Beavers' Rock Garden LbNA #23592
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jul 8, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Manchester |
| County: | Hillsborough |
| State: | New Hampshire |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Rats and Turtle  |
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| Found by: | Lisa Simpson |
| Last found: | Oct 8, 2018 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Jul 8, 2006 |
Beavers’ Rock Garden
This letterbox is located at the Rhododendron Colony in the Manchester Cedar Swamp. It is a nice hike for families—young elementary children can do it but it is not stroller friendly. To find Manchester Cedar Swamp, take Front Street/Route 3A, to Hackett Hill Road. From the intersection, go 0.7 miles on Hackett Hill Road and then turn left onto Countryside Boulevard. The trailhead for the Swamp is 0.5 miles up Countryside on the left. There is an information kiosk and a box with trail maps. You can also print out a trail map from the Nature Conservancy (the “brochure” has a better trail map than the “map”): http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newhampshire/preserves/art6252.html
Take the trail into the forest. The left branch of the Woodland Loop gets you to the Rhododendron Loop more directly than the right. The Woodland Loop winds through lovely woods and eventually splits. Take the left branch toward the Rhododendron Loop. This branch crosses under a set of power lines, over a bridge constructed as an Eagle Scout project, and back under the power lines. When the trail enters the woods after the second pass under the power lines, watch carefully. The “trail” to the right is wide, going under an arch of rhododendron and looks inviting—but it is the wrong trail. Turn left onto the one "less traveled by” and that “will make all the difference” (the wider path is one used by snowmobiles, atvs, and dirt bikes). Your trail is blazed with bright yellow and green Nature Conservancy markers.
About 10 steps after leaving the snowmobile trail the nature trail splits. This is the actual Rhododendron Loop and you can find the letterbox from either direction. For the shortest route to the box go right at this point. The trail wanders among colonies of rhododendron and along the edge of a beaver pond. When the trail dips close to the pond to go around two boulders, you are almost there. The smaller boulder has a rhododendron crawling over it. The larger boulder is about 8 feet high and looks like a garden of ferns. Circle around the back of this large rock and you will find a white pine with a double trunk. The Beavers’ Rock Garden Letterbox is planted between the pine and the boulder. Please carefully replace the rock covering the box to keep it hidden and secure from animals. Enjoy following on around the Rhododendron Loop!
This letterbox is located at the Rhododendron Colony in the Manchester Cedar Swamp. It is a nice hike for families—young elementary children can do it but it is not stroller friendly. To find Manchester Cedar Swamp, take Front Street/Route 3A, to Hackett Hill Road. From the intersection, go 0.7 miles on Hackett Hill Road and then turn left onto Countryside Boulevard. The trailhead for the Swamp is 0.5 miles up Countryside on the left. There is an information kiosk and a box with trail maps. You can also print out a trail map from the Nature Conservancy (the “brochure” has a better trail map than the “map”): http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newhampshire/preserves/art6252.html
Take the trail into the forest. The left branch of the Woodland Loop gets you to the Rhododendron Loop more directly than the right. The Woodland Loop winds through lovely woods and eventually splits. Take the left branch toward the Rhododendron Loop. This branch crosses under a set of power lines, over a bridge constructed as an Eagle Scout project, and back under the power lines. When the trail enters the woods after the second pass under the power lines, watch carefully. The “trail” to the right is wide, going under an arch of rhododendron and looks inviting—but it is the wrong trail. Turn left onto the one "less traveled by” and that “will make all the difference” (the wider path is one used by snowmobiles, atvs, and dirt bikes). Your trail is blazed with bright yellow and green Nature Conservancy markers.
About 10 steps after leaving the snowmobile trail the nature trail splits. This is the actual Rhododendron Loop and you can find the letterbox from either direction. For the shortest route to the box go right at this point. The trail wanders among colonies of rhododendron and along the edge of a beaver pond. When the trail dips close to the pond to go around two boulders, you are almost there. The smaller boulder has a rhododendron crawling over it. The larger boulder is about 8 feet high and looks like a garden of ferns. Circle around the back of this large rock and you will find a white pine with a double trunk. The Beavers’ Rock Garden Letterbox is planted between the pine and the boulder. Please carefully replace the rock covering the box to keep it hidden and secure from animals. Enjoy following on around the Rhododendron Loop!