Eternal Flame LbNA #4033
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Add Location| Owner: | JeLyBean  |
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| Plant date: | May 26, 2003 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Orchard Park |
| County: | Erie |
| State: | New York |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Landmark Leapsters |
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| Last found: | Jun 7, 2008 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFaFaa |
| Last edited: | May 26, 2003 |
Terrain: Moderate, some hills, mud and water
Clues: Fairly easy
The Eternal Flame is a natural gas jet that emerges from a small hollow behind a waterfall in Shale Creek Preserve. The combination of water and fire is quite dramatic.
Shale Creek Preserve is a lesser known area, and I won't spoil it by telling you how to get there, you'll have to do the research like I did.
Once you reach the entrance to the trailhead, follow the blue markings. If you lose them in the evergreen forest, stay to the left along the ridge. Follow the trail to the water and head upstream to the waterfall, where you'll see the flame. When you're done, head back downstream. Just before the flame goes out of sight around a bend is a large tree with gnarled roots on the south bank. Under a U-shaped curve of root is a rock or two hiding another flame.
Notes:
- No ink pad in the box, make sure you bring your own.
- As little known as it is outside the local area, this park can be extremely busy, you might want to schedule your trip for a time when it might be less busy, perhaps a weekday or overcast day. Please be discreet when finding and re-hiding the box.
- Occasionally, wind, water and varying gas pressure might temporarily extinguish the flame. You might want to bring a long-handled grill lighter with you in case you find the fire out. Please exercise appropriate caution if re-lighting the flame, as gas may have built up in the hollow.
- Please do not ask me for additional hints without offering a bribe of unpublished clues, hitchhikers, etc.
- Please email me with notes about the box: jelybean.books@comcast.net.
Clues: Fairly easy
The Eternal Flame is a natural gas jet that emerges from a small hollow behind a waterfall in Shale Creek Preserve. The combination of water and fire is quite dramatic.
Shale Creek Preserve is a lesser known area, and I won't spoil it by telling you how to get there, you'll have to do the research like I did.
Once you reach the entrance to the trailhead, follow the blue markings. If you lose them in the evergreen forest, stay to the left along the ridge. Follow the trail to the water and head upstream to the waterfall, where you'll see the flame. When you're done, head back downstream. Just before the flame goes out of sight around a bend is a large tree with gnarled roots on the south bank. Under a U-shaped curve of root is a rock or two hiding another flame.
Notes:
- No ink pad in the box, make sure you bring your own.
- As little known as it is outside the local area, this park can be extremely busy, you might want to schedule your trip for a time when it might be less busy, perhaps a weekday or overcast day. Please be discreet when finding and re-hiding the box.
- Occasionally, wind, water and varying gas pressure might temporarily extinguish the flame. You might want to bring a long-handled grill lighter with you in case you find the fire out. Please exercise appropriate caution if re-lighting the flame, as gas may have built up in the hollow.
- Please do not ask me for additional hints without offering a bribe of unpublished clues, hitchhikers, etc.
- Please email me with notes about the box: jelybean.books@comcast.net.