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North Mount Sugarloaf LbNA #3635

Owner:Coffacupee
Plant date:Oct 11, 1999
Location:
City:Sunderland
County:Franklin
State:Massachusetts
Boxes:1
Found by: Coffacupee
Last found:Oct 27, 2021
Status:FFFFFFFFO
Last edited:May 28, 2017
Originally planted by Bonnie and adopted in November 2008 by BlackA. Passed on to Coffacupee in September 2009.

The box, stamp, logbook and hiding place are all the originals that Bonnie used in 1999. I had to change most of the directions due to changes of the trails.

North Mount Sugarloaf Letterbox
South Deerfield, Massachusetts

This search leads you to lovely views of the Connecticut River Valley.

TERRAIN: Easy/moderate, with some climbs and muddy trails.
Blazes on trails are infrequent and often faded.
CLUE DIFFICULTY: Easy/moderate
ESTABLISHED: October 11, 1999

DIRECTIONS: From Route 116 just west of the Sunderland bridge, turn onto River Road in Deerfield and drive 1.5 miles to Hillside Road. Turn left onto Hillside Rd.
and drive .3 miles to a large brown and yellow gate and small parking area on the left.

NOTE: Don't mistake North Mount Sugarloaf with South Mount Sugarloaf, which is far more heavily trafficked (it's the one closer to Route 116, with the observation tower at its summit). Follow the driving directions above and you will be fine.

Walk through the gate and follow the Pocumtuck Ridge trail, which climbs gradually uphill into the
woods. This trail is marked with blue blazes. You will come to an intersection where there are yellow blazes on your left....stay straight on blue following the brook uphill. At the next intersection turn left following the blue blazes. After a while you will come to another intersection where there are yellow blazes on your left....stay straight on blue. It will take you to the summit of North Sugarloaf. You’ll come to an old tree stump and a small clearing. There’s a footpath on the right that leads, in just a few steps, to a large boulder and the overlook. Facing southwest, take in the views of the beautiful Connecticut River Valley. Now, look to your left for a narrow footpath. Follow it a very short distance to two more boulders. You’ll find the North Mount Sugarloaf letterbox underneath the lower of these two boulders. If
there are other, non-letterboxing hikers nearby, please be discreet when removing
and replacing the letterbox.

To return to your car: Return to the blue-blazed trail and retrace your steps back to your car.


(Clues originally hosted at users.crocker.com/~bsennott/amherstboxes.html)