miles to Rocky Road ("Rte 242" on Google Maps). Turn R on Rocky Road. There is a sign on Rocky Road stating that the road is closed 1.2 miles ahead; turn on Rocky Road anyway. Drive 1.2 miles to where the road is blocked and the blue-blazed trail crosses the road. This trail intersection has a small pullover that can accommodate a couple of cars. Park your car in the pullover. While there is little traffic, be careful of other cars that may need to turn around here. On the north, right, side of Rocky Road--the side with the pullover--enter the blue-blazed trail.
From the intersection of the road with the trail, take the blue blazed trail in a northerly direction (40 degrees) moving slightly uphill. It soon levels out. You will see two blue blazes with a trail descending downhill--don’t take the downhill trail but instead continue straight on the level trail. After a few minutes the trail starts moving uphill to a rocky area; you will start to see rock outcroppings. You will come to a “Y” in the trail with the rock boulders straight ahead. (The right fork of the "Y" might be subtle.) Follow the left fork and stop at the second blue blazed tree. Go 26 steps to a pile of rock boulders and look inside the broken tree stump.
Hike length: 1 mile
Look up the PDF map of the park here.
We are avid hikers but realize that not everyone enjoys hiking as we do. This letterbox can be reached by hiking the long, hilly, blue-blazed Shawnee Ridge trail, or by parking on the roadside where this trail intersects Rocky Road. The box is located on the Sand Hill section that is an easy flat hike when parking at the Rocky Road intersection. If parking at the roadside, this will be approximately a short 10 minute flat hike.
To get there from the north: from Rte 23, follow the signs to the park by turning east on Rte 207, then south (right) on Hospital Road to Delano Road. Turn onto Delano Road. You will encounter a traffic light and cross a railroad track; continue on Delano Road. At Marietta Road, turn south and at .6 miles you will arrive at the main park entrance.
(Park here if you plan to hike the main hiking trail, and follow the blue blazes for the Shawnee Trail to the ridge top of Sand Hill. The letterbox is located shortly after this crest, but for the sake of clarity we suggest that you hike on to where the trail intersects with Rocky Road, and then backtrack to the letterbox.)
If you plan to drive to the Rocky Road pullover, follow Delano to where it becomes Marietta Rd as above. Drive 1.2 miles on Marietta to Graves Rd. Turn R on Graves, and drive 2 miles to Rocky Road ("Rte 242" on Google Maps). Turn R on Rocky Road. There is a sign on Rocky Road stating that the road is closed 1.2 miles ahead; turn on Rocky Road anyway. Drive 1.2 miles to where the road is blocked and the blue-blazed trail crosses the road. This trail intersection has a small pullover that can accommodate a couple of cars. Park your car in the pullover. While there is little traffic, be careful of other cars that may need to turn around here. On the north, right, side of Rocky Road--the side with the pullover--enter the blue-blazed trail.
From the intersection of the road with the trail, take the blue blazed trail in a northerly direction (40 degrees) moving slightly uphill. It soon levels out. You will see two blue blazes with a trail descending downhill--don’t take the downhill trail but instead continue straight on the level trail. After a few minutes the trail starts moving uphill to a rocky area; you will start to see rock outcroppings. You will come to a “Y” in the trail with the rock boulders straight ahead. (The right fork of the "Y" might be subtle.) Follow the left fork and stop at the second blue blazed tree. Go 26 steps to a pile of rock boulders and look inside the broken tree stump.
Hike length: 1 mile