Family Sweetwater Discovery Loop LbNA #44467
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Dec 9, 2012 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Brewster |
| County: | Barnstable |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Boxes: | 5 |
| Planted by: | Sarembra  |
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| Found by: | SHARKZ7 (5) |
| Last found: | Sep 10, 2020 |
| Status: | FOFFFF |
| Last edited: | Sep 28, 2015 |
SWEET WATER DISCOVERY LOOP
Brewster/Harwich, Cape Cod, MA
Revised 11-29-14
Placed by SAREMBRA
PROFILE
AFTER A MANY-MONTH ABSENCE, FIVE BOXES WERE CHECKED AND UPDATED PLACED ON 11/29/14. A COUPLE HAVE BEEN RENAMED, HAVE NEW ANIMAL STAMPS AND ONE HAS BEEN RELOCATED SLIGHTLY. PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW CLUES CAREFULLY.
Ideal for younger children, this 60-90 minute loop takes you on foot or by bike along the famous Cape Cod Rail Trail bike path, then winds through wooded terrain along unpaved cart ways, ultimately returning to the bike path very near your starting point. You’ll discover four different fresh water ponds along the way; three are suitable for swimming on a warm summer day. So wear a swimsuit and bring a towel. Have kids bring along a small pad or notebook, a ballpoint pen or pencil, a hand stamp and ink pad. They can leave their “mark” in the notebook found in each letterbox and use the stamp they find there to add to their own notebook. Ink pads were placed in three of the five boxes in this loop, but ink pads have a way of disappearing. So it pays to bring your own. Please write your town and state (country, if not the U.S.) in at least one of the boxes. PLEASE REPLACE ALL LETTER BOXES WITH ALL OF THEIR CONTENTS TO THE PRECISE POSITION IN WHICH YOU FOUND THEM, MAKING SURE ALL LIDS ARE SNAPPED COMPLETELY CLOSED TO KEEP OUT MOISTURE. THANK YOU!
PARKING DIRECTIONS
From Harwich: From exit 10 of Route 6, go north on Route 124 to the Brewster town line. Just over the line, look for the “Brewster Welcomes You” sign on the right. Park in the small unpaved lot near the sign.
From Brewster: From Route 6A at the Brewster Store, go south on Route 124 until you see a sign for “Bill’s Bog” on your right. Just past Bill’s Bog, park in the small, unpaved lot on your left.
This is a parking lot for the Cape Cod Rail Trail bike path, which runs right by the lot.
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CLUES
1. BUNNY
From the unpaved parking area, you’ll see boulders that line the edge of the lot away from the road. Walk between the boulders to the bike path. Almost directly across the bike path, look for a foot path going up the hill into the woods.
Follow the path a very short distance to discover an abandoned paved road. Go left and walk around a huge stand of rhododendrons to stay on the road heading uphill. The road winds around and beyond a tennis court on your right. There is a fallen pine tree across the road which you'll have to pick your way around. The road ends in a tiny cul de sac with a lone, small pine tree at its center. Walk around the tree and stand with your back to the road you just walked up. Ahead and to the left at about 10 'o'clock, you'll see a stand of triplet pine trees. Look under some pine needles in the center of their three trunks and you'll find Bunny, napping before he goes out looking for some sweet clover to munch on.
2. RACCOON
Go back to bike path, turn right and continue north to the first road intersection, Fisherman’s Landing Road. Turn right on Fisherman’s Landing Road and go straight to the parking lot and boat landing for Sheep’s Pond. This is the first of your “Sweet Water” Discoveries! Feel free to take a dip. Then, backtrack from the pond parking lot to the first road on your left, Jolly’s Crossing Road. Turn left and head up hill into a small neighborhood of homes. This very short paved road appears to be a dead end, but just past the last house on the right, #59, you’ll find that the road continues as an unpaved cart way into the woods. Follow it and look for a green, 3-feet high, green, metal electric company box on your left. Almost directly across the road from that box (and slightly back the way you just came), look for the Three Sisters -- a stand of triple hardwood trees, with another fallen member of the group, lying on the ground, angled out toward the road. Walk along the fallen tree and look in the center of the Three Sisters. Raccoon is waiting there for you.
