Roots! Letterbox Letterbox Hybrid

These letterboxes feature things you might see within the Nature Park with clues written by kids park nature camps. The Nature Park does not typically allow caches to be placed within its confines but special permission was granted for these letterboxes as they were developed by the park's campers.</</span>

If you are new to the Nature Park and would like to find these in true letterbox style, you may need a park map (available in the Interpretive Center or at any park entrance). The clues take you along a loop route clockwise. All of the letterboxes are located within one or two steps of the trail. Please remain on the marked trails, because the habitat within the park is sensitive. Remember to replace the letterboxes as you found them with lids tight and all contents within the plastic bag provided. Good luck & happy letterboxing! 

Terrain: Paved and mulched trails

Difficulty: Easy

Distance: 1.0 miles round trip

Letterbox #3 – Roots!

Tree roots above ground indicate a seed that started to grow on a nurse log. As the nurse decomposed and disappeared, the seed grew into a tree and that’s all that’s left! Where the Eliot Trail intersects with the Big Fir Trail, continue downhill on the Big Fir Trail. Turn left at a fallen tree onto the Big Pond trail. I’m hidden about 50 steps onto this trail, past an exposed root ball on the right side of the trail under some old logs.