Maymont LbNA #13165 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jan 19, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Richmond |
| County: | Richmond city |
| State: | Virginia |
| Boxes: | 2 |
| Found by: | Buster Bunny |
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| Last found: | May 17, 2006 |
| Status: | FFFFaaaa |
| Last edited: | Jan 19, 2005 |
Status: reported intact 9/6/05.
Maymont Park Hours: Visitor Center, Grounds, Wildlife Exhibits and Gardens Daily, 10am – 5pm. Hampton Street and Spottswood Road entrances remain open until 7pm from April - October, weather permitting. For more information: www.maymont.org/
Maymont is a very popular and sometimes crowded park. Please be very discreet when accessing the letterboxes, and respectful of this well-groomed park. Please rehide boxes well and cover with leaves.
Directions: Park in the lot at the Hampton Street entrance on the East side of the park. Enter the park on the paved road here. Pass the Herb Garden on the left go to the west side of the Stone Barn. Take the stone walkway west through the boxwood hedges. Follow this path down to the Italian Gardens. Go through the wisteria covered dome and continue past the first bench. Go left, cross the garden and take the stairs between the cherubs. Continue on the walkway along the wall. Take the ornate double stairway down and follow the stone path down through the bamboo until you reach the Japanese Garden at the bottom of the hill. Take the path right and cross the arched bridge by waterfall. Note: the waterfall apparently runs off a spigot so sometimes it disappears. After the bridge, turn right at the intersection. Go a few yards to the bottom of a stone staircase. A rope fence starts to your left. Count 7 posts down the fence. Face the rocks to your right, between the 2 Japanese Maples. Maymont Box 1 is tucked under the largest fractured boulder on the right side.
Continue along the same gravel path through the exit of the Japanese Garden. Continue on the paved road. After you pass a cactus bed, you will see a metal fence on the right, the former black bear enclosure. Black bears were once common in Virginia but, with loss of undisturbed habitat, they are now found only in some mountain counties and in the Dismal Swamp in southeastern Virginia. Continue to the wood fence and the first low viewing window. Turn around and walk into the bit of woods. You will see a chimney-like stack of bricks. Maymont Box 2 is inside under some leaves, please recover when done.
Maymont Park has many other attractions including a barn where you can feed the animals and a wonderful Nature Center with a pair of endangered river otters. Check it out.
Placed by Great Blue and Kitten. Drop me a line if the boxes have suffered any adverse effects. It's our first planting!
Maymont Park Hours: Visitor Center, Grounds, Wildlife Exhibits and Gardens Daily, 10am – 5pm. Hampton Street and Spottswood Road entrances remain open until 7pm from April - October, weather permitting. For more information: www.maymont.org/
Maymont is a very popular and sometimes crowded park. Please be very discreet when accessing the letterboxes, and respectful of this well-groomed park. Please rehide boxes well and cover with leaves.
Directions: Park in the lot at the Hampton Street entrance on the East side of the park. Enter the park on the paved road here. Pass the Herb Garden on the left go to the west side of the Stone Barn. Take the stone walkway west through the boxwood hedges. Follow this path down to the Italian Gardens. Go through the wisteria covered dome and continue past the first bench. Go left, cross the garden and take the stairs between the cherubs. Continue on the walkway along the wall. Take the ornate double stairway down and follow the stone path down through the bamboo until you reach the Japanese Garden at the bottom of the hill. Take the path right and cross the arched bridge by waterfall. Note: the waterfall apparently runs off a spigot so sometimes it disappears. After the bridge, turn right at the intersection. Go a few yards to the bottom of a stone staircase. A rope fence starts to your left. Count 7 posts down the fence. Face the rocks to your right, between the 2 Japanese Maples. Maymont Box 1 is tucked under the largest fractured boulder on the right side.
Continue along the same gravel path through the exit of the Japanese Garden. Continue on the paved road. After you pass a cactus bed, you will see a metal fence on the right, the former black bear enclosure. Black bears were once common in Virginia but, with loss of undisturbed habitat, they are now found only in some mountain counties and in the Dismal Swamp in southeastern Virginia. Continue to the wood fence and the first low viewing window. Turn around and walk into the bit of woods. You will see a chimney-like stack of bricks. Maymont Box 2 is inside under some leaves, please recover when done.
Maymont Park has many other attractions including a barn where you can feed the animals and a wonderful Nature Center with a pair of endangered river otters. Check it out.
Placed by Great Blue and Kitten. Drop me a line if the boxes have suffered any adverse effects. It's our first planting!