Apple Hill LbNA #8161
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Add Location| Owner: | Woodland Paws  |
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| Plant date: | May 8, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Morris |
| County: | Litchfield |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Rubaduc |
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| Found by: | dingbat72 |
| Last found: | Aug 25, 2013 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFa |
| Last edited: | May 8, 2004 |
One box planted on a little known trail of the White Memorial Foundation. Very easy trail with some swampy places, should take about 45 min. one way. The view at the end is stupendous.
Directions: From the intersection of Rt. 109 and 61 go north on 61 for just a bit. When 61 veers right go straight ahead onto Alain White Rd. staying on it for just under a mile and then turn left onto East Shore Rd. At eight tenths of a mile the trail head is on your left exactly opposite Marsh Point Rd.
Clues: Walk through the gate following the blue trail on an old woods road and watch for an arrow on a tree sending you left through a laurel grove. This hike will all be on the blue blazed trail so keep your eyes open for the blazes. After going downhill and through a swampy area you come to a boardwalk and then a long flat walk through the woods and another smaller swampy place. After a slight uphill you come to a sign saying Marsh to the left or Apple Hill to the right. Going to the marsh is interesting and a very short walk for those of you who "have" to know what's there but it's a dead end sort of place. Follow the Apple Hill sign with another taste of swampyness, a slight uphill and then the path becomes wider and you'll see another sign. Follow the Apple Hill sign taking note of the Laurel Hill sign for your way back to your car. After walking along the wide mowed (hopefully) trail you come to a field with an observation tower in the middle. This gives you an excellent view of parts of Bantam Lake. After you get your fill of viewing, go back through the field to the wide trail and as you enter the avenue of bushes count about 65 steps to a large boulder on the left. Here find a line of five large trees and between #2 and 3 will be a large rock, behind which and under an over hang is the Apple Hill letterbox.
Replace carefully hidden, this might be a busy spot and retrace your steps to your car remembering to go left at the sign post that says Laurel Hill.
WMF 120407A
Directions: From the intersection of Rt. 109 and 61 go north on 61 for just a bit. When 61 veers right go straight ahead onto Alain White Rd. staying on it for just under a mile and then turn left onto East Shore Rd. At eight tenths of a mile the trail head is on your left exactly opposite Marsh Point Rd.
Clues: Walk through the gate following the blue trail on an old woods road and watch for an arrow on a tree sending you left through a laurel grove. This hike will all be on the blue blazed trail so keep your eyes open for the blazes. After going downhill and through a swampy area you come to a boardwalk and then a long flat walk through the woods and another smaller swampy place. After a slight uphill you come to a sign saying Marsh to the left or Apple Hill to the right. Going to the marsh is interesting and a very short walk for those of you who "have" to know what's there but it's a dead end sort of place. Follow the Apple Hill sign with another taste of swampyness, a slight uphill and then the path becomes wider and you'll see another sign. Follow the Apple Hill sign taking note of the Laurel Hill sign for your way back to your car. After walking along the wide mowed (hopefully) trail you come to a field with an observation tower in the middle. This gives you an excellent view of parts of Bantam Lake. After you get your fill of viewing, go back through the field to the wide trail and as you enter the avenue of bushes count about 65 steps to a large boulder on the left. Here find a line of five large trees and between #2 and 3 will be a large rock, behind which and under an over hang is the Apple Hill letterbox.
Replace carefully hidden, this might be a busy spot and retrace your steps to your car remembering to go left at the sign post that says Laurel Hill.
WMF 120407A