 Deer Crossing Letterbox
A cache by J.A.R.S. Hidden: 9/4/2005
Size:  (Small) Difficulty:  Terrain: (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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This is a letterbox, there are no trade
items.
The coordinates take you to the box. (See directions below if you
want to do this one letterbox style)
Small camouflaged lock n lock container.
Just a short walk on an urban trail on the outskirts of the Hanlon
Creek Conservation Area (not a Park, no fees). Spring thaw: were
waterproof boots, there will be wet/muddy spots near the
trailhead.
Trailhead: N43 30.747 W80 12.377 On Carrington Place,
between 2 houses.
This can be a good place to see deer. I've seen 5 in one visit but
I usually see one or two about every 3rd visit to the trail.
Look for a
white pine (long, slender needles)
next to a
cedar (flat scale-like
leaves).
Directions:
- Walk along the trail, past the houses on the right.
- Further along, the trail is flanked by white pines on both
sides.
- You will pass a round sewer grate on your left. At about 345
meters you will see a second raised round sewer grate on your left
next to the trail. It's attached to a short cement pillar.
- Stand on the trail and face the sewer.
- Walk 11 paces SE (approx. 130 degrees) downhill toward 2
cedars.
- The letterbox is at the base of a white pine that grows between
2 cedars.
- Cover it well when you replace it. Thanks.
I have placed my hand-carved stamp in each of
the boxes. Bring your own ink (Crayola washable markers make great
ink tools if you don't have an ink pad). If you carry a letterbox
"passport"/journal, use the letterbox's stamp to stamp your
passport. If you have a signature stamp, please stamp the log book.
If you do not have a stamp, leave a drawing (stick figure
drawings and happy faces would be just fine you do not have to be a
Picasso or a Da Vinci), or a sticker or a fingerprint
or pawprint, or try a nature print using a leaf or flower as a
nature stamp, and
sign the log. Stamps are cheap at Michael's and scrapbooking stores
or make your own with
an eraser and an exacto knife. Join the fun!
Please, don't take my stamp! |
There's another letterbox nearby Rudolph.
It can be logged on Atlas Quest. It's too close to Deer Crossing to
be logged as a find on the gc site.
- From Deer Crossing, continue along the trail. Rudolph's
letterbox is approximately 2 minutes (approx. 98 steps) down the
trail.
- At 90 meters (98 steps) from the round sewer grate, stop. You
should be standing on the trail just as it starts to curve to the
right (SW then W) and before you see the roofs of the houses
ahead.
- At this spot look uphill (right NW). You'll see a lone cedar
amongst the white pines. It's shorter than the pine it's next
to.
- Walk towards the cedar, 20 paces NW.
- The LB is hanging in the cedar about 5 feet off the
ground.
- Please re-hide it well, so the casual hiker can't spot it
easily.
------- This letterbox is also listed on Atlas
Quest
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Current Time: 2/9/2010 11:49:54 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (7:49 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 2/9/2010 1:09:00 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (9:09 PM GMT)
Rendered: From Database
Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
