Angel's Lookout-RETIRED LbNA #2813 (ARCHIVED)
Map
Nearby Boxes
Add Note
Add Location| Owner: | Warrior Woman  |
|---|---|
| Plant date: | Nov 21, 2001 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Upton |
| County: | Worcester |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Lady-Dragon Bee |
|---|---|
| Last found: | Jul 19, 2006 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFaFrr |
| Last edited: | Oct 30, 2015 |
Easy clues and terrain
The fashion statement of the day is orange.
The Peppercorn Hill Recreation Area is maintained by the Upton Conservation Commission and is a virtual wonderland of old blasted trees, wild rock formations, and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of saplings! From Route 495, take Exit 21B. At the first light, look for a sign that tells you to go "SOUTH". Pass through the industrial park devoted to Einstein's theory until you cross town lines. Wave to the "Tangled Woods Letterbox" as you drive past it (or stop to stamp it). Continue along this road and search to the right for a street that might evoke memories of tents and sleeping bags.
Take this right, and follow this road to the top of the hill (this road used to end in a T, but a new development has sprung up at the top of the hill). A sign to your right will say "Dead End", but pull a Sonny "Crockett" and drive down this dead end "road" anyway. Go easy on the pedal, my friend, especially when you can catch glimpses of an inland sea to your right. Don't be scared of the Bad SLOW Curve or the Blind SLOW Drive signs - they are just letting you know that you are almost there! Just past these signs, on the left, is a small parking lot with a white sign that tells you that you have, indeed, reached the Peppercorn Hill Recreation Area. You will know if you are in the right place if the Galloping Gourmet lives across the street. Park your car and walk up the street a piece to the entrance to the Peppercorn Hill Trails. Pretty sign and trail map.
Enter the trail at this sign. Follow the trail until it ends in a T. Look to your left to see the blue painted tree. Take the left trail. Follow this trail and admire all the saplings! Continue along until you see an ENORMOUS boulder to your right. You will know if it is the Angel's Lookout if the boulder is cleft in two and a tree is growing straight out of one side of it. Scramble to the top of the Angel's Lookout and reach inside the cleft to earn your wings.
After stamping, take some time to look at the rest of the trails, and also to slowly drive up and down the street. Very interesting architecture - including a house built straight into the side of a hill! Well worth the look-see.
The fashion statement of the day is orange.
The Peppercorn Hill Recreation Area is maintained by the Upton Conservation Commission and is a virtual wonderland of old blasted trees, wild rock formations, and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of saplings! From Route 495, take Exit 21B. At the first light, look for a sign that tells you to go "SOUTH". Pass through the industrial park devoted to Einstein's theory until you cross town lines. Wave to the "Tangled Woods Letterbox" as you drive past it (or stop to stamp it). Continue along this road and search to the right for a street that might evoke memories of tents and sleeping bags.
Take this right, and follow this road to the top of the hill (this road used to end in a T, but a new development has sprung up at the top of the hill). A sign to your right will say "Dead End", but pull a Sonny "Crockett" and drive down this dead end "road" anyway. Go easy on the pedal, my friend, especially when you can catch glimpses of an inland sea to your right. Don't be scared of the Bad SLOW Curve or the Blind SLOW Drive signs - they are just letting you know that you are almost there! Just past these signs, on the left, is a small parking lot with a white sign that tells you that you have, indeed, reached the Peppercorn Hill Recreation Area. You will know if you are in the right place if the Galloping Gourmet lives across the street. Park your car and walk up the street a piece to the entrance to the Peppercorn Hill Trails. Pretty sign and trail map.
Enter the trail at this sign. Follow the trail until it ends in a T. Look to your left to see the blue painted tree. Take the left trail. Follow this trail and admire all the saplings! Continue along until you see an ENORMOUS boulder to your right. You will know if it is the Angel's Lookout if the boulder is cleft in two and a tree is growing straight out of one side of it. Scramble to the top of the Angel's Lookout and reach inside the cleft to earn your wings.
After stamping, take some time to look at the rest of the trails, and also to slowly drive up and down the street. Very interesting architecture - including a house built straight into the side of a hill! Well worth the look-see.