Daggett Rock- removed for winter- LbNA #43267 (ARCHIVED)
Owner: | Adoptable |
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Plant date: | Aug 30, 2008 |
Location: | |
City: | Phillips |
County: | Franklin |
State: | Maine |
Boxes: | 1 |
Planted by: | 5 chicks |
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Found by: | Roseheart Pathfinder |
Last found: | Oct 25, 2009 |
Status: | FFFFFF |
Last edited: | Aug 30, 2008 |
****We have removed this box until Spring****
This is the first letterbox that we've planted. So, if you find it difficult to follow the directions please let me know. And also let us know what you thought of a place we find very special.
From the Farmington area take Rt. 4 until you turn onto Pleasant Rd. for 1/2 mile until you turn left onto rt. 149. Continue through Phillips, notice Cambden National Bank on your left, I know it's not a historical attraction, but just a good landmark. About a mile and a half after the bank will be Wheeler Hill Rd. on your right. Go onto Wheeler Hill Rd for 2.3 miles, there will be a small sign on your right, park there. The trail is across the road.
It is a 1/3 mile hike uphill. As far as ease goes, my 6 yr old does it with minimal complaining. Once at the top notice the fire pit, go around the rock to the right of the fire pit around to the back. Immediatly before the 2nd large crack see the carving on the rock. Victor or maybe victory 1900. Go through the crack until you reach the point that another fracture enters. Look where the cracks meet, there will be a triangular hollow. Dig under the debris and there it will be!
Now here's a little history- this area has been a tourist attraction for as far back as the late 1800's. It is the largest rock carried by glacial ice in Maine. The Geological Society of Maine believes it may have originally been at Saddleback Mountain. Legend says that a logger (or farmer, depending who you are talking to) was caught in the middle of a storm near Daggett Rock. The inebriated man climbed on top of the rock and cursed God and challenged God to strike him down. God did and split the rock in the process. The Daggett family graciously donated the trail and rock to the town of Phillips.
This is the first letterbox that we've planted. So, if you find it difficult to follow the directions please let me know. And also let us know what you thought of a place we find very special.
From the Farmington area take Rt. 4 until you turn onto Pleasant Rd. for 1/2 mile until you turn left onto rt. 149. Continue through Phillips, notice Cambden National Bank on your left, I know it's not a historical attraction, but just a good landmark. About a mile and a half after the bank will be Wheeler Hill Rd. on your right. Go onto Wheeler Hill Rd for 2.3 miles, there will be a small sign on your right, park there. The trail is across the road.
It is a 1/3 mile hike uphill. As far as ease goes, my 6 yr old does it with minimal complaining. Once at the top notice the fire pit, go around the rock to the right of the fire pit around to the back. Immediatly before the 2nd large crack see the carving on the rock. Victor or maybe victory 1900. Go through the crack until you reach the point that another fracture enters. Look where the cracks meet, there will be a triangular hollow. Dig under the debris and there it will be!
Now here's a little history- this area has been a tourist attraction for as far back as the late 1800's. It is the largest rock carried by glacial ice in Maine. The Geological Society of Maine believes it may have originally been at Saddleback Mountain. Legend says that a logger (or farmer, depending who you are talking to) was caught in the middle of a storm near Daggett Rock. The inebriated man climbed on top of the rock and cursed God and challenged God to strike him down. God did and split the rock in the process. The Daggett family graciously donated the trail and rock to the town of Phillips.