Nature Center (Updated) LbNA #57796
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Add Location| Owner: | JeLyBean  |
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| Plant date: | Sep 2, 2002 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Corning |
| County: | Steuben |
| State: | New York |
| Boxes: | 3 |
| Found by: | celtic hound (3) |
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| Last found: | Sep 18, 2011 |
| Status: | F |
| Last edited: | Sep 2, 2002 |
NOTE: As some of the first boxes I ever placed, these are old and in need of some TLC. I no longer live in NY, so if you live nearby and want to adopt these, I would be grateful.
22 Sep 2011 NOTE: All three of these have been reported found as of 18 Sep 2011.
12 May 2011 NOTE: I am re-posting these clues because they seem to have been lost by LbNA some time ago. These boxes were placed many years ago, and I have not lived in NY for some time and do not know the status of them. I understand the trails may have changed and the clues may no longer be applicable, or the boxes may just be missing. If you go search for them and would like to provide me updates, I will update the clues accordingly.
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Old Clues:
In Corning, follow Chemung St. up the hill. Near the Community College is a Nature Center whose name might be another way of saying "Lady Di's coat of arms." From the door to the Nature Center, face 244* and walk 34 paces to the sign and study the a map of the trails.
Box #1
Terrain: Easy
Clues: Easy
Placed: 9/2/2002
The name of this box is the answer to the clue in the first sentence above.
From the sign, follow the trail at 184* 18 paces to an intersection, then follow the trail at 168* 40 paces to another intersection. Here, take the long shady trail at 168* named for the poison that did in Socrates. It will wind a ways downhill to the intersection of four paths. Choose the path at 82*. At its end is a man-made structure. Rest here for a bit and enjoy the view to the northeast. When you're ready to move on, stand with your back to the center post and face 150*. To the left of a rock, you might be able to just make out a sign post at an intersection 44 paces in front of you. When you reach it, don't "overlook" the smaller path at 117*. Take it for about 60 paces until you are standing in the middle of another man-made structure. At 328* from here is an unusual tree shaped like the first letter in my name (see "placed by" above). The shield you seek is in the roots of the letter under a rock from the creek bed.
Box #2
Terrain: Moderate: some mud, a few hills, less-traveled trail near the end (we brought a five-year-old on this trek and she did fine)
Clues: Easy
Placed: 6/17/2003
The name of this box might be a home for chrysemys picta. Perhaps you'll see one at a place marked on the trail map.
Continue on the path from box #1, turning right. Eventually you'll come to another man made structure similar to where you found box #1. A little past this is a trail junction, a map and a signpost. Turn right and follow the sign to the home of chrysemys picta. You'll come to another of those structures and then another map. From the map, count about 120 paces along the trail (you'll go around a right bend). On your left, difficult to discern, is a less-traveled path. Take it toward your destination. You may have to cross a small waterway, there is a thin log across this. Right after the log, turn north off path. At about 10 paces, buried in overgrown brush, is a final man-made structure. Tucked under this, look for the creature. Watch out for thorns!
Clue update from recent finder, Sep 2011: "you might want to tell them to take the path they are on all the way to the end. It is a long walk not just a little past and the map is still there at the end of the trail, that is where you want to turn right. Just before you get to the small waterway you can see the man made thing, which is covered in moss and the small trail is gone that leads to it."
Box #3
Terrain: Easy
Clues: Easy
Placed: 10/2003
After being bitten by a deer tick while letterboxing in eastern PA, I got a prescription for doxycycline since it's a high risk area for Lyme's Disease. After finishing the pills and eyeing the empty bottle, I thought, "I bet I could get a letterbox in there." Hence the birth of the Stamp Out Ticks Letterbox. (I know... I have a sickness, and it's nothing doxycycline can cure.) This pill-bottle microbox was previously unpublished, now open to all.
CLUES:
In Corning, NY, in a place where there are two other JeLyBeans, a microbox is hidden just off-trail. Perhaps this trail wasn't the best place to hide this box since I'm not being very "sensitive" to the plight of the deer tick. (If you're looking for the trail on the trail map, forget it, as of this writing it's unpublished). You can reach it by returning from #2 via Maples and High Meadow and watching the signposts. For a (much) shorter walk you can also start out on this trail. Once on it, find the small metal sign for the fossil rocks. After examining the fossils, stand on the big rock, then walk off trail 12p at 10* to another flat rock with a smaller rock tucked under its north end.
Notes:
- No ink pads in the boxes so please bring your own.
- The trail maps on the signs bear only a loose resemblance to actual paths criss-crossing this nature center, and trails are not blazed. Paint on trees is for clearing wood, not marking trails. I suggest bringing a compass.
- I placed box #1 when the creek was dry, and when wet the box appears above the waterline, but if you find this box underwater, or if it has sailed away, please let me know.
