Nature's Roller Blades LbNA #51359
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Nov 10, 2009 |
| Location: | |
| City: | New Britain/Plainville |
| County: | Hartford |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Rubaduc  |
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| Found by: | Nairon |
| Last found: | Dec 23, 2023 |
| Status: | FFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Nov 10, 2009 |
Because of a confrontation with a hunter recently, I went on the Forest and Parks web site looking for relocation directions and ran across the relocation of the Metacomet Trail in Plainville. A two mile section now leads from New Britain to the old section going to Ledge Road (now blazed blue/red) shortening the road walk by 0.4 mi.
The official parking spot is on the south side of route 372 east of the railroad tracks at a gravel pullover area (this is near where the trail continues north bound) but that involves a road walk along 372 to Wooster St, to Black Rock Rd, to Esther St. So we parked along the edge of Esther St.
This walk is three miles round trip. No brown ink in box.
Head uphill following the nice new blue blazes (crossing a few small streams) until you get to a “dike” like area. Go left along this flat stretch until you see a metal gate ahead of you, turn right, cross a concrete bridge and then left to reenter the woods. This isn’t the most pleasant walk with traffic noises and rocky path but it was interesting. Notice the blue blaze at the end of a cut tree (I found this amusing). You soon see some signs of human dumping and come to an old woods road. Cross this road (lots of white birches here) continue on coming to another woods road. Take a left, pass a foundation on the left (complete with bed?) And keep following blue until you see (high on a tree) a white sign ((I'm told that this sign is missing)for the New Britain Water Supply property (remember this is a mile and a half in) Stop here and look right for an interesting two sister tree. One of them tried to break away and fall but has since regrown branches reaching for the sun. Look in the falling sister behind a rock. Cover well, the rock keeps the box “up” in the tree.
The official parking spot is on the south side of route 372 east of the railroad tracks at a gravel pullover area (this is near where the trail continues north bound) but that involves a road walk along 372 to Wooster St, to Black Rock Rd, to Esther St. So we parked along the edge of Esther St.
This walk is three miles round trip. No brown ink in box.
Head uphill following the nice new blue blazes (crossing a few small streams) until you get to a “dike” like area. Go left along this flat stretch until you see a metal gate ahead of you, turn right, cross a concrete bridge and then left to reenter the woods. This isn’t the most pleasant walk with traffic noises and rocky path but it was interesting. Notice the blue blaze at the end of a cut tree (I found this amusing). You soon see some signs of human dumping and come to an old woods road. Cross this road (lots of white birches here) continue on coming to another woods road. Take a left, pass a foundation on the left (complete with bed?) And keep following blue until you see (high on a tree) a white sign ((I'm told that this sign is missing)for the New Britain Water Supply property (remember this is a mile and a half in) Stop here and look right for an interesting two sister tree. One of them tried to break away and fall but has since regrown branches reaching for the sun. Look in the falling sister behind a rock. Cover well, the rock keeps the box “up” in the tree.