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Spruce Knob LbNA #4685

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jun 23, 2003
Location:
City:Elkins
County:Randolph
State:West Virginia
Boxes:1
Found by: DevilinDog
Last found:Oct 4, 2017
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Dec 29, 2015
Planted by Robby and Dean
Terrain rugged but walk short (less than 1/4 mile) but winter weather prohibitive.

At the Highest point in West Virginia where trees grow on one side only, where arctic styled winds whip the snow in winter we hid this box. This is Spruce Knob.

At the top of the Mountain, a awesome 4,861 feet above sea level, there is a parking lot, trails, a wonderful tower for viewing the far places and some picnic tables, etc. Our clues begin to the left once you reach the top by sending you down HUCKLEBERRY TRAIL #533. Is is signed and departs from one section of the parking lot.

Go down Huckelyberry Trail several hundred feet to where the gravel added walking surface end. The trail become larger rocks and natural woodland ground cover, a much rougher to travel surface as it is so unlevel. But you need go on down thte trail only About 12 feet from the end of the gravel! Here the woods open some to the right and allows a look into a pine/evergreen thicket. Look in - if you see moss covered rocks and a brown forest floor in a relatively open are this is right - take six (6) paces off the trail, to the right, into the woods. Stop. Looking to your left and see a standing stone with a crack in it. This stone should be about 10 foot from you. You are near the box!

Go to the standing stone, it is not a large one but shorter than you are. Immediately behind the standing stone is a flat, moss covered flat stone. It can be lifted up, tilting back box lid like, to reveal a cavity under it. it is not heavy and "rocks" back out of the way easily. This is all under an ancient pine with lichen cover and with dangerously sharp dead lower branches. Caution is needed to not impale yourself on the sharp branches and to avoid anything that might be living or visitng under the rock where the letter box waits.

It is a small box with a stamp reflecting it's natural domain. Please try to avodi damaging hte moss cvoer on rock and trees, elaving this area looking as you found it. Palce the box back so that it is not readily visible to casual eyes but also remaisn true ot these directions please.