Pole Knoll LbNA #: 14781
CluesDifficulty: Clues and walk easy
Walk time: about 15 minutes one way
Stamp hand-carved
Status: alive and well on September 20, 2008
This box is in the Pole Knoll Recreation Area in the Apache National Forest. The box is at an elevation of about 9000 feet; so, there will be snow on it at least a part of the year. From Show Low and Pinetop-Lakeside drive southeast and east on State Highway 260. At milepost 383 turn right into the Pole Knoll Recreation Area. There is a brown sign at the intersection identifying it. Drive to the end of the paved road and park.
From the information kiosk walk south a short distance to the Pole Knoll Loop sign and turn right onto the trail. Turn left onto the Red Tail Trail. Turn left onto the Osprey Trail. Continue past the “Caution Steep Trail” sign on a tree on the right side of the trail and go to the first tree on the right side of the trail with a blue diamond trail blaze sign on it. From the west side of this tree, go at about 288 degrees (from mag. north) for about 59 steps to a medium size Pine Tree. From the northwest side of this tree, go at about 288 degrees for about 13 steps to a moderate size boulder on a very slight rise with some smaller rocks on its right side. The box is under a flat rock amongst the smaller rocks with some plant debris on it.
Please be sure the contents are triple ziplocked when you put them back in the box (ie. the stamp is in a ziploc, the book is in a ziploc, and the two are in another ziploc bag, and that ziploc is in a larger ziploc bag). Please rehide the box well under the flat rock and covered with some plant debris so that it can not be seen from any direction.
You can return the way you came. Or, you can make a loop trip of it by continuing on down the Osprey Trail, turn left on the Raven Trail, turn left on the Pole Knoll Loop Trail and return to the parking area.
I will not be able to check on this box very often; so, please let me know if you find it, or if it is missing or needs attention: http://home.att.net/~azroadie/letterboxing.html
This box is in my “Highway 260 Series”. The other boxes in the series are: “Pine Canyon”, and “Woodland Lake”.
Please record your find at www.letterboxing.org/ or at www.atlasquest.com/ .
If you live in Arizona or New Mexico or have an interest in letterboxes in those states, you are invited to join the Letterboxing Southwest Discussion Group. Go here to join: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LetterboxingSouthwest/ .
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