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Know Your Trees LbNA #1529 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Apr 28, 2003
Location:
City:Richmond
County:Chesterfield
State:Virginia
Boxes:1
Found by: FS
Last found:Feb 13, 2005
Status:Fa
Last edited:Apr 28, 2003
Know Your Trees Letterbox

Pocahontas State Park
Easy about 1 mile out and back
Educational (I hope)
May need a compass, though you might be able to do it without one.

Enter the park through the main gate. It will cost you $4.00 to get in the park on the weekends, $3.00 weekdays. There are lots of letterboxes in the park, and very nice hikes so it is well worth the money.

Park at the main parking lot near picnic shelter #2. Maps are available at the ranger station as you enter. walk down to the boat ramp. There you will see a footbridge crossing Swift Creek.

Cross the footbridge and take the Forest Exploration Trail to the left.

Go a little ways and on your right you will see a small RED MAPLE with a small broken stump next to it. Directly across the path is a large SOUTHERN RED OAK (We call it a Turkey Foot Oak here, the leaves are shaped like a Turkey's foot.)

After you cross a small wooden bridge, just past the trail marker ahead you will see a gray smooth barked tree with "2001" enclosed by a heart carved in it. This is an AMERICAN BEECH and it is the first choice of lovers to carve upon due to the smooth bark. With the relative short life of most relationships today, I guess they need to have some longer lived reminder of the good times.

On up the hill, cross the park service road. When you come to the next bench, sit down. The tree to your right is a NORTHERN RED OAK. He has a small RED MAPLE friend.

As you continue, when you come to the next trail marker, the tree beside it is a WHITE OAK. There is a larger one directly across the bend in the path from it.

Pass by the old beaver pond on your right. The beavers are gone now but the dead trees were caused by the flooding caused by those industrious critters.

When you get to the next wooden bridge, go to the northern end of the bridge, and stand on the last plank in the center of the bridge.

At 354 degrees, you will see a large double trunked tree on the hillside. Behind, and at the base of this tree is what you seek. Do you know what kind of tree it is?

Dont forget Ladybug's letterboxes (4), MLGainey's letterlbox, and Boxitup's letterbox.