Hartshorn Woods Park LbNA #4570 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | BookWorm  |
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| Plant date: | Jun 29, 2003 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Atlantic Highlands |
| County: | Monmouth |
| State: | New Jersey |
| Boxes: | 5 |
| Found by: | RMR (3) |
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| Last found: | Oct 14, 2007 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Jun 29, 2003 |
The Troop likes to plant more than find. This is good for other NJ boxers, but not for BookWorm, who has to bring new boxes most every visit. Here are 6 for your pleasure in a spot where the dog loves to go for walks. This trail is 2.5 miles and about 2 hours for all the boxes.
Directions for Hartshorn Park can be found on the Monmouth County Park web site.
Enter at Buttermilk Valley parking area. Grab a trail map online of there if you can.
Box 3has been reported missing. I went to check on box 2 after some trouble reports. It was exactly where I put it! I adjusted the clues. Look for a separate posting of 2 new boxes there.
Enter the park and go to where the trails begin past the dismount spot. Head off on the Laurel Loop in a clockwise direction. Walk in about 5 minutes to a split rail fence on the right. Climb over or around the fence to the tree stump on its side. Take a compass reading of 160 and go about 21 steps to a locust tree with a squiggly (grape) vine beside it. By the downed log is your box, Let Freedon Ring. THIS BOX IS GONE AND WILL NOT BE REPLACED
Continue on the Laurel Loop until you come to the junction with Grand Tour. Head up the hill on the 'fainter' path rather than along the sandy trail itself. As you climb the hill you will intersect the trail. Head up hill again at that fork. Now when you are in the midst of the laurel watch for a fallen log with the stump end close to the trail. Look left here to a fallen log. Behind this is the box. Behind it is Riding on the Highway, placed here for Dennis since he used to live on Grand Tour Road.
Go back to the Laurel Ridge trail to continue this quest. Stay on Laurel Loop wherever there is a choice. When you see and elbow tree take a reading of 176 degrees. About 14 steps off the trail on the left-watch out at step # 14-is a rock. There is Purple Mountain Majesty, carved by RTRW, as was Riding on the Highway. THIS BOX IS MISSING 7/14/08
Replaced with PUFFIN, close to original site. See bonus 2 for clues.
Keep on the trail till you pass some houses off on the left, then watch carefully for a 3 trunk tree on the left. THIS IS NOW A 2 TRUNK TREE WITH A SMALL STUMP FOR THE 3RD. 1 trunk is dead and there are wild grapes growing close. It is near the trail and just before it begins to head uphill to the Overlook.
Now take a left to the Overlook. Try to see the river thru the trees. On the way back to the Laurel Loop you will see a big tree down on the right side of the path. Take 15 steps along the tree (or along the SW side of the trunk) to where there are other dead trees on the ground. Under the log is Dad's Box, also an RTRW stamp. This is a good spot for a stamp to honor a Boy Scout.
Back to Laurel Loop you go and head left. After decending the slope from the overlook - where the trail kind of snakes back and forth - you will follow the trail where it is flat until you see the remains of a fence on your left side near the trail - it is an old wood slat fence between two green metal poles - maybe about 6-8 ft in length total. From the fence it is approx 67 average steps to the downed tree ON THE RIGHT SIDE where the box is. There is also a cut log on the left side of the trail opposite this tree.
This concludes your hunt. Continue on this trail till you get back to the bike dismount area and your car. If you happened to grab a trail map there will probably be more boxes here one day.
If there are any problems, dont blame the Troop who planted; email BookWorm who wrote the clues!
Directions for Hartshorn Park can be found on the Monmouth County Park web site.
Enter at Buttermilk Valley parking area. Grab a trail map online of there if you can.
Box 3has been reported missing. I went to check on box 2 after some trouble reports. It was exactly where I put it! I adjusted the clues. Look for a separate posting of 2 new boxes there.
Enter the park and go to where the trails begin past the dismount spot. Head off on the Laurel Loop in a clockwise direction. Walk in about 5 minutes to a split rail fence on the right. Climb over or around the fence to the tree stump on its side. Take a compass reading of 160 and go about 21 steps to a locust tree with a squiggly (grape) vine beside it. By the downed log is your box, Let Freedon Ring. THIS BOX IS GONE AND WILL NOT BE REPLACED
Continue on the Laurel Loop until you come to the junction with Grand Tour. Head up the hill on the 'fainter' path rather than along the sandy trail itself. As you climb the hill you will intersect the trail. Head up hill again at that fork. Now when you are in the midst of the laurel watch for a fallen log with the stump end close to the trail. Look left here to a fallen log. Behind this is the box. Behind it is Riding on the Highway, placed here for Dennis since he used to live on Grand Tour Road.
Go back to the Laurel Ridge trail to continue this quest. Stay on Laurel Loop wherever there is a choice. When you see and elbow tree take a reading of 176 degrees. About 14 steps off the trail on the left-watch out at step # 14-is a rock. There is Purple Mountain Majesty, carved by RTRW, as was Riding on the Highway. THIS BOX IS MISSING 7/14/08
Replaced with PUFFIN, close to original site. See bonus 2 for clues.
Keep on the trail till you pass some houses off on the left, then watch carefully for a 3 trunk tree on the left. THIS IS NOW A 2 TRUNK TREE WITH A SMALL STUMP FOR THE 3RD. 1 trunk is dead and there are wild grapes growing close. It is near the trail and just before it begins to head uphill to the Overlook.
Now take a left to the Overlook. Try to see the river thru the trees. On the way back to the Laurel Loop you will see a big tree down on the right side of the path. Take 15 steps along the tree (or along the SW side of the trunk) to where there are other dead trees on the ground. Under the log is Dad's Box, also an RTRW stamp. This is a good spot for a stamp to honor a Boy Scout.
Back to Laurel Loop you go and head left. After decending the slope from the overlook - where the trail kind of snakes back and forth - you will follow the trail where it is flat until you see the remains of a fence on your left side near the trail - it is an old wood slat fence between two green metal poles - maybe about 6-8 ft in length total. From the fence it is approx 67 average steps to the downed tree ON THE RIGHT SIDE where the box is. There is also a cut log on the left side of the trail opposite this tree.
This concludes your hunt. Continue on this trail till you get back to the bike dismount area and your car. If you happened to grab a trail map there will probably be more boxes here one day.
If there are any problems, dont blame the Troop who planted; email BookWorm who wrote the clues!