Penfield Parks #1 LbNA #15344 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | N/A |
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| Plant date: | May 27, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Penfield |
| County: | Monroe |
| State: | New York |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Mama Rose
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| Found by: | dakewlone |
| Last found: | Jul 14, 2007 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | May 27, 2005 |
Penfield Parks #1
Thousand Acre Swamp
Total estimated time: 30 minutes (less than 1 mile), but plan on spending a little more time to enjoy the scenery and listen to the birds
Trail difficulty: Easy
Clue difficulty: Easy
NOTE: Watch out for poison ivy at the location of this box. A recent boxer has reported seeing some. Make sure you know what it looks like before you go!
This is the first in a series of letterboxes placed in parks in the suburban Rochester, NY town of Penfield. The boxes can be hunted in any order, but the clues are designed to lead you along the quickest route from one to the next, so you can easily do all four in one afternoon.
Thousand Acre Swamp is a Nature Conservancy sanctuary. It’s really only about 500 acres, but it really is a swamp -- one of the largest intact wetland systems in Western New York. Keep your eyes open for any number of different flying, crawling, swimming, or scampering creatures.
Thousand Acre is located on Jackson Road, between Plank Rd. to the north and Rt. 286 (Atlantic Ave.) to the south. Look for the entrance on the west side of the road, marked by a wooden sign.
Turn in and follow the narrow driveway, passing to the left of the house at the end of the drive. Park in the gravel lot. Please do not park on the driveway at any time.
Start up the wide entrance trail leading into the woods. Soon the trail becomes Deer Run, and you’ll pass a bench on the right. Continue past Trilliam Trail, to the next path on the right, Weasel Way. Take Weasel Way, following the signs to the boardwalk.
Continue along the boardwalk until it ends back at Deer Run; turn left and you’re headed back towards the parking lot. Not far ahead on the left, look for a four-trunked tree. Find the box behind the tree, then relax on Helen’s bench while you stamp in.
Continue down Deer Run back to the parking lot. Don’t forget to sign the guest book and pick up a trail guide at the information kiosk before you leave!
Please note:
From late May through the first frost of fall, flies and mosquitoes can be abundant, depending on the time of day and how wet it has been recently. Have repellant handy in case it's a bad day for bugs. Trails may be very muddy in spring, and watch out for poison ivy.
The park is open year-round, but parking lots and trails are not plowed in the winter. The parking lot closes at dusk.
ALSO NOTE: The first clue to the mystery box, which you will find in this box, refers to a "frog," which is now defunct. So to make sure you're where you belong, look for the lands that are wet.
Bring your own pen and stamp pad.
Thousand Acre Swamp
Total estimated time: 30 minutes (less than 1 mile), but plan on spending a little more time to enjoy the scenery and listen to the birds
Trail difficulty: Easy
Clue difficulty: Easy
NOTE: Watch out for poison ivy at the location of this box. A recent boxer has reported seeing some. Make sure you know what it looks like before you go!
This is the first in a series of letterboxes placed in parks in the suburban Rochester, NY town of Penfield. The boxes can be hunted in any order, but the clues are designed to lead you along the quickest route from one to the next, so you can easily do all four in one afternoon.
Thousand Acre Swamp is a Nature Conservancy sanctuary. It’s really only about 500 acres, but it really is a swamp -- one of the largest intact wetland systems in Western New York. Keep your eyes open for any number of different flying, crawling, swimming, or scampering creatures.
Thousand Acre is located on Jackson Road, between Plank Rd. to the north and Rt. 286 (Atlantic Ave.) to the south. Look for the entrance on the west side of the road, marked by a wooden sign.
Turn in and follow the narrow driveway, passing to the left of the house at the end of the drive. Park in the gravel lot. Please do not park on the driveway at any time.
Start up the wide entrance trail leading into the woods. Soon the trail becomes Deer Run, and you’ll pass a bench on the right. Continue past Trilliam Trail, to the next path on the right, Weasel Way. Take Weasel Way, following the signs to the boardwalk.
Continue along the boardwalk until it ends back at Deer Run; turn left and you’re headed back towards the parking lot. Not far ahead on the left, look for a four-trunked tree. Find the box behind the tree, then relax on Helen’s bench while you stamp in.
Continue down Deer Run back to the parking lot. Don’t forget to sign the guest book and pick up a trail guide at the information kiosk before you leave!
Please note:
From late May through the first frost of fall, flies and mosquitoes can be abundant, depending on the time of day and how wet it has been recently. Have repellant handy in case it's a bad day for bugs. Trails may be very muddy in spring, and watch out for poison ivy.
The park is open year-round, but parking lots and trails are not plowed in the winter. The parking lot closes at dusk.
ALSO NOTE: The first clue to the mystery box, which you will find in this box, refers to a "frog," which is now defunct. So to make sure you're where you belong, look for the lands that are wet.
Bring your own pen and stamp pad.