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One More Box LbNA #3347 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jan 22, 2002
Location:
City:Hillsboro
County:Highland
State:Ohio
Boxes:1
Found by: nugglebugs
Last found:Jul 30, 2007
Status:aF
Last edited:Jan 22, 2002



Hillsboro, Ohio Highland County
Difficulty: easy, short trail walk
Placed: January 22, 2002 ~ by franzsolo...

Fort Hill State Memorial is a nature preserve containing one of the best preserved Indian hilltop enclosures in North America. The Hopewell Indians (100 B.C.-A.D. 500) constructed the 1 1/2 mile long earthwork hilltop enclosure as well as at least two ceremonial buildings and probably a village in the Brush creek Valley. Lying at the western edge of the Allegheny Plateau, immediately south of the glacial boundary, this hilly area contains an impressive diversity of bedrock, soils, flora, and fauna. There are 11 miles of hiking trails at the 1,200 acre preserve as well as a picnic area. The museum reopened in the fall of 2000 after an extensive renovation. New exhibits include a variety of hands-on and interactive, multimedia displays depicting the geology, flora and fauna of Fort Hill..

LOCATION
Fort Hill is located off of State Route 41 on Township Road 256, five miles north of Sinking Springs and three miles south of Cynthiana in Highland County.

Letterbox clues:
From the lower parking lot find the (green) Fort Hill earthworks sign.
Take a 100º bearing to the stone shelter house.
From the SW corner of the stone shelter house proceed to the "well shelter " at a 180º heading. From the well shelter go 17 paces (1pace=2 steps or about five feet ) at a 230º bearing to the trail head marker post. (blue color code )
Go 31 paces from the trailhead marker .Are you standing between the trail cutout of a large tree that has fallen across the pathway? On the west side of the fallen tree is the letterbox. (north end of roots)
Thanks, franzsolo...