Continue on the unpaved road until it intersects with another dirt road. Take a right and follow this new road. It’s called Storrow Road, but there is no sign at this end of it.
3. FROG
Shortly, Storrow Road ends at Crowell’s Bog Road, a wider, more substantial, but still unpaved road. You’ll see a sign for Storrow Road, but none for Crowell’s Bog Road. No problem! Veer right onto Crowell’s Bog. As you proceed along this road, look to your left through the woods. You may catch glimpses of Long Pond, the Cape’s largest fresh water pond – almost 3 ½ miles long! Most people would call that a LAKE, not a pond!
Before long, you’ll pass the entrance (white metal fence section on your left) to Camp Favorite, a Girl Scout Camp that gets really busy and sometimes quite loud, June – August.
Continue along Crowell’s Bog Road as it turns into a paved road. Not far ahead on your right, you’ll see a cleared area at the side of the road where boaters park their trailers after launching their boats at the boat launch on Long Pond. Look for a small white pine at the edge of this parking area. It is the pine closest to the road. Just to the right and several feet behind this small pine is a stand of three small oaks, two live and the other, a standing dead oak stump about 6 1/2 feet tall. Frog hopped into the space in the middle of those three trees and is covered with leaves, waiting for some foolish fly to come too close to his long, sticky and very fast tongue.
Almost directly across the road is the entrance to Brewster’s Long Pond Boat Launch and Town Beach. Be sure to go down to see the beach and maybe take a swim in Long Pond, the second of your Sweet Water Discoveries. There are a couple of picnic tables there, in case you brought along a snack or just need to sit down and rest a bit.
4. TURTLE
Continuing along Crowell’s Bog Road in the same direction, you’ll soon see Black Loch Pond on your left – the third of your Sweet Water Discoveries. Black Loch Pond is not recommended for swimming.
A little farther down the road, the white stone posts on the left side of the road will end. Opposite the fourth post from the end, across the road on the right side, you’ll see a utility pole marked #3. Just to the right of that, look for an oak tree with gnarled roots protruding from the hillside. The roots and lower trunk of the tree resemble an octopus, if you use your imagination. Turtle waddled across the road from Black Loch, carefully checking both directions for traffic first, then crawled up behind that tree on the uphill side.
Amazing that the little guy could make it up that steep incline -- hope you can, too!
Proceed along Crowell’s Bog Road until it ends at Route 124. Carefully cross Rte. 124 to join the bike path again on the other side. BE CAREFUL CROSSING THIS BUSY ROAD WITH CHILDREN! THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIALLY MARKED CROSS WALK, SO DON’T EXPECT CARS TO ATUOMATICALLY STOP TO LET YOU CROSS!!
Once on the bike path, turn left. Very soon, you’ll come upon a beautiful little beach on the fresh water pond to your right. A small stone is engraved, “Seymour Pond,” marking your fourth and final Sweet Water Discovery. This is great place to take a swim or even enjoy a picnic lunch. Also exceptionally nice for swimming at sunset when the sun goes down across the pond.
5. SQUIRREL
Now backtrack the way you came along the bike path. Go past the point at which you joined the bike path after you crossed Route 124. You’ll come to a stop sign and an official crosswalk. BE CAREFUL CROSSING THE ROAD WITH CHILDREN!!
Once across Route 124 stay on the bike path as it passes a cement retaining wall on your right, sometimes called the "Climbing Wall," since kids love to step up to the top and walk along the wall -- with vigilant adult supervision, of course. About halfway along the wall, look up to the top of the bank and spot a standing dead tree (maybe not still standing when you get there). Squirrel is there now, waiting for you. Be careful climbing up there, and even more so coming back down. -- it's a steep hill!
