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Libby's Lump LbNA #34933

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Sep 7, 2007
Location:
City:Southington
County:Hartford
State:Connecticut
Boxes:1
Planted by:Rubaduc
Found by: Nairon
Last found:Nov 5, 2022
Status:FFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Oct 7, 2015
From I-84 take exit 31, go south on West street for 0.8 miles, turn right onto West Center Street and go 1.4 miles to Mt. Vernon Road. Go right (north) for 0.2 miles and take a left at the sign for the Southington Sportsman Club (Whitman Road). 100 yards up on the left is courtesy parking for the Tunxis Trail.
This is the start of the Southington Region.

A 6.2 mile round trip all on the blue blazed Tunxis Mainline. It could be unpleasant if anyone’s practice shooting at the club, luckily no one was there today. This is mostly uphill but nothing too steep, just gentle climbs.

From the parking lot head south through field and woods and then uphill, walking in what appears to be a washed out gully. Up and over ledges on the trail, keeping on the blue, ignoring all side trails and obeying the posted signs. After the trail levels out for awhile you’ll come to four cement blocks and soon come to the New Britain Reservoir dam (1.5 miles). Go left following the graveled west side service road, watching on the left at the top of the hill for the blue blazed Stonehouse Trail heading west. Don’t take it, stay on the service road with the water to the right even though blue blazes are scarce. At the far end of the reservoir look left at a cement block for the blue blazed Woodtick Trail (2.2 miles) (don’t take this one either) turn corner, go over culvert, watch for blue to turn sharply right. Don’t confuse this with an ATV trail just before it. Walk under power lines, back into woods and turn right onto old woods road. Cross bridge, turn left after the cement pipes, watch for another sharp right bringing you to the final ascent to Libby’s Lump (6.1 miles). Frankly I was a bit disappointed in the lump after walking all that way but to each his own. Upon reaching a rock slab (Libby’s Lump?) with the yellow dot trail going to the right and the mainline continuing straight, look left for a long stretch of ledge. Walk straight along this ledge for 40 steps to a large rock leaning against a bush. On the right side under a smaller rock is my version of Libby’s Lump.

Cover well and head back the way you came.