Runnells Bridge LbNA #10263
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Add Location| Owner: | 'DDD'  |
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| Plant date: | Aug 21, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Hollis |
| County: | Hillsborough |
| State: | New Hampshire |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Sams crew |
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| Last found: | Sep 1, 2012 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Aug 21, 2004 |
NEW CLUES AS OF 10/29/06. BOX HAD TO BE REPLANTED BECAUSE OF VANDALS. PROBABLY JUST AS WELL... I WON'T HAVE TO REMOVE IT DURING HIGH WATER IN THE SPRING.
This is an easy one to get except you may find that being discrete will be a challenge. There are lots of people fishing here on weekends during the spring and summer.
To get to Runnells Bridge, take exit 5W off the Everett Turnpike (Route 3). Head towards Hollis, NH and Pepperell, MA on Route 111. After approximately 3.9 miles and 5 sets of lights (counting the one as you come off the highway) you'll take a right on Depot Road. (You'll have just crossed the Nashua River on Runnells Bridge.) Immediately take a right into a parking lot adjacent to the bridge.
There are 2 paths that leave from the left hand corner of the parking lot facing the river near a large oak tree. One path (on the right)leads down to the river and you'll want to take that one after you find the box. The path that is on the left follows an old logging road. From the oak, walk 25 steps (not paces) and look to your right. You'll see a large split rock that any letterboxer would recognize as a good placement. What are you waiting for? Check it out. Please rehide carefully.
Bring your fishing rod - this is a popular fishing spot for locals. Watch out for poison ivy!
Runnells Bridge was originally a covered bridge and was named after Ebenezer Runnells (born Nov 20, 1726, Bradford, MA) who purchased the mill and the bridge at that location from the Jaquith Family in 1777.
He gave it to his son, Samuel, with the stipulation that he visit his mother and provide her with 30 shillings once a year. His mother, Hannah Smith Runnells of Haverhill, MA was Ebenezer’s second wife. Samuel did as requested until Hannah died in March of 1814. The family lived in Hollis, NH until 1865 or 1866.
This is an easy one to get except you may find that being discrete will be a challenge. There are lots of people fishing here on weekends during the spring and summer.
To get to Runnells Bridge, take exit 5W off the Everett Turnpike (Route 3). Head towards Hollis, NH and Pepperell, MA on Route 111. After approximately 3.9 miles and 5 sets of lights (counting the one as you come off the highway) you'll take a right on Depot Road. (You'll have just crossed the Nashua River on Runnells Bridge.) Immediately take a right into a parking lot adjacent to the bridge.
There are 2 paths that leave from the left hand corner of the parking lot facing the river near a large oak tree. One path (on the right)leads down to the river and you'll want to take that one after you find the box. The path that is on the left follows an old logging road. From the oak, walk 25 steps (not paces) and look to your right. You'll see a large split rock that any letterboxer would recognize as a good placement. What are you waiting for? Check it out. Please rehide carefully.
Bring your fishing rod - this is a popular fishing spot for locals. Watch out for poison ivy!
Runnells Bridge was originally a covered bridge and was named after Ebenezer Runnells (born Nov 20, 1726, Bradford, MA) who purchased the mill and the bridge at that location from the Jaquith Family in 1777.
He gave it to his son, Samuel, with the stipulation that he visit his mother and provide her with 30 shillings once a year. His mother, Hannah Smith Runnells of Haverhill, MA was Ebenezer’s second wife. Samuel did as requested until Hannah died in March of 1814. The family lived in Hollis, NH until 1865 or 1866.