PI Bunker LbNA #33978
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Aug 9, 2007 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Portsmouth or Bristol |
| County: | Bristol |
| State: | Rhode Island |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | The Waltons  |
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| Found by: | roscoe45 |
| Last found: | Oct 5, 2013 |
| Status: | FFF |
| Last edited: | Aug 9, 2007 |
You will need to take a ferry from Bristol to get to Prudence Island first but even without a letterboxing search- it is worth the trip.
The PI Bunker letterbox is best reached by bike or by car (to a certain point) and then by foot so be warned it is a beautiful albeit long excursion. From the Prudence Island ferry turn left out of the parking lot and continue past the light house, the fire station and continue out of the center toward Broadway. Turn right on Broadway and then left at the Prudence (1 room!) School. Following the long and winding road out to the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Learning Center and continue straight on T-Wharf Road. Turn (if on bike) when you get to Log Bunker Road (or park car and walk). Enjoy exploring the various bunkers on this mostly hidden road. Find the bunker with a 1 and an 8 on it. You will have to look high and even climb up 5 large log beams (acting sort of like stairs) to find the letterbox. Enjoy peaking into the bunker BUT it is not inside... too scary!!! (FYI if you go down further on T-Wharf Road you will see some beautiful sights and a great beach!). Enjoy!
The property was utilized as an ammunition depot for the U.S. Navy between 1942 and 1953, at which time the Navy abandoned the property. The property is comprised of approximately 726 acres and is owned and operated by the State of Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RI DEM) as South Prudence Bay Park. The property is currently occupied by ten structures, including a cable house/pistol range (presumed inactive), a mine assembly building (inactive), a hobby shop, a garage, two residences, and a recreational building. In addition, approximately 36 former ammunition bunkers are located on the property, only two of which are currently utilized by RI DEM for storage space. The remaining 34 bunkers are welded closed.
The PI Bunker letterbox is best reached by bike or by car (to a certain point) and then by foot so be warned it is a beautiful albeit long excursion. From the Prudence Island ferry turn left out of the parking lot and continue past the light house, the fire station and continue out of the center toward Broadway. Turn right on Broadway and then left at the Prudence (1 room!) School. Following the long and winding road out to the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Learning Center and continue straight on T-Wharf Road. Turn (if on bike) when you get to Log Bunker Road (or park car and walk). Enjoy exploring the various bunkers on this mostly hidden road. Find the bunker with a 1 and an 8 on it. You will have to look high and even climb up 5 large log beams (acting sort of like stairs) to find the letterbox. Enjoy peaking into the bunker BUT it is not inside... too scary!!! (FYI if you go down further on T-Wharf Road you will see some beautiful sights and a great beach!). Enjoy!
The property was utilized as an ammunition depot for the U.S. Navy between 1942 and 1953, at which time the Navy abandoned the property. The property is comprised of approximately 726 acres and is owned and operated by the State of Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RI DEM) as South Prudence Bay Park. The property is currently occupied by ten structures, including a cable house/pistol range (presumed inactive), a mine assembly building (inactive), a hobby shop, a garage, two residences, and a recreational building. In addition, approximately 36 former ammunition bunkers are located on the property, only two of which are currently utilized by RI DEM for storage space. The remaining 34 bunkers are welded closed.