Continue along the bike path until you reach the parking area on your left, which was your starting point. Congratulations!
You have completed the Family Sweet Water Discovery Loop.
Hope you had fun!
Brewster/Harwich, Cape Cod, MA
Revised 11-29-14
Placed by SAREMBRA
PROFILE
AFTER A MANY-MONTH ABSENCE, FIVE BOXES WERE CHECKED AND UPDATED PLACED ON 11/29/14. A COUPLE HAVE BEEN RENAMED, HAVE NEW ANIMAL STAMPS AND ONE HAS BEEN RELOCATED SLIGHTLY. PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW CLUES CAREFULLY.
Ideal for younger children, this 60-90 minute loop takes you on foot or by bike along the famous Cape Cod Rail Trail bike path, then winds through wooded terrain along unpaved cart ways, ultimately returning to the bike path very near your starting point. You’ll discover four different fresh water ponds along the way; three are suitable for swimming on a warm summer day. So wear a swimsuit and bring a towel. Have kids bring along a small pad or notebook, a ballpoint pen or pencil, a hand stamp and ink pad. They can leave their “mark” in the notebook found in each letterbox and use the stamp they find there to add to their own notebook. Ink pads were placed in three of the five boxes in this loop, but ink pads have a way of disappearing. So it pays to bring your own. Please write your town and state (country, if not the U.S.) in at least one of the boxes. PLEASE REPLACE ALL LETTER BOXES WITH ALL OF THEIR CONTENTS TO THE PRECISE POSITION IN WHICH YOU FOUND THEM, MAKING SURE ALL LIDS ARE SNAPPED COMPLETELY CLOSED TO KEEP OUT MOISTURE. THANK YOU!
PARKING DIRECTIONS
From Harwich: From exit 10 of Route 6, go north on Route 124 to the Brewster town line. Just over the line, look for the “Brewster Welcomes You” sign on the right. Park in the small unpaved lot near the sign.
From Brewster: From Route 6A at the Brewster Store, go south on Route 124 until you see a sign for “Bill’s Bog” on your right. Just past Bill’s Bog, park in the small, unpaved lot on your left.
This is a parking lot for the Cape Cod Rail Trail bike path, which runs right by the lot.
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CLUES
1. BUNNY
From the unpaved parking area, you’ll see boulders that line the edge of the lot away from the road. Walk between the boulders to the bike path. Almost directly across the bike path, look for a foot path going up the hill into the woods.
Follow the path a very short distance to discover an abandoned paved road. Go left and walk around a huge stand of rhododendrons to stay on the road heading uphill. The road winds around and beyond a tennis court on your right. There is a fallen pine tree across the road which you'll have to pick your way around. The road ends in a tiny cul de sac with a lone, small pine tree at its center. Walk around the tree and stand with your back to the road you just walked up. Ahead and to the left at about 10 'o'clock, you'll see a stand of triplet pine trees. Look under some pine needles in the center of their three trunks and you'll find Bunny, napping before he goes out looking for some sweet clover to munch on.
2. RACCOON
Go back to bike path, turn right and continue north to the first road intersection, Fisherman’s Landing Road. Turn right on Fisherman’s Landing Road and go straight to the parking lot and boat landing for Sheep’s Pond. This is the first of your “Sweet Water” Discoveries! Feel free to take a dip. Then, backtrack from the pond parking lot to the first road on your left, Jolly’s Crossing Road. Turn left and head up hill into a small neighborhood of homes. This very short paved road appears to be a dead end, but just past the last house on the right, #59, you’ll find that the road continues as an unpaved cart way into the woods. Follow it and look for a green, 3-feet high, green, metal electric company box on your left. Almost directly across the road from that box (and slightly back the way you just came), look for the Three Sisters -- a stand of triple hardwood trees, with another fallen member of the group, lying on the ground, angled out toward the road. Walk along the fallen tree and look in the center of the Three Sisters. Raccoon is waiting there for you.
