Moose Horn LbNA #7635
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Mar 28, 2003 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Roxbury |
| County: | Litchfield |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 2 |
| Planted by: | Rubaduc  |
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| Found by: | Trailhead Tessie |
| Last found: | Mar 20, 2021 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Mar 28, 2003 |
This is a two mile hike in a wonderful nature preserve so you never have to worry about being shot. Lots of ups and downs, might be considered strenuous by some.
Directions: I take Rt. 6 into the center of Woodbury and then take Rt. 317 for almost six miles to Painter Hill Road. The Maple Bank Farm stand will be on the left and a blue scenic road sign on the right. If you get to the intersection of Rt. 67 and 199, you went too far. Turn right on Painter Hill and drive for approximately a mile and a half then turn left onto Moosehorn Rd. This is a dirt road and will be in different states of disrepair depending on the season but people live on this road so it has to be passable year round. Pass the "woof" house and at the foot of the hill turn left into the parking lot for the Roxbury Land Trust. At this time there's a large yellow No Hunting sign on a tree at the driveway.
Clues: After parking your car walk down the road to the map board and follow the Moosehorn access sign. After a short while you come to a bridge on the left and lots of trail signs on a post. Turn onto the red blazed perimeter loop trail which follows the Moosehorn Brook for awhile. This trail is marked by the red tin circle with the little hiker man on it (at the next intersection) follow him up a steep hill and at the top you'll enter a laurel grove. Keep watching on the right for a very large rock (really a rocky ledge) with trees that have fallen across the top of it forming an X (I'm told that this is the second X that boxers saw). If you come to a very steep downhill, you went too far. Go to the end of the rock, turning right to the far corner and in a crevice you should find a moose under bark. Please make sure it's well covered after stamping in.
Continue on, down the steep hill and you might begin to see blue paint blazes on the trees here even though you still have your little hiker man on red tin. At this point it's safe to follow either one but always make sure you have the red once in a while. After awhile you'll cross a small stream with a stone wall on your left in the distance. This preserve is loaded with well preserved stone walls. After you cross another small stream and go through a stone wall be prepared to watch for a very large tree growing out of a rock formation. Following the trail around the rock leads you to an old foundation. Standing with your back to the tree, the foundation on your left and the trail on your right go straight towards the stone wall ahead of you. Walk along the left side of it to two trees with a rock behind them. Under the rock's overhang you should find the Horn.
After stamping in and making sure the box is well hidden, follow the trail uphill, soon coming to a place where you walk along the side of a hill looking down upon Moosehorn Brook. After enjoying Moosehorn Falls, continue on to your car or cross the bridge and follow the tin circle with the blue hiker man for another two mile loop, which is also wonderful.
Thank you for visiting.
Directions: I take Rt. 6 into the center of Woodbury and then take Rt. 317 for almost six miles to Painter Hill Road. The Maple Bank Farm stand will be on the left and a blue scenic road sign on the right. If you get to the intersection of Rt. 67 and 199, you went too far. Turn right on Painter Hill and drive for approximately a mile and a half then turn left onto Moosehorn Rd. This is a dirt road and will be in different states of disrepair depending on the season but people live on this road so it has to be passable year round. Pass the "woof" house and at the foot of the hill turn left into the parking lot for the Roxbury Land Trust. At this time there's a large yellow No Hunting sign on a tree at the driveway.
Clues: After parking your car walk down the road to the map board and follow the Moosehorn access sign. After a short while you come to a bridge on the left and lots of trail signs on a post. Turn onto the red blazed perimeter loop trail which follows the Moosehorn Brook for awhile. This trail is marked by the red tin circle with the little hiker man on it (at the next intersection) follow him up a steep hill and at the top you'll enter a laurel grove. Keep watching on the right for a very large rock (really a rocky ledge) with trees that have fallen across the top of it forming an X (I'm told that this is the second X that boxers saw). If you come to a very steep downhill, you went too far. Go to the end of the rock, turning right to the far corner and in a crevice you should find a moose under bark. Please make sure it's well covered after stamping in.
Continue on, down the steep hill and you might begin to see blue paint blazes on the trees here even though you still have your little hiker man on red tin. At this point it's safe to follow either one but always make sure you have the red once in a while. After awhile you'll cross a small stream with a stone wall on your left in the distance. This preserve is loaded with well preserved stone walls. After you cross another small stream and go through a stone wall be prepared to watch for a very large tree growing out of a rock formation. Following the trail around the rock leads you to an old foundation. Standing with your back to the tree, the foundation on your left and the trail on your right go straight towards the stone wall ahead of you. Walk along the left side of it to two trees with a rock behind them. Under the rock's overhang you should find the Horn.
After stamping in and making sure the box is well hidden, follow the trail uphill, soon coming to a place where you walk along the side of a hill looking down upon Moosehorn Brook. After enjoying Moosehorn Falls, continue on to your car or cross the bridge and follow the tin circle with the blue hiker man for another two mile loop, which is also wonderful.
Thank you for visiting.