Beacon Cap LbNA #7149
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Feb 14, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Naugatuck |
| County: | New Haven |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Rubaduc  |
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| Found by: | Nairon |
| Last found: | Sep 16, 2023 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFaOFFFF |
| Last edited: | Feb 14, 2004 |
One box on a ten mile round trip to Beacon Cap, a large glacial boulder on top of a mountain with some views. Planted on Valentine's Day for my friend Mark in Atlanta. Thanks for your contribution, Mark.
Lots of ups to get to the top but well worth the hike. This is on the blue blazed Naugatuck Trail, mostly easy to follow.
On Rt. 8 south take exit 25 (Cross ST.)turn left at the stop sign, go right onto the first street (Andrasko Rd.) and after crossing the bridge park in front of chain link fence to the right, or park in the commuter lot across the road.
Go through the fence and follow Rt. 8 for about half a mile till you see a woods road on the left with a blue blaze on a post. Turn left following blue blazes, watching at the top of the hill for more blue where it turns left into the woods (remember to stay on blue). After a mile you should see a blue and pink trail to the left which takes you to an overlook but no tupperware.
Stay on blue the whole way, watching carefully for blazes. At one point there's a rock on the left side of the trail with two blue blazes on it and shortly after that you need to turn right into a laurel grove where I suspect some of the trees with blazes were blown over. You soon see blazes again in a short while, this is the only place I had a little trouble following the trail and if you come to a set of stone steps, you know you missed the laurel grove.
Eventually you come to the Whittemore Trail blazed in White (sign on tree to the right)where you need to go straight across even though blue blazes are scarce. Keep on trucking and you'll come to a large rock on the left with CAP painted on it in white paint, this is almost at the 5 mile mark so you're getting close. Now you need to follow the white blazes to the Cap (there are a few blue and yellow blazes at the beginning) only three tenths of a mile left, the white trail ends at the cap.
Just before the top you'll see a split boulder on the right with a smaller split rock to the right. Behind this smaller rock is Beacon Cap but after stamping in and rehiding well please do yourself a favor and go 3 more min. to the real thing, it's worth it.
Retrace your steps back to your car and thanks for visiting.
Lots of ups to get to the top but well worth the hike. This is on the blue blazed Naugatuck Trail, mostly easy to follow.
On Rt. 8 south take exit 25 (Cross ST.)turn left at the stop sign, go right onto the first street (Andrasko Rd.) and after crossing the bridge park in front of chain link fence to the right, or park in the commuter lot across the road.
Go through the fence and follow Rt. 8 for about half a mile till you see a woods road on the left with a blue blaze on a post. Turn left following blue blazes, watching at the top of the hill for more blue where it turns left into the woods (remember to stay on blue). After a mile you should see a blue and pink trail to the left which takes you to an overlook but no tupperware.
Stay on blue the whole way, watching carefully for blazes. At one point there's a rock on the left side of the trail with two blue blazes on it and shortly after that you need to turn right into a laurel grove where I suspect some of the trees with blazes were blown over. You soon see blazes again in a short while, this is the only place I had a little trouble following the trail and if you come to a set of stone steps, you know you missed the laurel grove.
Eventually you come to the Whittemore Trail blazed in White (sign on tree to the right)where you need to go straight across even though blue blazes are scarce. Keep on trucking and you'll come to a large rock on the left with CAP painted on it in white paint, this is almost at the 5 mile mark so you're getting close. Now you need to follow the white blazes to the Cap (there are a few blue and yellow blazes at the beginning) only three tenths of a mile left, the white trail ends at the cap.
Just before the top you'll see a split boulder on the right with a smaller split rock to the right. Behind this smaller rock is Beacon Cap but after stamping in and rehiding well please do yourself a favor and go 3 more min. to the real thing, it's worth it.
Retrace your steps back to your car and thanks for visiting.