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Laurelhurst Park Nature Theme LbNA #69374

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Nov 1, 2015
Location: Laurelhurst Park
City:Portland
County:Multnomah
State:Oregon
Boxes:6
Planted by:BrownieTroopMama
Found by: Not yet found!
Last found:N/A
Status:a
Last edited:Nov 6, 2015
Laurelhurst Letterboxes: A series of 6 nature-themed boxes

Paces is used to represent two strides.

Laurelhurst Letterbox 1

From bathrooms, take paved trail at lightpost west past picnic area F.Turn right at brick staircase. Walk up 47 stairs, turn left. Continue about 15 paces. Stop to enjoy the beautiful hostas. Look up the hill and under a fern for Letterbox #1.

Laurelhurst Letterbox 2

Go back to the stairs you walked up, and follow the stairs down 23 steps. Follow the gravel trail west. At the “GrandDaddy Tree,” go left over the embankment. About 10 feet down, turn and look back toward the trail. Search in the area you walked over for Letterbox 2.

Laurelhurst Letterbox 3

Continue West on gravel trail past the reverse-fork in the paths. There will be a tree at the end of the fork. About 13 paces from the tree, head south down the hill. Halfway down the hill there will be a “lumpy tree” on your right in the meadow. Go to the far side of the tree and face the road. To your left along the wall of plants, there is a small, steep trail up to the road. Walk up the trail, past the skinny tree and look in the large fern on your left for Letterbox 3.

Laurelhurst Letterbox 4

From the bottom of the small trail (where it meets the meadow), head toward the tree on your right that is across the clearing (there is a lamp post on the tree’s right side). Take the trail into the park. At the fork, go right. Turn left at the first paved trail. Stop at the fork and turn right into the rhododendrons. Letterbox 4 will be hidden at the base of one of these plants.

Laurelhurst Letterbox 5

If continuing from Letterbox 4…Follow trail toward the water fountain. Continue East on trail. At the bathrooms/lightpost, turn right.

Both: Turn onto the gravel trail to walk along the pond. Walk behind and past the first bench on your left and search in the plants for Letterbox 5.

Laurelhurst Letterbox 6

Continue Southeast along the pond until the path meets the paved trail. Look back toward the pond. There are bushes that are the perfect size for Brownie Scouts to use as a fort. Crawl into the fort and look around for Letterbox 6.