Little Dam LbNA #9199
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Add Location| Owner: | DrewFamily    |
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| Plant date: | Jan 1, 1990 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Ledyard |
| County: | New London |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 4 |
| Found by: | quiltjoy (2) |
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| Last found: | Dec 26, 2021 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFOFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Dec 22, 2015 |
Ledyard, Connecticut
(Vandalized in July '00 and then expanded into a four-box series in November '00)
(Note from a friend in 2015: So much fun to find a 2000 series, especially since the boxes hadn\'t been found in 5 years!!! For box 1, we replaced the leaky box and added a logbook. Future finders should be aware that the area after the first box is being extensively logged, starting in Nov. 2015. To find the trail, we followed the blue blazes until we crossed over the pipeline, then we hugged the treeline along the left side (the blazed trees were cut down). Box 2 is in the logged area, but since it\'s in a stone wall, it was perfectly safe! Eventually, we got to a corner where two walls met and the logging ended. The rest of the clues matched once you got back into the forest at this corner. The non-logged area was very pretty. I\'d recommend this hike to anyone!)
A quietly pretty hike on the Narragansett Trail in Ledyard CT, leading to a small scenic dam. Cover 3.5 miles total, up and along Wintechog Hill, with an elevation of about 400 feet, on an out-and-back route. There are steep but short climbs at each end of the hike. This batch is just west of the (now defunct) Tribal Nation letterboxes. The stamps were handcut on-site from images pulled out of the air up there.
Directions: On CT Rte. 2, just south of the Mashantucket Pequot's Foxwoods Casino, turn west on Wintechog Hill Rd. Travel 0.8 miles, passing the trail and parking area for Lantern Hill, to the town dump entrance on your right. Flip a u-turn and park in a little pull out spot on the right (south) side of the road. On foot, backtrack 100 feet to the blue blazed trail.
Follow the trail on the south side of the road generally southeast. You'll dip and climb gently in hardwood and mountain laurel until you meet a stone wall on your left that abruptly ends. Slip around behind on the east side to find the Abrupt End letterbox hidden in a chink in the wall.
The trail turns eastward along the hill. After about 1/4 mile, cross an open area like an old forest road (it's a natural gas pipeline, and is worth a short detour up the hill to the south for a peek if you'd like). After the open area, the trail passes through a north-south running wall. Turn north to a corner in the stone to find the Junkyard View letterbox in the wall under a quartz marker rock. Careful of the barbed wire!
Continuing along Wintechog Hill, cross another wall with a similar corner to the left, and then pass through a lower, tumbled wall. The trail suddenly bends right and uphill on a small rocky scramble. Next climb gently to the south before turning west. At a wall, bend to the left again and come to a rocky, steep, short drop-off pointing to 150°, where you might even need to use your hands a little for balance. Before going down, look to the north behind a tree for the Sunny Outcrop letterbox.
Now scramble down and continue eastwards on the trail, passing a classic (and beautiful) glacial kettlehole. In about 1/2 mile, the trail descends Wintechog Hill and exits into a pretty field crossed by a power line. In the stone wall just before leaving the woods into the field, take about seven steps to the left to find the Gallup Pond Letterbox low in the south face of the wall.
Leaving the hill and the forest behind, emerge into an old field and follow the trail to Gallup Pond, right next to busy Rte. 2. Explore the small dam and spillway, and enjoy the views of the pond with its dark, tannin-rich waters. You could turn north on Rte 2 for two miles to your car, but with the congested casino traffic, we do not recommend it. Far better to enjoy the walk back on the trail, returning the way you came. Thanks for sharing this hike with us!
(Vandalized in July '00 and then expanded into a four-box series in November '00)
(Note from a friend in 2015: So much fun to find a 2000 series, especially since the boxes hadn\'t been found in 5 years!!! For box 1, we replaced the leaky box and added a logbook. Future finders should be aware that the area after the first box is being extensively logged, starting in Nov. 2015. To find the trail, we followed the blue blazes until we crossed over the pipeline, then we hugged the treeline along the left side (the blazed trees were cut down). Box 2 is in the logged area, but since it\'s in a stone wall, it was perfectly safe! Eventually, we got to a corner where two walls met and the logging ended. The rest of the clues matched once you got back into the forest at this corner. The non-logged area was very pretty. I\'d recommend this hike to anyone!)
A quietly pretty hike on the Narragansett Trail in Ledyard CT, leading to a small scenic dam. Cover 3.5 miles total, up and along Wintechog Hill, with an elevation of about 400 feet, on an out-and-back route. There are steep but short climbs at each end of the hike. This batch is just west of the (now defunct) Tribal Nation letterboxes. The stamps were handcut on-site from images pulled out of the air up there.
Directions: On CT Rte. 2, just south of the Mashantucket Pequot's Foxwoods Casino, turn west on Wintechog Hill Rd. Travel 0.8 miles, passing the trail and parking area for Lantern Hill, to the town dump entrance on your right. Flip a u-turn and park in a little pull out spot on the right (south) side of the road. On foot, backtrack 100 feet to the blue blazed trail.
Follow the trail on the south side of the road generally southeast. You'll dip and climb gently in hardwood and mountain laurel until you meet a stone wall on your left that abruptly ends. Slip around behind on the east side to find the Abrupt End letterbox hidden in a chink in the wall.
The trail turns eastward along the hill. After about 1/4 mile, cross an open area like an old forest road (it's a natural gas pipeline, and is worth a short detour up the hill to the south for a peek if you'd like). After the open area, the trail passes through a north-south running wall. Turn north to a corner in the stone to find the Junkyard View letterbox in the wall under a quartz marker rock. Careful of the barbed wire!
Continuing along Wintechog Hill, cross another wall with a similar corner to the left, and then pass through a lower, tumbled wall. The trail suddenly bends right and uphill on a small rocky scramble. Next climb gently to the south before turning west. At a wall, bend to the left again and come to a rocky, steep, short drop-off pointing to 150°, where you might even need to use your hands a little for balance. Before going down, look to the north behind a tree for the Sunny Outcrop letterbox.
Now scramble down and continue eastwards on the trail, passing a classic (and beautiful) glacial kettlehole. In about 1/2 mile, the trail descends Wintechog Hill and exits into a pretty field crossed by a power line. In the stone wall just before leaving the woods into the field, take about seven steps to the left to find the Gallup Pond Letterbox low in the south face of the wall.
Leaving the hill and the forest behind, emerge into an old field and follow the trail to Gallup Pond, right next to busy Rte. 2. Explore the small dam and spillway, and enjoy the views of the pond with its dark, tannin-rich waters. You could turn north on Rte 2 for two miles to your car, but with the congested casino traffic, we do not recommend it. Far better to enjoy the walk back on the trail, returning the way you came. Thanks for sharing this hike with us!