Sobrante Ridge, retired LbNA #14036 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | pawca  |
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| Plant date: | Mar 27, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| City: | El Sobrante |
| County: | Contra Costa |
| State: | California |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | kyrrian |
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| Last found: | Jun 17, 2005 |
| Status: | FFr |
| Last edited: | Mar 27, 2005 |
Just got this message:
We recently removed a "letterbox" which had been placed along the Manzanita trail at Sobrante Ridge. This area has been designated as a sensitive habitat. We respectfully request that you refrain from placing any new boxes in this area.
Thank you.
-Kennedy Grove Staff
So, as of 10/24/07 this box is officially retired.
This box was replaced on 7/30/06 and the clues updated
This is a short, easy to moderate hike of about 1/2 mile.
Get yourself to the Sobrante Ridge Regional Preserve Heavenly Ridge trailhead. This is at the end of Heavenly Ridge Lane which is off Amend Rd. which is off Valley View or Castro Ranch Rd. Take precautions for Tics and snakes.
Park in the cul de sac at the end. Head for the Sobrante Ridge Regional Preserve sign and go through the gate. Pick up a map and a brochure on Tics. There are several different options for hikes if you want to go beyond finding the box.
Take the Heavenly Ridge Trail. There's one short uphill, a steep down and then another up. About half way up this hill take the trail to the right. At the sign, keep going straight on the Manzanita Trail/Loop. After you pass the houses and go up the hill, stop and enjoy the view (and catch your breath.) Just as you start down again, on the left there will be a beautiful red manzanita tree and then, in the small opening, roots from a fallen tree. Now, watch on your right for some fallen trees in a bit. Duck down and go toward these trees. Your flower is blooming behind the first trunk.
This is a replacement box and you'll know it by its sweet packaging. If you find the original, let me know.
After stamping in, continue around the loop then back the way you came to the main trail. Detour up for a longer hike or down and back to your car.
"Full many a flower is born to blush unseen." Tomas Gray: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
We recently removed a "letterbox" which had been placed along the Manzanita trail at Sobrante Ridge. This area has been designated as a sensitive habitat. We respectfully request that you refrain from placing any new boxes in this area.
Thank you.
-Kennedy Grove Staff
So, as of 10/24/07 this box is officially retired.
This box was replaced on 7/30/06 and the clues updated
This is a short, easy to moderate hike of about 1/2 mile.
Get yourself to the Sobrante Ridge Regional Preserve Heavenly Ridge trailhead. This is at the end of Heavenly Ridge Lane which is off Amend Rd. which is off Valley View or Castro Ranch Rd. Take precautions for Tics and snakes.
Park in the cul de sac at the end. Head for the Sobrante Ridge Regional Preserve sign and go through the gate. Pick up a map and a brochure on Tics. There are several different options for hikes if you want to go beyond finding the box.
Take the Heavenly Ridge Trail. There's one short uphill, a steep down and then another up. About half way up this hill take the trail to the right. At the sign, keep going straight on the Manzanita Trail/Loop. After you pass the houses and go up the hill, stop and enjoy the view (and catch your breath.) Just as you start down again, on the left there will be a beautiful red manzanita tree and then, in the small opening, roots from a fallen tree. Now, watch on your right for some fallen trees in a bit. Duck down and go toward these trees. Your flower is blooming behind the first trunk.
This is a replacement box and you'll know it by its sweet packaging. If you find the original, let me know.
After stamping in, continue around the loop then back the way you came to the main trail. Detour up for a longer hike or down and back to your car.
"Full many a flower is born to blush unseen." Tomas Gray: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard