Blue Spruce-Blue River Parkway Trails #1 LbNA #5495 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Sep 1, 2003 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Kansas City |
| County: | Jackson |
| State: | Missouri |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Pond & Roses People  |
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| Found by: | Pond & Roses People |
| Last found: | Mar 8, 2009 |
| Status: | FFFFFaO |
| Last edited: | Sep 1, 2003 |
Please Note: Specific permission for letterboxing has been neither requested of nor granted by the area administrators, so discretion is appreciated.
Please visit the Blue River Parkway Trailwatchers' website at http://home.earthlink.net/~brptrailwatchers/brpntsm.gif for trail maps and information.
These trails are maintained by volunteers who are doing a superb job. They are cleared dirt and gravel trails leading through a lovely wooded area along the Blue River. We saw virtually no poinson ivy. It was beautiful just after the rain, and we saw lots of deer tracks, a bunch of tiny frogs, a rabbit, a squirrel and no people on the trail! If you are very good at mountin biking and like a challenge, this is the place for you! Otherwise, it is advisable to hike it in sturdy boots.
Go to the Blue River Parkway entrance on Blue Ridge Boulevard at 129th Street and park. At the end of the parking areas are soccer fields and a wide path leading into the trees behind a large yellow gate. Follow the trail. You are at the north end of the Serengeti Trail and will be traveling north on River Trails. Follow the River Trail, taking the east/right/wider fork.
When you get to another fork where you must chose going up the very rocky slope or taking a right/south turn; take the right turn. You are now on Bo Ho Ca Trail. Follow this trail, crossing over Blue River Parkway, onto the other side of the street. You will eventually come to a point where two trails cross, Bo Ho Ca and Mountain Trails. Take the path to your left. Follow it across the creek.
You will eventually come to a knobby tree that will no longer bare leaves. Behind the tree is a huge rock behind which you will find our letterbox. It is right on the edge of the path. (This used to be way off the path, but they moved the entire path last summer!) Try to only move the small rock on the side and save yourself from moving the heavy rock. Also, since this path is very well maintained and monitored, please be sure you get the letterbox well covered from view of the path. Enjoy!
(The significance of the stamp in the letterbox is nothing. We just liked it and put it there because it had the word "blue" in it like the path. We are not good at carving, so it is a purchased stamp.)
Please visit the Blue River Parkway Trailwatchers' website at http://home.earthlink.net/~brptrailwatchers/brpntsm.gif for trail maps and information.
These trails are maintained by volunteers who are doing a superb job. They are cleared dirt and gravel trails leading through a lovely wooded area along the Blue River. We saw virtually no poinson ivy. It was beautiful just after the rain, and we saw lots of deer tracks, a bunch of tiny frogs, a rabbit, a squirrel and no people on the trail! If you are very good at mountin biking and like a challenge, this is the place for you! Otherwise, it is advisable to hike it in sturdy boots.
Go to the Blue River Parkway entrance on Blue Ridge Boulevard at 129th Street and park. At the end of the parking areas are soccer fields and a wide path leading into the trees behind a large yellow gate. Follow the trail. You are at the north end of the Serengeti Trail and will be traveling north on River Trails. Follow the River Trail, taking the east/right/wider fork.
When you get to another fork where you must chose going up the very rocky slope or taking a right/south turn; take the right turn. You are now on Bo Ho Ca Trail. Follow this trail, crossing over Blue River Parkway, onto the other side of the street. You will eventually come to a point where two trails cross, Bo Ho Ca and Mountain Trails. Take the path to your left. Follow it across the creek.
You will eventually come to a knobby tree that will no longer bare leaves. Behind the tree is a huge rock behind which you will find our letterbox. It is right on the edge of the path. (This used to be way off the path, but they moved the entire path last summer!) Try to only move the small rock on the side and save yourself from moving the heavy rock. Also, since this path is very well maintained and monitored, please be sure you get the letterbox well covered from view of the path. Enjoy!
(The significance of the stamp in the letterbox is nothing. We just liked it and put it there because it had the word "blue" in it like the path. We are not good at carving, so it is a purchased stamp.)