Covered Bridge #2 LbNA #51480 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Nov 21, 2009 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Pepperell |
| County: | Middlesex |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | MrPink  |
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| Found by: | grammyandgrumpy |
| Last found: | May 24, 2011 |
| Status: | FFFFr |
| Last edited: | Nov 21, 2009 |
This box is under repair and not available until updated.
This is the 2nd in a set of four companion letterboxes featuring a theme of Pepperell’s charming covered bridge.
This approximately 100-acre property surrounds the former home of Pepperell conservation benefactors, George and Lucy Keyes, and was donated to the Nashoba Consdrvation Trust, with the Town of Pepperell holding a Conservation Restriction. (Also donated was the Keyes Conservation Area on Oak Hill St. which is the site of the first companion letterbox.) Please note that the former Keyes house atop the hill at the property's center is still a private residence and should be respected as such. Please do not take the existing trails into the house lot. Do, however, enjoy the rest of the Keyes' family trails through the hardwood forests between Elm St. and River Rd. There are many trails to explore.
Enter the trail system from the parking lot on Elm St. just south of the Shirley St intersection. Once over the wetland bridges and inside the property, there is a trail to the left that offers a view of the pond off Elm St. Or, continuing straight, the trail leads to the Keyes driveway. There is not yet a trail that connects the loop to the pond, but one is planned. Off the main trail to the south there are a series of trails that connect with the Town Forest.
From the blinking light on Rt 113 at Pepperell’s town hall, follow Elm St. just past Shirley St. to the gravel parking area on the left. A sign reading Keyes Farm, Nashoba Conservation Trust, Pepperell Conservation Commission marks the entrance to the trails.
Recreational Uses:
Hiking (easy)
Bird watching
Horseback riding
Cross-country skiing
http://www.town.pepperell.ma.us/conservation/Keyesfarm.html
Clues:
This is an easy walk and will take about 30 minutes round trip. Some of the trail can be a little muddy at the beginning and bug spray would be well advised in warmer weather.
Enter the trail system from the small gravel parking lot as described above. As you enter, an old rock boundary wall will be on your left. Pass over the wetland bridges, then through a gap in the rock wall. The trail turns to the right and begins to follow the wall from the other side. Continue following the main trail as it eventually rises over a small incline and then down a long hill as you move further into the woods. Stay on the main trail for your destination but explore the others if you have time. As you reach the bottom of the hill, the trail flattens out. Eventually you will come to a very large tree-fall with the top of a tree-trunk suspended above the path on the right hand side. A section of the tree has been cut away to allow for the path. Imagine the crash when all these trees collided. Examine the rings in the cross section of the tree-trunk and see if you can guess at it’s age. The large cut tree-stump is just to your left. At two o’ clock, about eight feet away, is another large tree stump. Walk behind and check under the debris and small rocks inside. Something is hidden there.
Note: Quite by accident there is a geocache in the same stump. Letterboxers are good neighbors and should leave it undisturbed. Please rehide this box well and make sure the lid is sealed tight.
This is the 2nd in a set of four companion letterboxes featuring a theme of Pepperell’s charming covered bridge.
This approximately 100-acre property surrounds the former home of Pepperell conservation benefactors, George and Lucy Keyes, and was donated to the Nashoba Consdrvation Trust, with the Town of Pepperell holding a Conservation Restriction. (Also donated was the Keyes Conservation Area on Oak Hill St. which is the site of the first companion letterbox.) Please note that the former Keyes house atop the hill at the property's center is still a private residence and should be respected as such. Please do not take the existing trails into the house lot. Do, however, enjoy the rest of the Keyes' family trails through the hardwood forests between Elm St. and River Rd. There are many trails to explore.
Enter the trail system from the parking lot on Elm St. just south of the Shirley St intersection. Once over the wetland bridges and inside the property, there is a trail to the left that offers a view of the pond off Elm St. Or, continuing straight, the trail leads to the Keyes driveway. There is not yet a trail that connects the loop to the pond, but one is planned. Off the main trail to the south there are a series of trails that connect with the Town Forest.
From the blinking light on Rt 113 at Pepperell’s town hall, follow Elm St. just past Shirley St. to the gravel parking area on the left. A sign reading Keyes Farm, Nashoba Conservation Trust, Pepperell Conservation Commission marks the entrance to the trails.
Recreational Uses:
Hiking (easy)
Bird watching
Horseback riding
Cross-country skiing
http://www.town.pepperell.ma.us/conservation/Keyesfarm.html
Clues:
This is an easy walk and will take about 30 minutes round trip. Some of the trail can be a little muddy at the beginning and bug spray would be well advised in warmer weather.
Enter the trail system from the small gravel parking lot as described above. As you enter, an old rock boundary wall will be on your left. Pass over the wetland bridges, then through a gap in the rock wall. The trail turns to the right and begins to follow the wall from the other side. Continue following the main trail as it eventually rises over a small incline and then down a long hill as you move further into the woods. Stay on the main trail for your destination but explore the others if you have time. As you reach the bottom of the hill, the trail flattens out. Eventually you will come to a very large tree-fall with the top of a tree-trunk suspended above the path on the right hand side. A section of the tree has been cut away to allow for the path. Imagine the crash when all these trees collided. Examine the rings in the cross section of the tree-trunk and see if you can guess at it’s age. The large cut tree-stump is just to your left. At two o’ clock, about eight feet away, is another large tree stump. Walk behind and check under the debris and small rocks inside. Something is hidden there.
Note: Quite by accident there is a geocache in the same stump. Letterboxers are good neighbors and should leave it undisturbed. Please rehide this box well and make sure the lid is sealed tight.