Frodo's Happy Place LbNA #46083
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Mar 23, 2009 |
| Location: | |
| City: | East Haddam |
| County: | Middlesex |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Barry  |
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| Found by: | SherlockMiles |
| Last found: | Mar 22, 2019 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Mar 23, 2009 |
Frodo's Happy Place Letterbox
Brainard Homestead State Park
Creek Row, East Haddam,CT
Easy short walk - also very close by is the Eagle Watch and GAQLBE09:Michigan Eagle Letterboxes.
This box was placed in memory of our dog FRODO. We used to walk here often and he helped us find many letterboxes over the years. We miss him very much. We are training our new dog, ZAK, to take over the task.
This 25-acre upland site includes fields, woods, and a minor sometimes stream. It is in the area of the earliest settlement to East Haddam in about 1670. It was donated to the state in 1929 by Selden Tyler Brainard, one of the original first families. It overlooks the Connecticut River just above the town of East Haddam. Migrating bald eagles congregate and winter along the Connecticut River and feed primarily on fish. Eagles remain in Connecticut as long as the food supply is abundant and the water remains free of ice, generally December through mid-March. Eagles are often observed perched in large trees or gliding in the wind currents that flow near the highlands and over the bridge and along the river. You can also find deer, turkeys, coyotes, and other wildlife native to New England. If you come when there are no leaves on the trees you will get a great view of the Connecticut and Salmon Rivers.If you happen to explore here during the first couple of
weeks in August, you will find an overabundence of delicious raspberries that you can munch on while you explore the park.
From I-91 Southbound: Take Exit 22, Rt. 9 south and follow from * below.
From I-91 Northbound or Route 15 North (Merritt Pkwy): Take Route 66 East in Meriden to Rt. 9 south and follow from * below.
From I-84 Eastbound: Take I-691 in Cheshire to Rt. 66 to Rt. 9 South and follow from * below.
From I-84 Westbound: Take I-91 South in Hartford to Rt. 9 South and follow from * below.
From I-95 East or West take exit 69, Rt. 9 north and follow from * below.
* From Route 9: Take Exit 7 (E. Haddam/Moodus.) Turn left at stop sign (82E & 154N), then right at light to stay on Rt.82E (Tylerville). Cross river on Rt. 82 and then turn left onto Rt. 149 after bridge. Continue 0.7 mile and turn right onto Landing Hill Rd. After 0.5 mile, turn right onto Maple Ave. Take next right onto Creek Row and you are there.
Go to the second opening on the right. There are some big rocks blocking the way in. Park and go past the rocks. Bear left on the old road and look for an old stone foundation in the ground before the field. Go around the right side of the foundation and look for a giant mass of vines near a fallen tree. Under the tree is the box.
There are many other letterboxes nearby in East Haddam . Take time to see the Goodspeed Opera House (maybe have a drink at the Gelston House next door), Gillette's Castle, The Hadlyme/Chester Ferry below the castle, or some of the beautiful old houses and churches in town.
Have fun in our hometown. Barry
Brainard Homestead State Park
Creek Row, East Haddam,CT
Easy short walk - also very close by is the Eagle Watch and GAQLBE09:Michigan Eagle Letterboxes.
This box was placed in memory of our dog FRODO. We used to walk here often and he helped us find many letterboxes over the years. We miss him very much. We are training our new dog, ZAK, to take over the task.
This 25-acre upland site includes fields, woods, and a minor sometimes stream. It is in the area of the earliest settlement to East Haddam in about 1670. It was donated to the state in 1929 by Selden Tyler Brainard, one of the original first families. It overlooks the Connecticut River just above the town of East Haddam. Migrating bald eagles congregate and winter along the Connecticut River and feed primarily on fish. Eagles remain in Connecticut as long as the food supply is abundant and the water remains free of ice, generally December through mid-March. Eagles are often observed perched in large trees or gliding in the wind currents that flow near the highlands and over the bridge and along the river. You can also find deer, turkeys, coyotes, and other wildlife native to New England. If you come when there are no leaves on the trees you will get a great view of the Connecticut and Salmon Rivers.If you happen to explore here during the first couple of
weeks in August, you will find an overabundence of delicious raspberries that you can munch on while you explore the park.
From I-91 Southbound: Take Exit 22, Rt. 9 south and follow from * below.
From I-91 Northbound or Route 15 North (Merritt Pkwy): Take Route 66 East in Meriden to Rt. 9 south and follow from * below.
From I-84 Eastbound: Take I-691 in Cheshire to Rt. 66 to Rt. 9 South and follow from * below.
From I-84 Westbound: Take I-91 South in Hartford to Rt. 9 South and follow from * below.
From I-95 East or West take exit 69, Rt. 9 north and follow from * below.
* From Route 9: Take Exit 7 (E. Haddam/Moodus.) Turn left at stop sign (82E & 154N), then right at light to stay on Rt.82E (Tylerville). Cross river on Rt. 82 and then turn left onto Rt. 149 after bridge. Continue 0.7 mile and turn right onto Landing Hill Rd. After 0.5 mile, turn right onto Maple Ave. Take next right onto Creek Row and you are there.
Go to the second opening on the right. There are some big rocks blocking the way in. Park and go past the rocks. Bear left on the old road and look for an old stone foundation in the ground before the field. Go around the right side of the foundation and look for a giant mass of vines near a fallen tree. Under the tree is the box.
There are many other letterboxes nearby in East Haddam . Take time to see the Goodspeed Opera House (maybe have a drink at the Gelston House next door), Gillette's Castle, The Hadlyme/Chester Ferry below the castle, or some of the beautiful old houses and churches in town.
Have fun in our hometown. Barry