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Martin Van Buren, 8th president LbNA #25596 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Sep 8, 2006
Location:
City:Kinderhook
County:Columbia
State:New York
Boxes:1
Planted by:JasKev
Found by: jm12084
Last found:Aug 4, 2007
Status:FFFFFFFa
Last edited:Sep 8, 2006
WARNING! A YELLOWJACKET HIVE HAS TAKEN OVER THE LETTERBOX AREA! STAY CLEAR! IN THE WINTER, WE WILL RELOCATE THE LETTERBOX!

Level of Difficulty: Easy, flat hiking trails
Time: 45 minutes round-trip

Directions to Van Buren Trails:
From Albany: I90E to Exit 12, go Rte. 9 South, at village of Valatie Traffic Circle take 9H South (4 miles) and trail is on your left side of the road.

Clues:
As you pull into the Van Buren Trail’s parking lot, you’ll see the Trail Head’s Sign.
Take 25 paces south to the wooden shelter with trail map sign.
Follow the Duck’s Lane Trail (yellow marker).
Go N.E. at Blue/Red Trail post marker.
When come to the next trail post, just continue East on Blue Trail through a small, somewhat overgrown meadow clearing. (You’ll pass an outhouse sign, but don’t turn in unless Nature Calls!)
At the next trail post, go South on the Blue Trail into a coniferous forest.
At the next trail post, go South on the Red Trail.
At the next trail post, go South East on the Yellow Trail. You’ll continue on in the pine forest with the cornfields off to your right.
When you reach a fork in the path, go South on the White Trail. Soon you will notice a small seasonal stream on your left and the corn fields still on your right side.
The trail travels a bit down hill to a foot bridge that goes across the seasonal stream.
Upon crossing the foot bridge, immediately leave the trail and go South West along the stream bed.
Take 45 paces until you see a smattering of old stones that were once an old stone wall.
Take 65 paces along the stream until you come to a bent tree trunk. It’s bent into the shape of an up-side-down letter U.
Look down and you will see the letterbox under one of the nearby fallen logs.
You can now either retrace your steps to return to the parking lot or you can continue on following the White Trail as it makes a leisurely outer loop around the Van Buren Trails.

While you’re in the area:
Visit Lindenwald Van Buren’s retirement estate across the street from the trails. Be advised to call ahead as Lindenwald is only open for tours seasonally.