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Portuguese Explorers LbNA #53106

Owner:The Mad Doctors
Plant date:Apr 19, 2010
Location:
City:Berkley
County:Bristol
State:Massachusetts
Boxes:1
Found by: Buttercup60
Last found:Jul 9, 2020
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Apr 19, 2010
This letterbox is located in Dighton Rock State Park, in Berkley, Massachusetts. The search is kid-friendly, and also jogger-stroller friendly.

This can also be combined with the Dighton Rock Letterbox.

Please note: even though the sign states the gate is locked at 4PM, be aware the gate may be locked early.

This is a white microbox approximately twice the size of a film canister. The box does not contain a pen or ink pad.

Dighton Rock State Park
Bay View Avenue, Berkley
508 822-7537 or call Freetown State Forest

An 11-foot-high "glacial erratic" boulder known as Dighton Rock once rested on the shore of the Taunton River adjacent to this park. Covered with petroglyphs, carved designs of ancient and uncertain origin, the rock is now installed in a small museum. The museum (open by appointment) exhibits several explanations of the carvings, which range from Portuguese explorers to Native Americans.
Allegedly, some carvings have been positively attributed to Portuguese explorers from the 1500s. For more information on this, follow this link:

http://www.dightonrock.com/alertingthepeopleofberkley.htm

To find what you seek, park in the main parking lot. Take a look at the trail map kiosk. From here, chart your course at 300 degrees, going towards the river. Once you reach the shore, change course to 220 degrees. There is a path. Soon you pass a blue triangle marking the trail. Continue over the bridge. Soon, you’ll reach a spot on the right where you can relax, have a snack, and watch the river. Once you’re rested, continue along the trail, now heading away from the river at 170 degrees. Soon, the path will pass through a stone wall. As you pass through the stone wall, stop and look left. Aproximatley 30 feet in will be three large sisters. Continue approximately 5 adult steps along the path and enter the woods on your left, heading for the sisters. At the base of the sisters, hidden in the space made by a pile of three rocks, is what you seek. Please rehide carefully.

NOTE: this box IS NOT located within the stone wall. Please do not search in or dismantle the remnants of the wall.