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Solar System -- Inner Planets LbNA #64081

Owner:RIclimber
Plant date:Jan 25, 2012
Location: Weetamoo Woods
City:Tiverton
County:Newport
State:Rhode Island
Boxes:5
Found by: RIFamily (2)
Last found:Oct 30, 2022
Status:FFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Dec 13, 2015
This is a series of letterboxes based on our Solar System.
The boxes are placed to scale by distance from the Sun. 1 mile = 1AU.
Bring your own ink, dark blue or purple looks best.

Locations:
THE SUN: Weetamoo Woods in Tiverton, RI
Inner Planets: Weetamoo Woods in Tiverton, RI
Asteroid Belt: Fort Barton in Tiverton, RI
Jupiter: Portsmouth, RI
Saturn: Colt State Park, Bristol, RI
Uranus: East Providence, RI
Neptune: Plymouth, MA
Pluto: Kingston, MA

Clue:
Parking: There is room for about 10 cars on East Rd across from 8 Rod Way.
Trail Map: http://www.tiverton.ri.gov/government/forms%20and%20notices/10_08_WWandPGmap.pdf

THE SUN:
Just north of the parking lot there's a Kiosk with trail maps. This kiosk is The Sun.
Look down the orange trail. There's a stone wall crossing the trail a few feet away. Cross the wall and look right. The Sun Letterbox in in the corner of the wall under the large flat rock.

Mercury:
Follow the Yellow trail North for 0.3AU. You will pass the Meadow Trail on the right, then cross Borden Brook slab bridge. Look for your first yellow arrow on the right after the bridge. Mercury is in a many trunk tree about 15' off the trail next to the arrow. (Micro box)

Venus:
Follow the Yellow trail to the Blue trail just after the Scipio Cook cellar hole. Following the blue trail, pass an opening in the wall on the right, then after another 80 steps the trail will cross a stone wall. Follow the trail down and to the right. Pass the rocky area, the trail will turn left then a sharp right. Just before the sharp right, follow the old trail sharper right along the base of the rock outcrop. After about 10 steps there will be a large step up. Look for a moss-covered 'bench' under an evergreen tree. Venus is hidden at the base of this tree under bark and leaves. (You are at 0.72AU.)

Earth:
Just after Venus the Blue trail will cross the Yellow trail again. Turn left and cross the slab bridge. Look for the bike in the tree on your right. Continue along the Yellow trail for another 0.25AU. You will cross a wooden bridge next to the old stump bridge. At the Green trail turn left (stay on Yellow) and walk to the stone wall just before a large oak. Earth is behind the first or second rock on your right. Micro box. (You are at 1.0AU.)

Mars:
Turn around and follow the Green trail. You will need to cross a river without a bridge, this might be slightly tricky after a rainstorm. After awhile you will enter the Mountain Laurel Tunnel then cross a long boardwalk. At the end of the bridge there's a four-way trail intersection, turn right onto an unmarked trail. After slightly less then 100 steps look to the right for a two-trunked tree with one trunk broken off at chest height. Mars is behind this tree under bark. (You are at 1.6AU.)

Continue along the Green trail to the Red trail. Turn right and follow past the sawmill and the Blue trail. Go left on the Yellow trail and follow it back to your car.
Total Walk: about 2.5mi.