The Phantom LbNA #3381
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Dec 31, 1969 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Milton |
| County: | Norfolk |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Nairon |
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| Last found: | Oct 28, 2018 |
| Status: | FFaF |
| Last edited: | Mar 18, 2023 |
Originally placed by BOB. Adopted by Choi 3/17/06.
This letterbox is the Blue Hills in Milton, MA south of Boston. It was placed by students of the Milton Academy Outdoor Program in the first week of November, 2001.
The directions are somewhat more involved that other letterboxes in the Blue Hills but we wanted to add a component of real bushwacking and compass navigation. "The Phantom" This letterbox is hidden in the Blue Hills between Chickatawbut Hill and the Great Cedar Swamp.
Park in the small lot at the intersection of Randolph Ave (28) and Chicktawbut Rd and begin by following the red dot trail into the woods.
Go to the intersection at 3111, and head southwest towards 3121 for about 20 yards. On your left will be a large 3-trunked oak tree about 10ft from the trail. Stand with it at your back and walk at a bearing of 310 degrees straight up hill for 80-100 yards to a boulder at the top of the hill. Standing on top of the boulder, follow a bearing of 350 degrees for 60 yards until you come to the edge of a rocky depression . F ollow a bearing of 305 degrees along the contour of the bottom of the hill until you come to a large slanting rock with small trees growing out of the top. Climb to the top and find a bearing of 290 degrees. Follow this bearing until you come to a swamp (in fall and winter the swamp is usually dry-it is possible to walk straight across it, but the thick vegetation make going around easier!). Scurt around the swamp to the south and cross over the rocky depression to the base of the opposite hill. From here, follow a bearing of 340 degrees untill you come to the only tall white tree around . Reach up and under the stilted base of the tree to find your prize - beware of any small mammals who may chose to inhabit this tiny cavern !
To get out of the woods, go due north up the hill to the red dot trail - you should end up at 3073 on the red dot trail. Turn east (left) to head back to the parking lot. This entire loop should take 1-2 hours depending on how you choose to get to 3111.
Matt Bingham Director of the Outdoor Program Science Department Milton Academy Milton, MA
This letterbox is the Blue Hills in Milton, MA south of Boston. It was placed by students of the Milton Academy Outdoor Program in the first week of November, 2001.
The directions are somewhat more involved that other letterboxes in the Blue Hills but we wanted to add a component of real bushwacking and compass navigation. "The Phantom" This letterbox is hidden in the Blue Hills between Chickatawbut Hill and the Great Cedar Swamp.
Park in the small lot at the intersection of Randolph Ave (28) and Chicktawbut Rd and begin by following the red dot trail into the woods.
Go to the intersection at 3111, and head southwest towards 3121 for about 20 yards. On your left will be a large 3-trunked oak tree about 10ft from the trail. Stand with it at your back and walk at a bearing of 310 degrees straight up hill for 80-100 yards to a boulder at the top of the hill. Standing on top of the boulder, follow a bearing of 350 degrees for 60 yards until you come to the edge of a rocky depression . F ollow a bearing of 305 degrees along the contour of the bottom of the hill until you come to a large slanting rock with small trees growing out of the top. Climb to the top and find a bearing of 290 degrees. Follow this bearing until you come to a swamp (in fall and winter the swamp is usually dry-it is possible to walk straight across it, but the thick vegetation make going around easier!). Scurt around the swamp to the south and cross over the rocky depression to the base of the opposite hill. From here, follow a bearing of 340 degrees untill you come to the only tall white tree around . Reach up and under the stilted base of the tree to find your prize - beware of any small mammals who may chose to inhabit this tiny cavern !
To get out of the woods, go due north up the hill to the red dot trail - you should end up at 3073 on the red dot trail. Turn east (left) to head back to the parking lot. This entire loop should take 1-2 hours depending on how you choose to get to 3111.
Matt Bingham Director of the Outdoor Program Science Department Milton Academy Milton, MA