Dighton Rock series LbNA #53585
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Add Location| Owner: | The Mad Doctors  |
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| Plant date: | May 22, 2010 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Berkley |
| County: | Bristol |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Boxes: | 4 |
| Found by: | Rock Island (3) |
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| Last found: | Apr 14, 2017 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Dec 26, 2015 |
Our kids wanted to carve some stamps, so they did. Each stamp represents something related to Dighton Rock State Park.
This letterbox is located in Dighton Rock State Park, in Berkley, Massachusetts. The search is kid-friendly, but NOT jogger-stroller friendly.
Please note: even though the sign states the gate is locked at 4PM, be aware the gate may be locked early.
In the warm months, don’t forget the bug spray. There is poison ivy along the way, but it is not a problem.
This is a series of boxes. ONLY the final box has ink and a logbook. All other boxes contain a stamp only. Please rehide well.
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
Puddingstone, or Pudding stone, is a conglomerate rock made up of a mixture of different, irregular sized grains and pebbles held together by a finer matrix, usually formed from quartz sand. The sedimentary rock is formed in river channels and may contain various minerals such as chromite, corundum, platinum, diamonds, gold, sapphire, and zircon. Its name is said to derive from a resemblance to Christmas pudding.
Remember – a pace, as used here, is equal to two adult steps.
To find what you seek, park in the main parking lot. Take a look at the trail map kiosk. During the summer, the kiosk is surrounded by flowers. From here, turn to your right (the river will be on your left, in the distance), and take approximately 42 paces. You will cross the dirt road that heads down to the museum. You will enter a clearing with a BBQ grill and a broken picnic table. You will reach a path labeled with a faded sign that says Skunk Cabbage.
As of 9/6/10, box 1 has been recarved, and the location adjusted slightly.
Enter the path, and soon you are on a wooden boardwalk, which quickly ends. Continue over a little water trickle that goes under the path (probably dry in summer). Soon you will see a puddingstone boulder on the left. Start counting at this boulder. Take 24 paces, and on the left will be 7 sisters (the old location). Again, start counting paces when you are equal with the sisters. Continue 7 paces. Look left. Go in 5 paces, to to where there are 4 sisters. On the side away from the path, there is a rotten root. The Lonely Sunflower (carver 8 years old) rests under the root, covered by sticks. This is a microbox. Stamp your logbook and return to the path.
As of May 6, 2012 box #2 is missing. This clue will be updated once we can replace the box. Continue in the direction you were heading. Soon you will reach a fork in the path – bear right. Soon you will pass a puddingstone boulder on the right, just off of the path, with a cut tree stump behind it. Under the North-East end of the stump, covered by a rock approximately the size of a dinner plate, is The Sailing Sailboat (carver 6 years old). This is a microbox . Stamp your logbook and return to the path.
A path soon joins from the left – continue straight at this point. At the next intersection take the path at 70 degrees, guarded by 3 sisters. Go up the hill, to a large puddingstone outcropping. Bear right at the fork at the top of the outcropping, and follow the main trail up the small hill. On the left, spot a puddingstone boulder with a large crack. Behind this boulder are twin sisters. The Bluefish (carver 6 years old) is in the crook of the trees, covered by a stick. This is a microbox. Stamp your logbook and return to the path.
Head back the way you came (back down to the 3 sisters guarding the trail). Reaching the 3 sisters, go left. The path will soon turn into asphalt (in poor repair), then soon reach a brown metal gate. Pass by the gate to the paved road, cross the road, and go left. After approximately 90 paces a path appears on the right.
Leave the road and take this path. Begin your counting at the edge of the road. Take approximately 61 paces. On the right will be a 3 sistered white birch (I think???? Anyway, the trees have white bark). The Star (carver 43 years old) is in the crook of these trees on the side opposite the path. (The Star is a local restaurant we sometimes go to after letterboxing. Management refused my request to place this stamp at the restaurant). Stamp in and return to the path.
Go left and return to the paved road. Go left. After a few minutes’ walk, you will arrive back at the parking lot.
This letterbox is located in Dighton Rock State Park, in Berkley, Massachusetts. The search is kid-friendly, but NOT jogger-stroller friendly.
Please note: even though the sign states the gate is locked at 4PM, be aware the gate may be locked early.
In the warm months, don’t forget the bug spray. There is poison ivy along the way, but it is not a problem.
This is a series of boxes. ONLY the final box has ink and a logbook. All other boxes contain a stamp only. Please rehide well.
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
Puddingstone, or Pudding stone, is a conglomerate rock made up of a mixture of different, irregular sized grains and pebbles held together by a finer matrix, usually formed from quartz sand. The sedimentary rock is formed in river channels and may contain various minerals such as chromite, corundum, platinum, diamonds, gold, sapphire, and zircon. Its name is said to derive from a resemblance to Christmas pudding.
Remember – a pace, as used here, is equal to two adult steps.
To find what you seek, park in the main parking lot. Take a look at the trail map kiosk. During the summer, the kiosk is surrounded by flowers. From here, turn to your right (the river will be on your left, in the distance), and take approximately 42 paces. You will cross the dirt road that heads down to the museum. You will enter a clearing with a BBQ grill and a broken picnic table. You will reach a path labeled with a faded sign that says Skunk Cabbage.
As of 9/6/10, box 1 has been recarved, and the location adjusted slightly.
Enter the path, and soon you are on a wooden boardwalk, which quickly ends. Continue over a little water trickle that goes under the path (probably dry in summer). Soon you will see a puddingstone boulder on the left. Start counting at this boulder. Take 24 paces, and on the left will be 7 sisters (the old location). Again, start counting paces when you are equal with the sisters. Continue 7 paces. Look left. Go in 5 paces, to to where there are 4 sisters. On the side away from the path, there is a rotten root. The Lonely Sunflower (carver 8 years old) rests under the root, covered by sticks. This is a microbox. Stamp your logbook and return to the path.
As of May 6, 2012 box #2 is missing. This clue will be updated once we can replace the box. Continue in the direction you were heading. Soon you will reach a fork in the path – bear right. Soon you will pass a puddingstone boulder on the right, just off of the path, with a cut tree stump behind it. Under the North-East end of the stump, covered by a rock approximately the size of a dinner plate, is The Sailing Sailboat (carver 6 years old). This is a microbox . Stamp your logbook and return to the path.
A path soon joins from the left – continue straight at this point. At the next intersection take the path at 70 degrees, guarded by 3 sisters. Go up the hill, to a large puddingstone outcropping. Bear right at the fork at the top of the outcropping, and follow the main trail up the small hill. On the left, spot a puddingstone boulder with a large crack. Behind this boulder are twin sisters. The Bluefish (carver 6 years old) is in the crook of the trees, covered by a stick. This is a microbox. Stamp your logbook and return to the path.
Head back the way you came (back down to the 3 sisters guarding the trail). Reaching the 3 sisters, go left. The path will soon turn into asphalt (in poor repair), then soon reach a brown metal gate. Pass by the gate to the paved road, cross the road, and go left. After approximately 90 paces a path appears on the right.
Leave the road and take this path. Begin your counting at the edge of the road. Take approximately 61 paces. On the right will be a 3 sistered white birch (I think???? Anyway, the trees have white bark). The Star (carver 43 years old) is in the crook of these trees on the side opposite the path. (The Star is a local restaurant we sometimes go to after letterboxing. Management refused my request to place this stamp at the restaurant). Stamp in and return to the path.
Go left and return to the paved road. Go left. After a few minutes’ walk, you will arrive back at the parking lot.