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Fritz's Letterbox LbNA #4084

Owner:gostkiewicz
Plant date:May 25, 2003
Location:
City:Colchester
County:New London
State:Connecticut
Boxes:1
Found by: Hez, Grumpy and Mona
Last found:Dec 30, 2022
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:May 25, 2003
Rating: easy to moderate
Length: one to one and a half miles round trip

From Colchester take Norwich Avenue (old route 2) towards Lebanon and Norwich. From the Lebanon town line continue on 1.5 miles to Camp Moween Road and turn right. When you come to the fork in the road, take the left fork to the small parking area by the end of the lake. Walk around the yellow barrier with the lake on your right. Enter Camp Moween State Park. A state sign will explain the origins of this park. You will pass a fenced-in private home on the right called Cedar Point. At the end of the lake dam, proceed straight ahead into the woods. Follow the main trail that will be bending to the right, keeping the lake on your right. You will soon pass what could have been an old paved parking lot on the left. It is now in bad shape and has a three-trunked tree growing in its middle. Ignore the path that cuts down to the lake on the right and continue on the main trail. The trail will soon split into a south and north fork. Directly ahead of you will be the ruins of an old, brick chimney. Take the northern part of the trail away from the lake. There will soon be a secondary path that cuts north while the main trail continues on to the southeast. Take the north cut up onto what remains of an old paved ball court of some kind. There are still painted lines visible on the pavement. There is a bent metal pole imbedded on the eastern side of the court. Stand beside this pole, take a bearing of 40 degrees, and you'll find a path. This is not as clearly defined as the main trail you recently left. It's more of an old footpath. You will come to another small clearing that still shows signs of having been paved in the past. In this area you'll see a rectangular concrete platform raised slightly up from the ground. There are 20 wooden uprights embedded in this platform. At the northern end of this platform, there are what look like the remains of an old wooden backstop that might have been used for ballgames at one time. Walk at 60 degrees from the end of the platform with the uprights, keeping the backstop on your left. Place your back at the end of the wooden backstop. Take a bearing of 40 degrees and you'll see a tree with a faded yellow circle painted around it about 30-40 feet away. It is growing out of what remains of a stonewall. Walk to this tree. On its opposite side from your approach, it has a circular metal sign that says, "Connecticut State Land." Your find is under the stones near the base of this tree.
Mary's Letterbox is near. You might like to locate it also.