NEFF LOOP AT LAUGHING BROOK LbNA #46995
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Add Location| Owner: | BOBBYROBERT  |
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| Plant date: | Apr 30, 2009 |
| Location: | |
| City: | HAMPDEN |
| County: | Hampden |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Mim |
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| Last found: | Aug 30, 2020 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Oct 12, 2019 |
LAUGHING BROOK WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, HAMPDEN
LOCATION : MAIN ST. HAMPDEN
TRAILS : OPEN EVERY DAY, DAWN TO DUSK
IF YOU LOVE OLD STONES WALLS THIS IS THE HIKE FOR YOU !!
THIS LETTERBOX IS HIDDEN ON THE FARTHEST PART OF THE NEFF TRAIL. AT A BRISK PACE IT WILL TAKE YOU APPROX. ONE HALF HOUR TO GET TO IT !!
*** NEW, UPDATED CLUES 8/15/2009
CLUES
PARK YOUR VEHICLE IN THE PARKING AREA.
PICK UP A TRAIL MAP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM.
FOLLOW THE MORT AND HELEN BATES TRAIL, THEN BEAR TO YOUR
RIGHT ONTO THE EAST BROOK TRAIL.(THIS TRAIL FOLLOWS THE EAST
BROOK, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. I BET THERE’S SOME NICE TROUT
IN THOSE DEEP POOLS ).
WHERE THE TRAIL BRANCHES TAKE THE BURGESS TRAIL. FOLLOW THIS TILL YOU HIT THE NEEF TRAIL. TAKE THE NEEF TRAIL BEARING TO THE RIGHT.
FOLLOW THIS TRAIL AND PASS THRU FOUR STONE WALLS. AFTER PASSING THRU THE FOURTH STONE WALL TAKE APPROX. 55 PACES ( ONE PACE = 2 STEPS ) TO A TREE THAT HAS A YELLOW AND BLUE TRAIL MARKER ON IT.
THE FOREST HERE HAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT LOOK, DOESN’T IT ?
NOTICE A FIFTH STONE WALL IN FRONT OF YOU.
WALK TO THE WALL AND LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT.
SEE A BIG BOULDER STICKING OUT OF THE GROUND ? IT HAS A BIG TREE LAYING ON TOP OF IT. GO TO IT.
NOW, WITH THE BIG BOULDER TO YOUR BACK AND THE STONE WALL IN FRONT OF YOU
NOTICE THE BIG FLAT STONE SITTING ON TOP OF THE WALL.
GO TO THE RIGHT OF THIS STONE AND SLIGHTLY BEHIND IT AND YOU WILL SEE
A FLAT STONE THAT COVERS THE ENTRANCE TO THE NEFF LOOP LETTERBOX’S LAIR.
CONGRATULATIONS ! YOU FOUND IT. PLEASE REHIDE IT WELL FOR THE NEXT HIKER.
CONTINUE ON THE TRAIL WHICH IS NOW MARKED WITH YELLOW. ENJOY THE HIKE, THE OLD STONE WALLS AND SOME OF THE PRETTY SCENERY. THIS TRAIL WILL BRING YOU BACK TO THE BURGESS TRAIL. GO RIGHT ON THE BURGESS TRAIL AND THIS WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO WHERE YOU STARTED. **** I HAVE SEEN DEER, WILD TURKEYS, AND HAWKS IN THIS AREA !!
LOCATION : MAIN ST. HAMPDEN
TRAILS : OPEN EVERY DAY, DAWN TO DUSK
IF YOU LOVE OLD STONES WALLS THIS IS THE HIKE FOR YOU !!
THIS LETTERBOX IS HIDDEN ON THE FARTHEST PART OF THE NEFF TRAIL. AT A BRISK PACE IT WILL TAKE YOU APPROX. ONE HALF HOUR TO GET TO IT !!
*** NEW, UPDATED CLUES 8/15/2009
CLUES
PARK YOUR VEHICLE IN THE PARKING AREA.
PICK UP A TRAIL MAP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM.
FOLLOW THE MORT AND HELEN BATES TRAIL, THEN BEAR TO YOUR
RIGHT ONTO THE EAST BROOK TRAIL.(THIS TRAIL FOLLOWS THE EAST
BROOK, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. I BET THERE’S SOME NICE TROUT
IN THOSE DEEP POOLS ).
WHERE THE TRAIL BRANCHES TAKE THE BURGESS TRAIL. FOLLOW THIS TILL YOU HIT THE NEEF TRAIL. TAKE THE NEEF TRAIL BEARING TO THE RIGHT.
FOLLOW THIS TRAIL AND PASS THRU FOUR STONE WALLS. AFTER PASSING THRU THE FOURTH STONE WALL TAKE APPROX. 55 PACES ( ONE PACE = 2 STEPS ) TO A TREE THAT HAS A YELLOW AND BLUE TRAIL MARKER ON IT.
THE FOREST HERE HAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT LOOK, DOESN’T IT ?
NOTICE A FIFTH STONE WALL IN FRONT OF YOU.
WALK TO THE WALL AND LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT.
SEE A BIG BOULDER STICKING OUT OF THE GROUND ? IT HAS A BIG TREE LAYING ON TOP OF IT. GO TO IT.
NOW, WITH THE BIG BOULDER TO YOUR BACK AND THE STONE WALL IN FRONT OF YOU
NOTICE THE BIG FLAT STONE SITTING ON TOP OF THE WALL.
GO TO THE RIGHT OF THIS STONE AND SLIGHTLY BEHIND IT AND YOU WILL SEE
A FLAT STONE THAT COVERS THE ENTRANCE TO THE NEFF LOOP LETTERBOX’S LAIR.
CONGRATULATIONS ! YOU FOUND IT. PLEASE REHIDE IT WELL FOR THE NEXT HIKER.
CONTINUE ON THE TRAIL WHICH IS NOW MARKED WITH YELLOW. ENJOY THE HIKE, THE OLD STONE WALLS AND SOME OF THE PRETTY SCENERY. THIS TRAIL WILL BRING YOU BACK TO THE BURGESS TRAIL. GO RIGHT ON THE BURGESS TRAIL AND THIS WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO WHERE YOU STARTED. **** I HAVE SEEN DEER, WILD TURKEYS, AND HAWKS IN THIS AREA !!