If you end up at one of the others, it is a short walk to the beach. Note there are several parking lots in Mohegan Park, the closest to the trail head is the Spaulding Pond Beach Parking. Mohegan Park, 189 Mohegan Park Rd., Norwich, CTīring red ink or red and green markers. Follow the trail until you are in familiar territory and make your way back to your car. After stamping in please replace the leaves and sticks so the box cannot be seen from the trail. The treasure is hidden under the uphill side of the rock, covered with leaves and sticks. Count 20 steps up the trail and look in the wood on the right for a rock next to a small tree. Keep a look out on the right for a three-sister tree with two of the sisters splitting higher up. When you get to the intersection with the “rock garden” in front of you, turn left and take the narrow trail up the hill. The trail will turn grassy and then to dirt again. Take the path to the right where the arrow tells you to go left. Continue on this path, following the arrows until you see a white house through the trees on the left of the trail. At the first intersection follow the white arrows to the left. Turn left on the track and follow the track to the dirt path to the left of the garages. At the end of the paved path, turn right toward the track with the soccer in the infield. Turn left on the path and go past the stage. Owen Bell Park, 540 Hartford Pike, Killingly, CTįrom the parking lot, take the paved path left toward the ball field. Note that the Blue trail is rougher than your trip so far.) To get back take Red to Grand Junction and follow Yellow back. To get to Governor’s Island you may take the Blue Trail (go right on Blue to Red and turn left on Red. From hear you my continue on to Governor's Island or retrace your steps back to your car. After stamping, please make sure the boxes is place securely behind the rock and cannot be seen from the trails. Go to this tree and tilt the flat rock on the left side away from the tree to reveal your treasure. Slight to the left and behind the sisters is a small tree with rocks around it’s base. Go and face the middle bench and look left for a two-sister tree with the sisters rather distant from eachother. At the intersection with the Blue Trail, turn left and go up the small hill to the clearing with three benches. When you come to an intersection with a dirt road, turn left toward the Pond. Stay on the defined path, ignore any red or blue blazes and stay with the Red-White blazes.
At Grand Junction, turn left on Red toward, Governor’s Island and at the next sign post, take the Red-White Trail. At the Pine Acres Pond kiosk, stay on the Yellow Trail and follow Yellow to Grand Junction kiosk. Just past the Pavilion, take a right onto the Blue-White and Yellow Trails. Goodwin State Forest, 23 Potter Road, Hampton, CTįrom the parking lot across the road from the Goodwin Conservation Education Center, go down the paved road toward the lake. Important! Please read the Waiver of Responsibility and Disclaimer before you go. There may also be more letterboxes in the same area. There may be other things to do at the park while you are there.
Some of these are nice hikes, others are short walks.īefore you go, make sure to check out the locations you will be visiting. Make sure the baggies and the box are well sealed so there is no water damage.Ī group of letterboxers have planted 8 letterboxes in The Last Green Valley. Do not let others around you know what you are up to and do not give away the location of the box! When replacing the box, make sure it goes back where it belongs and that it cannot be seen from the trail. Remember, you are on a treasure hunt, so stealth is important. For this challenge you may request a starter logbook from TLGV. And your logbook? It can just be a simple ruled notebook, but most letterboxers prefer to use unlined artist’s sketch pads. Do not have your own stamp? It is perfectly fine to use a small doodle or even a thumb print animal as your signature. Many clues tell you what color ink to bring, so read the clues carefully before you go. Once you have your clues, all you need to go letterboxing is your own personal stamp, your own personal logbook the record the images you find and ink pads or broad tip markers for the image. The clues can be simple directions or more challenging puzzles and ciphers. Fellow letterboxers will plant boxes and then post the clues on the internet for others to find. Letterboxing is a great way to get outdoors and explore new places. Letterboxing started in the United States around 1998 after Smithsonian Magazine wrote about the letterboxes in Dartmoor England. Letterboxing is a form of treasure hunting that rewards the hunter with unique stamped images as a memento of each find.