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Drum Bum LbNA #24508

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Sep 15, 2006
Location: Great Hill Conservation Area
City:Acton
County:Middlesex
State:Massachusetts
Boxes:1
Planted by:Sky Squirrel
Found by: nfsquared
Last found:May 19, 2020
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Oct 5, 2015
Location: Great Hill Conservation Area, Acton, MA
Distance: Approx. 1.5 mile to box (shortcut back)
Difficulty: Medium. Wet spots in spring. Plenty of P.I.

To Great Hill: Take Rt 2 to Rt 27 South. Drive 0.5 miles, passing through one light. Find the South Acton gas station on your right. The trail head, with parking, is directly across the street.

Clues:

Take the trail by the sign board. Proceed approx. 500 feet to a T junction. Go left five paces, then bear right by the 30 inch pine. Continue over the rock wall. Eventually the trail will turn downhill and you will pass a boulder on your right the size of a jumbo elephant.

After about ten minutes, you will hit another T. Turn right, following yellow blazes. You will now walk through at least three stone walls and cross two (possibly dry) stream beds. Notice the triple-headed pine on your right, shaped like a giant candelabra.

At the fork, bear right. Follow the yellow blazes.

Immediately after a stone wall, the path turns 90 degrees to the left and parallels the wall for a bit. Walk a few more minutes, start up a slight incline, and find a tree in the middle of the trail. (The trail is worn on both sides of the tree). The tree is growing amidst several rocks, and the base of its trunk flows over a boulder. (If you come to the top of the incline and pass through another stone wall, you have gone too far.)

Standing at the tree in the middle of the trail, Look to your left, about 20 feet into the woods, and locate a small cairn. The box is cached behind the cairn, covered with sticks. Happy drumming!

Following the yellow blazes, you can continue the circle back to the parking lot. After about 0.4 miles you take a left on the red trail to get to the lot.

Clues updated and box verified, 6/15/14.