Cape Cod Lifesavers - Retired LbNA #10030 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Aug 11, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Chatham |
| County: | Barnstable |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | sadie&russ  |
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| Found by: | grammyandgrumpy |
| Last found: | Mar 6, 2012 |
| Status: | FaFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFr |
| Last edited: | Aug 11, 2004 |
Cape Cod Lifesavers
(Sept. 2010 - stamp broken and in bad shape - may recarve)
Background
This box is a tribute to all Cape Cod Lifesavers and
the U.S. Coast Guard.
It was inspired by the story of the crew of four brave men on
the Old 36500, a 36-foot motor lifeboat, who braved a ferocious winter storm in February 1952 to rescue 32 crewmen from the smashed tanker Pendleton, off the coast of Chatham, Cape Cod.
The 36500 has been restored by the Orleans Historical Society and serves as a floating museum. You can visit her in the summer months at the Rock Harbor dock, which is also a popular spot to watch the sunset over Cape Cod Bay.
To learn more about this event and the 36500 please go to: http://www.cg36500.org/index.html
Information
The box is located on a ¾ mile lollipop loop interpretive trail in a wildlife refuge. It involves a flight of stairs to the beach and some beach walking. At High Tide portions of the trail may not be passable. Please consult a tide table when planning your visit. The trail is open from sunrise to sunset; the visitor center, where trail maps and much other information can be found is open 8 to 4.
Directions
From Chatham Light travel south down Morris Island Rd. to Wikis Way on the left.
Park in the lot at the end of the road. If the visitor center is open you can pick up a trail map for Morris Island Trail.
From the parking lot start following the Hiker Signs in a southerly direction down the steps to the beach. Notice the sand bags on the beach to help stop erosion. After a couple hundred yards the trail turns right into the dunes. The beach grass and poison ivy here have extensive root systems that hold the sand in place and they offer nesting areas for shorebirds.
Continue along the trail through the pitch pines and red oak trees until #7. To your right you may see a White-tailed Deer. Take five more steps along the trail and sight 80° up a sandy path to a pitch pine, 25 steps away. This tree is just to the left of a three-sister pine.
Follow the path up to the tree and look behind it under rock and bark to find the tribute to the heroic Lifesavers of Cape Cod.
Please double-bag the logbook and rehide carefully.
Continue along the loop trail through the salt marsh and tidal flats watching for the abundance of shorebirds that live in or migrate through this area.
(Sept. 2010 - stamp broken and in bad shape - may recarve)
Background
This box is a tribute to all Cape Cod Lifesavers and
the U.S. Coast Guard.
It was inspired by the story of the crew of four brave men on
the Old 36500, a 36-foot motor lifeboat, who braved a ferocious winter storm in February 1952 to rescue 32 crewmen from the smashed tanker Pendleton, off the coast of Chatham, Cape Cod.
The 36500 has been restored by the Orleans Historical Society and serves as a floating museum. You can visit her in the summer months at the Rock Harbor dock, which is also a popular spot to watch the sunset over Cape Cod Bay.
To learn more about this event and the 36500 please go to: http://www.cg36500.org/index.html
Information
The box is located on a ¾ mile lollipop loop interpretive trail in a wildlife refuge. It involves a flight of stairs to the beach and some beach walking. At High Tide portions of the trail may not be passable. Please consult a tide table when planning your visit. The trail is open from sunrise to sunset; the visitor center, where trail maps and much other information can be found is open 8 to 4.
Directions
From Chatham Light travel south down Morris Island Rd. to Wikis Way on the left.
Park in the lot at the end of the road. If the visitor center is open you can pick up a trail map for Morris Island Trail.
From the parking lot start following the Hiker Signs in a southerly direction down the steps to the beach. Notice the sand bags on the beach to help stop erosion. After a couple hundred yards the trail turns right into the dunes. The beach grass and poison ivy here have extensive root systems that hold the sand in place and they offer nesting areas for shorebirds.
Continue along the trail through the pitch pines and red oak trees until #7. To your right you may see a White-tailed Deer. Take five more steps along the trail and sight 80° up a sandy path to a pitch pine, 25 steps away. This tree is just to the left of a three-sister pine.
Follow the path up to the tree and look behind it under rock and bark to find the tribute to the heroic Lifesavers of Cape Cod.
Please double-bag the logbook and rehide carefully.
Continue along the loop trail through the salt marsh and tidal flats watching for the abundance of shorebirds that live in or migrate through this area.