Continue on the unpaved road until it intersects with another dirt road. Take a right and follow this new road. It’s called Storrow Road, but there is no sign at this end of it.
3. FROG
Shortly, Storrow Road ends at Crowell’s Bog Road, a wider, more substantial, but still unpaved road. You’ll see a sign for Storrow Road, but none for Crowell’s Bog Road. No problem! Veer right onto Crowell’s Bog. As you proceed along this road, look to your left through the woods. You may catch glimpses of Long Pond, the Cape’s largest fresh water pond – almost 3 ½ miles long! Most people would call that a LAKE, not a pond!
Before long, you’ll pass the entrance (white metal fence section on your left) to Camp Favorite, a Girl Scout Camp that gets really busy and sometimes quite loud, June – August.
Continue along Crowell’s Bog Road as it turns into a paved road. Not far ahead on your right, you’ll see a cleared area at the side of the road where boaters park their trailers after launching their boats at the boat launch on Long Pond. Look for a small white pine at the edge of this parking area. It is the pine closest to the road. Just to the right and several feet behind this small pine is a stand of three small oaks, two live and the other, a standing dead oak stump about 6 1/2 feet tall. Frog hopped into the space in the middle of those three trees and is covered with leaves, waiting for some foolish fly to come too close to his long, sticky and very fast tongue.
Almost directly across the road is the entrance to Brewster’s Long Pond Boat Launch and Town Beach. Be sure to go down to see the beach and maybe take a swim in Long Pond, the second of your Sweet Water Discoveries. There are a couple of picnic tables there, in case you brought along a snack or just need to sit down and rest a bit.
4. TURTLE
Continuing along Crowell’s Bog Road in the same direction, you’ll soon see Black Loch Pond on your left – the third of your Sweet Water Discoveries. Black Loch Pond is not recommended for swimming.
A little farther down the road, the white stone posts on the left side of the road will end. Opposite the fourth post from the end, across the road on the right side, you’ll see a utility pole marked #3. Just to the right of that, look for an oak tree with gnarled roots protruding from the hillside. The roots and lower trunk of the tree resemble an octopus, if you use your imagination. Turtle waddled across the road from Black Loch, carefully checking both directions for traffic first, then crawled up behind that tree on the uphill side.
Amazing that the little guy could make it up that steep incline -- hope you can, too!
Proceed along Crowell’s Bog Road until it ends at Route 124. Carefully cross Rte. 124 to join the bike path again on the other side. BE CAREFUL CROSSING THIS BUSY ROAD WITH CHILDREN! THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIALLY MARKED CROSS WALK, SO DON’T EXPECT CARS TO ATUOMATICALLY STOP TO LET YOU CROSS!!
Once on the bike path, turn left. Very soon, you’ll come upon a beautiful little beach on the fresh water pond to your right. A small stone is engraved, “Seymour Pond,” marking your fourth and final Sweet Water Discovery. This is great place to take a swim or even enjoy a picnic lunch. Also exceptionally nice for swimming at sunset when the sun goes down across the pond.
5. SQUIRREL
Now backtrack the way you came along the bike path. Go past the point at which you joined the bike path after you crossed Route 124. You’ll come to a stop sign and an official crosswalk. BE CAREFUL CROSSING THE ROAD WITH CHILDREN!!
Once across Route 124 stay on the bike path as it passes a cement retaining wall on your right, sometimes called the "Climbing Wall," since kids love to step up to the top and walk along the wall -- with vigilant adult supervision, of course. About halfway along the wall, look up to the top of the bank and spot a standing dead tree (maybe not still standing when you get there). Squirrel is there now, waiting for you. Be careful climbing up there, and even more so coming back down. -- it's a steep hill!
Continue along the bike path until you reach the parking area on your left, which was your starting point. Congratulations!
You have completed the Family Sweet Water Discovery Loop.
Hope you had fun!