The Osprey LbNA #63037
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Aug 31, 2012 |
| Location: | Old Harbor Wildlife Refuge |
| City: | Westport |
| County: | Bristol |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Wonderful Web  |
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| Found by: | The Four Cs |
| Last found: | Oct 18, 2014 |
| Status: | FFFFa |
| Last edited: | Nov 22, 2015 |
The Osprey soars along the Westport River and above the 19th century farms and pastures that the forest has reclaimed. Among those old farms is one that was donated to become the Old Harbor Wildlife Refuge.
Starting in the quaint village of Adamsville, Rhode Island, perhaps after stopping at “The Barns” for a hearty breakfast of Johnny Cakes, visiting the Gray’s Grist Mill museum, or taking in the monument to the Rhode Island Red Hen near home plate of the ball field, drive/bike South on Old Harbor Road (sometimes called Westport Harbor Rd.) for ½ mile. At this point you will come to a fork in the road (literally). Take the road on the right, up a large hill, along the border between Little Compton, RI to your right and Westport, MA to your left. Just over one mile from the fork, on the left, you will find the refuge. There’s a small parking lot at the trail head, with room for a few cars.
From the parking lot, walk through the stone wall entrance and turn right. Continue down the path through another stone wall and straight. Consider the effort of these farmers, horses and oxen to clear this land, plow these fields, dig out these huge stones and stack them for miles of walls to protect their fields and enclose their animals.
Pass a cluster of 3 big trees on the left and through a third stone wall before coming to a fork in the path. Take the left path. You will soon come to a small clearing (an opening in the canopy, really) with two large stones on the left and several “Y” trees ahead on the right. Travel a bit further down the path to a second small clearing where the path bends slightly around two large boulders. To your immediate right you will see a dead tree laying on the ground, pointing to the remains of its six-foot stump and behind that, a large rock. The letterbox can be found under some sticks near the rock.
Depending on the season, be alert for poison ivy and ticks on this walk, but don’t let them discourage you. Like the Osprey, enjoy your perch on Nudas Hill above the Westport River.
Starting in the quaint village of Adamsville, Rhode Island, perhaps after stopping at “The Barns” for a hearty breakfast of Johnny Cakes, visiting the Gray’s Grist Mill museum, or taking in the monument to the Rhode Island Red Hen near home plate of the ball field, drive/bike South on Old Harbor Road (sometimes called Westport Harbor Rd.) for ½ mile. At this point you will come to a fork in the road (literally). Take the road on the right, up a large hill, along the border between Little Compton, RI to your right and Westport, MA to your left. Just over one mile from the fork, on the left, you will find the refuge. There’s a small parking lot at the trail head, with room for a few cars.
From the parking lot, walk through the stone wall entrance and turn right. Continue down the path through another stone wall and straight. Consider the effort of these farmers, horses and oxen to clear this land, plow these fields, dig out these huge stones and stack them for miles of walls to protect their fields and enclose their animals.
Pass a cluster of 3 big trees on the left and through a third stone wall before coming to a fork in the path. Take the left path. You will soon come to a small clearing (an opening in the canopy, really) with two large stones on the left and several “Y” trees ahead on the right. Travel a bit further down the path to a second small clearing where the path bends slightly around two large boulders. To your immediate right you will see a dead tree laying on the ground, pointing to the remains of its six-foot stump and behind that, a large rock. The letterbox can be found under some sticks near the rock.
Depending on the season, be alert for poison ivy and ticks on this walk, but don’t let them discourage you. Like the Osprey, enjoy your perch on Nudas Hill above the Westport River.