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The Lion King - Scar's Lair LbNA #29670

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Mar 7, 2007
Location:
City:Quarryville
County:Lancaster
State:Pennsylvania
Boxes:1
Planted by:White Tiger
Found by: Dar53chevy
Last found:Nov 17, 2012
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Mar 7, 2007
This box is hidden in the Theodore A. Parker Natural Area.

This 90 acre park is located in the southeast portion of Lancaster County and is named after internationally known ornithologist Theodore A. Parker, who was from Lancaster County.
In this park, Stewart Run tumbles over rocks and waterfalls to create one of the county’s most pristine streams. Visitors can hike along an out and back trail that parallels this stream and the shear walls of rock formations that help to create this isolated valley.
The flora throughout this tract is impressive. Trout lilies, violets and mayapples carpet the forest floor each spring. In the ravines upper section, club mosses, ground pine, ferns and lichen give visitors a glimpse of the type of forest that once covered much of Pennsylvania.
Animals are abundant, including deer, raccoon, opossum and squirrels. Birds including woodpeckers, turkey vultures and red-tailed hawks. Also many varieties of fish inhabit both the Octorara Creek (across from the parking area) and Stewart Run.
Fishing is permitted in both waterways during authorized seasons.
From Quarryville: Follow Route 222 south for approx. 3 miles. Go passed Solanco High School and turn left onto Blackburn Road. Follow Blackburn Road approx. 3 miles and as you near the bottom of a very long steep hill; make a hard left hand turn onto Wesley Road. After crossing the small cement bridge, pass the park sign and turn left into the parking area. From here your journey begins.

1. From the parking area, with your back to Wesley Road and Octorara Creek, go straight ahead to the beginning of the trail.
2. Proceed down trail and pass between two boulder guards on either side of path. (You are now entering “The Pride Lands”.)
3. Pass and/or read the five educational signs on the right side of the trail.
4. From sign 5 go approx. 200 paces to a tree that has had its middle removed to clear the trail. (Look on the end of the section on the left side of the trail to see if you can see Mufasa’s claw marks.)
5. Look to your left, toward the stream and spot the tall dead tree with out any branches. On that dead tree I have seen large woodpeckers a few times; hopefully you will be as lucky.
6. From this point continue approx. 225 paces till the trail brings you back close to the stream. Spot the natural rock dam crossing the stream. Close your eyes and listen to the water running over the rocks, but don’t fall asleep your adventure has just begun.
7. Continue down the trail 90 paces and stop at the tree crossing the stream. Looking on the other side of the water see the neat rock formation half way up the hill. It is tempting to go across the tree and climb on the rocks, and really fun I must say. Do it if you must, but what you seek is not there, it lies farther down the trail.
8. After walking a little ways you will come to a large rock bridge crossing the path. You have reached primate hollow. Stand on top of the rock bridge and face away from the stream. Look up the hill slightly to your right and see if you can spot the tree stump that looks like a large silverback gorilla. Be very quiet, there may be more hiding in the underbrush.
9. From the natural rock bridge go approx. 90 paces, here you will come to a “Y”. Looking toward the creek you will see a tree crossing the creek and a large rock cliff towering above it. You have discovered “Pride Rock”. The protruding rock at the top of the formation is “Simba’s Outlook”, where all of the Pride Lands can be watched over.
10. Take the left trail along the stream and walk 30 paces past a “V” to the tree with moss at its base. (This is a great place to view “Pride Rock”)
11. After admiring the view, turn away from the stream and walk 10 paces straight back to the main trail
12. Turn left and continue down the trail 70 paces to “Pumba’s Boulder” on the right of the trail. Facing Boulder, spot the tree with holes in it. Many times I have stopped here to watch the squirrels playing on this tree. Also have seen woodpeckers here a few times, but don’t get caught up waiting for a show, for your quest is nearing its end.
13. From “Pumba’s Boulder” proceed 23 paces to the tree with eyes. Here you are about to enter the “Shadow Lands” so keep an eye out for hyenas.
14. After passing the tree of eyes, go 93 paces to the tree with its roots in your path. (Look on this tree for Scar’s claw marks to make sure you are where you should be.
15. Turn your back to this tree, and with your eyes, follow the large fallen tree half way up to a smaller fallen tree that is trapped under it.
16. With your eyes follow this smaller tree left to the cave that is guarded by a quartz rock at the left of the opening.
17. Climb up hill to the entrance to this cave. You have discovered “Scar’s Lair”.
18. Inside the entrance, on the right side, under a flat rock is that in which you seek. (Please rehide letterbox as it was found.)
19. After returning to the main trail you can turn back the way you came and head back to the parking area or continue the adventure and proceed farther up the trail. The trail only goes on a bit farther and will be worth the effort.
20. If you continue down the trail you will come to a point where it seems you have reached the end, where it looks like it drops off into the stream. This is not the end, only the end of the flat trail. From here you can continue up the path to your right which goes along the hillside and takes you to where the stream runs through boulders and rocks to form some small waterfalls. But be warned, this is very rugged and can be treacherous at spots and is not recommended that young children, the extremely handicapped or the out of shape attempt this part of the trail. Good Luck and good hiking.