Old Hat - MIA LbNA #12078 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Indigo Vulture  |
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| Plant date: | Nov 9, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Hatfield |
| County: | Montgomery |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Not yet found! |
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| Last found: | N/A |
| Last edited: | Nov 9, 2004 |
THIS LETTERBOX IS MIA, AS OF 1/15/05. ORIGINAL PLANS WERE TO REPLACE IT IN SPRING 2005. THAT...ERRR...DIDN'T HAPPEN. AS I HAVE MOVED TO NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, IT MAY BE QUITE A WHILE UNTIL THIS IS REPLACED. SORRY. LE CHAPEAU EST MORT...VIVE LE CHAPEAU!
The entrance to Hatfield Township Nature Area Centennial Park is located on Cowpath Rd. (aka PA-463, aka Main St. Hatfield), about one tenth of a mile west of Orvilla Road. The entrance is across from Harleysville Savings Bank. For more info, see http://www.hatfieldtownship.org/towndept/parks_htna.asp
From the north corner of the parking lot, spot two signposts at about 50*. Go to the signposts.
Walk between the signposts, following the blue blazes. You will pass an amphitheatre on your right; at this point, the blue trail bears to the left. Look for blazes.
At a Y, go 80* between two blue-blazed trees. Soon you will go over a gully and a wooden bridge.
At a Y, go 160*, and look for white blazes. At another Y, go 120* and look for white/red blazes. Soon they will just be red.
Crossover a drain pipe. Stop here. Standing on the drainpipe, take a bearing of 70*. Spot a large V-shaped tree near the creek. Go to this tree. (There’s a faint trail leading to it two paces ahead of the drainpipe.) Look for a hollow log on the ground to the right of the V-tree. Your “old hat” is in the base of this log. Please rehide it carefully.
To return to your car just a bit more quickly, head back to the red trail, walking at 320*. At the tree with the double red blaze, go 210* to stay on the red trail. The red trail winds into a meadow.
Go to the northwest corner of the meadow, past two benches. Take the grassy path there, stay to the left, and you’ll be back at your car in no time.
The entrance to Hatfield Township Nature Area Centennial Park is located on Cowpath Rd. (aka PA-463, aka Main St. Hatfield), about one tenth of a mile west of Orvilla Road. The entrance is across from Harleysville Savings Bank. For more info, see http://www.hatfieldtownship.org/towndept/parks_htna.asp
From the north corner of the parking lot, spot two signposts at about 50*. Go to the signposts.
Walk between the signposts, following the blue blazes. You will pass an amphitheatre on your right; at this point, the blue trail bears to the left. Look for blazes.
At a Y, go 80* between two blue-blazed trees. Soon you will go over a gully and a wooden bridge.
At a Y, go 160*, and look for white blazes. At another Y, go 120* and look for white/red blazes. Soon they will just be red.
Crossover a drain pipe. Stop here. Standing on the drainpipe, take a bearing of 70*. Spot a large V-shaped tree near the creek. Go to this tree. (There’s a faint trail leading to it two paces ahead of the drainpipe.) Look for a hollow log on the ground to the right of the V-tree. Your “old hat” is in the base of this log. Please rehide it carefully.
To return to your car just a bit more quickly, head back to the red trail, walking at 320*. At the tree with the double red blaze, go 210* to stay on the red trail. The red trail winds into a meadow.
Go to the northwest corner of the meadow, past two benches. Take the grassy path there, stay to the left, and you’ll be back at your car in no time.