- Though marked on the trail map, the location near box #2 is not very easy to get to. Trails are not well-maintained in this area. The route I've suggested above is currently the easiest. If it becomes inaccessible or overgrown, please let me know.
- Please email me with notes about these boxes: jelybean.books@comcast.net.
22 Sep 2011 NOTE: All three of these have been reported found as of 18 Sep 2011.
12 May 2011 NOTE: I am re-posting these clues because they seem to have been lost by LbNA some time ago. These boxes were placed many years ago, and I have not lived in NY for some time and do not know the status of them. I understand the trails may have changed and the clues may no longer be applicable, or the boxes may just be missing. If you go search for them and would like to provide me updates, I will update the clues accordingly.
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Old Clues:
In Corning, follow Chemung St. up the hill. Near the Community College is a Nature Center whose name might be another way of saying "Lady Di's coat of arms." From the door to the Nature Center, face 244* and walk 34 paces to the sign and study the a map of the trails.
Box #1
Terrain: Easy
Clues: Easy
Placed: 9/2/2002
The name of this box is the answer to the clue in the first sentence above.
From the sign, follow the trail at 184* 18 paces to an intersection, then follow the trail at 168* 40 paces to another intersection. Here, take the long shady trail at 168* named for the poison that did in Socrates. It will wind a ways downhill to the intersection of four paths. Choose the path at 82*. At its end is a man-made structure. Rest here for a bit and enjoy the view to the northeast. When you're ready to move on, stand with your back to the center post and face 150*. To the left of a rock, you might be able to just make out a sign post at an intersection 44 paces in front of you. When you reach it, don't "overlook" the smaller path at 117*. Take it for about 60 paces until you are standing in the middle of another man-made structure. At 328* from here is an unusual tree shaped like the first letter in my name (see "placed by" above). The shield you seek is in the roots of the letter under a rock from the creek bed.
Box #2
Terrain: Moderate: some mud, a few hills, less-traveled trail near the end (we brought a five-year-old on this trek and she did fine)
Clues: Easy
Placed: 6/17/2003
The name of this box might be a home for chrysemys picta. Perhaps you'll see one at a place marked on the trail map.
Continue on the path from box #1, turning right. Eventually you'll come to another man made structure similar to where you found box #1. A little past this is a trail junction, a map and a signpost. Turn right and follow the sign to the home of chrysemys picta. You'll come to another of those structures and then another map. From the map, count about 120 paces along the trail (you'll go around a right bend). On your left, difficult to discern, is a less-traveled path. Take it toward your destination. You may have to cross a small waterway, there is a thin log across this. Right after the log, turn north off path. At about 10 paces, buried in overgrown brush, is a final man-made structure. Tucked under this, look for the creature. Watch out for thorns!
Clue update from recent finder, Sep 2011: "you might want to tell them to take the path they are on all the way to the end. It is a long walk not just a little past and the map is still there at the end of the trail, that is where you want to turn right. Just before you get to the small waterway you can see the man made thing, which is covered in moss and the small trail is gone that leads to it."
Box #3
Terrain: Easy
Clues: Easy
Placed: 10/2003
After being bitten by a deer tick while letterboxing in eastern PA, I got a prescription for doxycycline since it's a high risk area for Lyme's Disease. After finishing the pills and eyeing the empty bottle, I thought, "I bet I could get a letterbox in there." Hence the birth of the Stamp Out Ticks Letterbox. (I know... I have a sickness, and it's nothing doxycycline can cure.) This pill-bottle microbox was previously unpublished, now open to all.
CLUES:
In Corning, NY, in a place where there are two other JeLyBeans, a microbox is hidden just off-trail. Perhaps this trail wasn't the best place to hide this box since I'm not being very "sensitive" to the plight of the deer tick. (If you're looking for the trail on the trail map, forget it, as of this writing it's unpublished). You can reach it by returning from #2 via Maples and High Meadow and watching the signposts. For a (much) shorter walk you can also start out on this trail. Once on it, find the small metal sign for the fossil rocks. After examining the fossils, stand on the big rock, then walk off trail 12p at 10* to another flat rock with a smaller rock tucked under its north end.
Notes:
- No ink pads in the boxes so please bring your own.
- The trail maps on the signs bear only a loose resemblance to actual paths criss-crossing this nature center, and trails are not blazed. Paint on trees is for clearing wood, not marking trails. I suggest bringing a compass.
- I placed box #1 when the creek was dry, and when wet the box appears above the waterline, but if you find this box underwater, or if it has sailed away, please let me know.
- Though marked on the trail map, the location near box #2 is not very easy to get to. Trails are not well-maintained in this area. The route I've suggested above is currently the easiest. If it becomes inaccessible or overgrown, please let me know.
- Please email me with notes about these boxes: jelybean.books@comcast.net.