This Little Pig-missing LbNA #3451 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | BlackA  |
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| Plant date: | Dec 31, 1969 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Amherst |
| County: | Hampshire |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | oldhounder & Siamese |
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| Last found: | Jul 29, 2005 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFaam |
| Last edited: | Oct 30, 2015 |
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This Little Pig Letterbox
Mill River Recreation Area, North Amherst, Massachusetts
This clue is designed especially for parents and small children who want to go on a
"treasure hunt" together, but people of all ages will enjoy this quiet, lovely area.
There are many conservation trails crisscrossing brooks in the vicinity, so after
you’ve located the letterbox you can do more hiking if you like. These trails are
popular on weekends, so please be discreet when removing and re-hiding the
letterbox.
The first ten people to find the box may take home a souvenir pig.
Directions: Mill River Recreation Area is located in North Amherst on Route 63,
just beyond the North Amherst Library, the North Congregational Church, and the
intersection of North Pleasant, Meadow, and Pine streets.
CLUE DIFFICULTY: Easy
TERRAIN: Easy
ESTABLISHED: July 29, 2000 (known to be in good shape and well visited as of
summer 2002)
Start at the place where two
Can have fun swinging in blue.
Then walk, don’t pounce,
To the spot where big springs bounce.
Now go to the board where numbers keep score;
Get ready, there’s a treasure hunt in store!
Stand behind the scoreboard, if you please,
Then walk straight ahead till you’re under the trees.
Now take a moment to look all around
Until the Mill River you’ve found.
Facing the river, turn left—that’s a breeze!
Then stroll along beneath the trees.
Keep the rusty old fence to your right—
And don’t let the mosquitoes bite!
Walk on in this direction until you see
A great big sycamore tree.
Stand under the tree and look around—
Is there another sycamore to be found?
Go to it, and from there you will spy
A cage where the baseballs fly.
From the batting cage, if you really look,
You’ll see a bridge that crosses a brook.
Walk over the bridge and you will see
Two yellow diamonds painted on a tree.
Go left, then proceed to the first trail on the right—
Now the letterbox is almost in sight!
A short walk on this trail
Leads to a bridge with no rail.
Don’t cross it but stop and look around
On the left, for an old section of bridge on the ground.
Planks of wood, covered by a log--
Step on over, it’s a very quick jog.
Under this leftover piece of bridge, take a peek,
And you’ll discover what you seek. As of August 2003 this box is in place and has had so many visitors I had to put a new logbook in it. Be the first to stamp logbook #2! Plus there's a new supply of souvenir pigs in the box.
This Little Pig Letterbox
Mill River Recreation Area, North Amherst, Massachusetts
This clue is designed especially for parents and small children who want to go on a
"treasure hunt" together, but people of all ages will enjoy this quiet, lovely area.
There are many conservation trails crisscrossing brooks in the vicinity, so after
you’ve located the letterbox you can do more hiking if you like. These trails are
popular on weekends, so please be discreet when removing and re-hiding the
letterbox.
The first ten people to find the box may take home a souvenir pig.
Directions: Mill River Recreation Area is located in North Amherst on Route 63,
just beyond the North Amherst Library, the North Congregational Church, and the
intersection of North Pleasant, Meadow, and Pine streets.
CLUE DIFFICULTY: Easy
TERRAIN: Easy
ESTABLISHED: July 29, 2000 (known to be in good shape and well visited as of
summer 2002)
Start at the place where two
Can have fun swinging in blue.
Then walk, don’t pounce,
To the spot where big springs bounce.
Now go to the board where numbers keep score;
Get ready, there’s a treasure hunt in store!
Stand behind the scoreboard, if you please,
Then walk straight ahead till you’re under the trees.
Now take a moment to look all around
Until the Mill River you’ve found.
Facing the river, turn left—that’s a breeze!
Then stroll along beneath the trees.
Keep the rusty old fence to your right—
And don’t let the mosquitoes bite!
Walk on in this direction until you see
A great big sycamore tree.
Stand under the tree and look around—
Is there another sycamore to be found?
Go to it, and from there you will spy
A cage where the baseballs fly.
From the batting cage, if you really look,
You’ll see a bridge that crosses a brook.
Walk over the bridge and you will see
Two yellow diamonds painted on a tree.
Go left, then proceed to the first trail on the right—
Now the letterbox is almost in sight!
A short walk on this trail
Leads to a bridge with no rail.
Don’t cross it but stop and look around
On the left, for an old section of bridge on the ground.
Planks of wood, covered by a log--
Step on over, it’s a very quick jog.
Under this leftover piece of bridge, take a peek,
And you’ll discover what you seek. As of August 2003 this box is in place and has had so many visitors I had to put a new logbook in it. Be the first to stamp logbook #2! Plus there's a new supply of souvenir pigs in the box.