Stroll in the Park LbNA #25781
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Sep 23, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Hopkinton |
| County: | Middlesex |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Phineas Spaulding  |
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| Found by: | Scottish girls |
| Last found: | Sep 7, 2020 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Oct 5, 2015 |
Verified active as of 6/25/09.
A leisurely Stroll in the Park
· Time to complete: about an hour
· Degree of difficulty: 2 on a scale of 1 to 10
· Target age group: 12 to 70
· Required skills: map-reading, compass-reading
· Required equipment: map of the Park, compass
. Caution: the map does not show all trails or paths
Go the boat ramp at Hopkinton State Park, pick up a map and head for the southern terminus of a Roman emperor’s private trail. Follow it over hill and dale until you come to an intersection with another named trail and take the one that branches on a heading of 300º.
Follow that until it dead-ends at another and look around for numbers on a tree. Face the numbers. If the final three digits are “965” go left; if they are “956” go right. If you don’t see any numbers, go straight ahead and consider getting an appointment with your optometrist.
Follow the correct trail looking, on the left side, for a 10-inch-high “A” engraved on a granite marker, denoting the boundary between Ashland and Hopkinton. Smile smugly to yourself at having solved this tricky part of the hunt and take the very next trail on the right. Keep looking for more numbers…………..the Park is alive with them! When you see the next one (at the end of that trail), add 343º to it and follow that trail until you see five steps. Do your best to climb them without resting too long between each level and follow that trail until it comes to a T. Take the one with the paw print and watch out for carnivorous beasts of the forest.
After several minutes of plodding you should see a small granite boundary marker on the right opposite two rocks balancing atop a large one on the left. Then, further on, look for another marker on the right, again opposite two smaller rocks, one on top of the other. This will tell you you’re on the correct trail and not on some whimsical journey to nowhere.
When you finally reach a four-way intersection, go:
· Right if you see the number “2” nearby
· Left if you see the name of a tree nearby
· Straight if you can’t make up your mind and want to take a swim
Pass between two red rectangles and look around for a black “B.” When you find it, head toward the NE corner of the object it represents and look for a small trail heading 030º. Follow that until you see, on the left side, a hideous black birch jutting from the gaping jaws of a split rock. Continue for a few dozen paces until you intersect another trail, then take a right.
Follow this trail in a southerly direction until you see a number equal to the area of a right triangle with base of 11 and height of 4. After congratulating yourself on remembering your grade school math, look 210º for a twin trunk oak with its left side arching high over the forest floor. Behind it you’ll find your letterbox. Be sure to replace it exactly as found with the top secured tightly to keep out moisture.
Congratulations!
Phineas T. Spaulding
Phineasts@comcast.net
A leisurely Stroll in the Park
· Time to complete: about an hour
· Degree of difficulty: 2 on a scale of 1 to 10
· Target age group: 12 to 70
· Required skills: map-reading, compass-reading
· Required equipment: map of the Park, compass
. Caution: the map does not show all trails or paths
Go the boat ramp at Hopkinton State Park, pick up a map and head for the southern terminus of a Roman emperor’s private trail. Follow it over hill and dale until you come to an intersection with another named trail and take the one that branches on a heading of 300º.
Follow that until it dead-ends at another and look around for numbers on a tree. Face the numbers. If the final three digits are “965” go left; if they are “956” go right. If you don’t see any numbers, go straight ahead and consider getting an appointment with your optometrist.
Follow the correct trail looking, on the left side, for a 10-inch-high “A” engraved on a granite marker, denoting the boundary between Ashland and Hopkinton. Smile smugly to yourself at having solved this tricky part of the hunt and take the very next trail on the right. Keep looking for more numbers…………..the Park is alive with them! When you see the next one (at the end of that trail), add 343º to it and follow that trail until you see five steps. Do your best to climb them without resting too long between each level and follow that trail until it comes to a T. Take the one with the paw print and watch out for carnivorous beasts of the forest.
After several minutes of plodding you should see a small granite boundary marker on the right opposite two rocks balancing atop a large one on the left. Then, further on, look for another marker on the right, again opposite two smaller rocks, one on top of the other. This will tell you you’re on the correct trail and not on some whimsical journey to nowhere.
When you finally reach a four-way intersection, go:
· Right if you see the number “2” nearby
· Left if you see the name of a tree nearby
· Straight if you can’t make up your mind and want to take a swim
Pass between two red rectangles and look around for a black “B.” When you find it, head toward the NE corner of the object it represents and look for a small trail heading 030º. Follow that until you see, on the left side, a hideous black birch jutting from the gaping jaws of a split rock. Continue for a few dozen paces until you intersect another trail, then take a right.
Follow this trail in a southerly direction until you see a number equal to the area of a right triangle with base of 11 and height of 4. After congratulating yourself on remembering your grade school math, look 210º for a twin trunk oak with its left side arching high over the forest floor. Behind it you’ll find your letterbox. Be sure to replace it exactly as found with the top secured tightly to keep out moisture.
Congratulations!
Phineas T. Spaulding
Phineasts@comcast.net