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The Westminster High Cross Country Letterboxes LbNA #19176 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Oct 24, 2005
Location:
City:Westminster
County:Carroll
State:Maryland
Boxes:2
Found by: Frankie & Benjy (2)
Last found:Nov 21, 2005
Status:F
Last edited:Oct 24, 2005
THE JV BOX HAS BEEN REPORTED MISSING, WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING ANOTHER ONE TO REPLACE IT.

NOTE: This path becomes slightly overgrown after the cross country season. A path will still be visible, but finding this letterbox in late fall to early spring will involve a little walking through tall grass.

Start at the Gateway School, located at 225 Kate Wagner Road, Westminster 21157.

To start, just so we are all starting at exactly the same place, Walk to the front doors of the school. Now you are facing the doors, so turn around and walk straight out to the edge of the sidewalk. Begin walking 65 degrees from where you are standing (which would be NE) for 33 paces. There should be a lightpole next to you on your right. Continue walking in that same direction for 23 more paces. You should be next to a lightpole at the base of a hill. Walk all the way up the hill, about 20 paces, until you are at the top. Now, you will see two paths ahead of you- one right in front of you and one to your right. Walk down the path ahead of you. Continue walking until you see a blue bridge, which was painted by a couple of the cross country team members. Walk across the bridge and then turn around so that you can read the writing on it. Turn to your left and reach under the bridge. There you will find the JV box.

In order to find the varsity box, you need to know how many Varsity runners are on the team (or were in 2005). You can find that clue on the inside of the notebook in the JV box. Add one to the number of varsity runners, then multiply that number by 20 and continue down the path for about that many paces. Add two to the number of varsity runners and multiply that number by 10. Then look that many degrees from where you are standing (or just look North) and you should see a fallen tree log. Walk towards the log (it should take the same number of paces as there are varsity runners!) and either climb over it or reach over it to find the varsity box hidden underneath.