Joy of the River LbNA #5914 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Sep 29, 2003 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Dearborn |
| County: | Wayne |
| State: | Michigan |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Squawker  |
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| Found by: | perfect pair |
| Last found: | Sep 4, 2008 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFaFFFFFFFFFr |
| Last edited: | Sep 29, 2003 |
This box was adopted by Irish Clover K~H~C
Park Name: University of Michigan Environmental Study Area
Entrance: Corner of Monteith and Fairlane Drive, Northwest corner of UofM's Dearborn Campus (off Evergreen road, between Ford Road and Michigan Road)
Entrance Fee: None!
Pets: NO. :-(
Clues: Easy to perhaps moderate (take your compass)
Terrain: Easy (some roots, no hills)
Distance: .75 each way approx.
This is one of the longest walks to one of our boxes yet.
There is a cute entrance to the area that breaches the fence with a little 'hut'. Or you can go 'round behind and to the left of the big eco-center building. Get yourself to the big trailhead display.
Take that Orchard trail, and don't go left so soon! Stay on this big conduit to all the good stuff.
Go right past 3...
Between the red posts, to the right...
Along the water...
Over the roots...
A "split" 10 feet up on your right...
Over more roots, along the well packed trail...
Witness a long, lanky willow reaches way out over the water... then logs quaintly line your trail...
A Junction!
Across the bridge take the trail that stays closer to the water... but not for long. Seems we're leaving the river?
Over more roots...
Gentle winding right and left soon seems to take your further and further from the river...
A trail "marker" (no mark?)... But you continue, left...
Go on... and on...
A good long way with little distraction save the lovely trees (including a massive stand of Oaks off to the right a ways)
Oh! A 4-way intersection! And the river is here! (an overlook is on the right) But you want to go Left at red (#11), and now the trail really shrinks...!
Some seemingly long way down this trail (WOW the trees are GREAT in the Fall!), you're looking for a skeleton. Pale, stripped of its bark in adolescence, probably only 8" diameter, with beetle tunnels, and just barely off the right edge of the trail.
Woops! Yep, you went too far! Turn around (to your right, you know, clockwise) there's a young-ish triplet Maple, not 5-6 paces back, on the same side of the trail!
It has a toe that points across the trail, at roughly 37 Degrees... (but you want to be exact)
Point yourself that way, and walk about straight, 32 paces into clear, open woods...
And come to a LONG fallen log, about parallel with and almost visible from the trail (when it isn't winter) and slightly camoflauged, along the backside...
There, find what you seek!
Notes of interest: This is a very beautiful area. Take care to read the sign before you enter! The park closes (gates lock!) at dusk....
Park Name: University of Michigan Environmental Study Area
Entrance: Corner of Monteith and Fairlane Drive, Northwest corner of UofM's Dearborn Campus (off Evergreen road, between Ford Road and Michigan Road)
Entrance Fee: None!
Pets: NO. :-(
Clues: Easy to perhaps moderate (take your compass)
Terrain: Easy (some roots, no hills)
Distance: .75 each way approx.
This is one of the longest walks to one of our boxes yet.
There is a cute entrance to the area that breaches the fence with a little 'hut'. Or you can go 'round behind and to the left of the big eco-center building. Get yourself to the big trailhead display.
Take that Orchard trail, and don't go left so soon! Stay on this big conduit to all the good stuff.
Go right past 3...
Between the red posts, to the right...
Along the water...
Over the roots...
A "split" 10 feet up on your right...
Over more roots, along the well packed trail...
Witness a long, lanky willow reaches way out over the water... then logs quaintly line your trail...
A Junction!
Across the bridge take the trail that stays closer to the water... but not for long. Seems we're leaving the river?
Over more roots...
Gentle winding right and left soon seems to take your further and further from the river...
A trail "marker" (no mark?)... But you continue, left...
Go on... and on...
A good long way with little distraction save the lovely trees (including a massive stand of Oaks off to the right a ways)
Oh! A 4-way intersection! And the river is here! (an overlook is on the right) But you want to go Left at red (#11), and now the trail really shrinks...!
Some seemingly long way down this trail (WOW the trees are GREAT in the Fall!), you're looking for a skeleton. Pale, stripped of its bark in adolescence, probably only 8" diameter, with beetle tunnels, and just barely off the right edge of the trail.
Woops! Yep, you went too far! Turn around (to your right, you know, clockwise) there's a young-ish triplet Maple, not 5-6 paces back, on the same side of the trail!
It has a toe that points across the trail, at roughly 37 Degrees... (but you want to be exact)
Point yourself that way, and walk about straight, 32 paces into clear, open woods...
And come to a LONG fallen log, about parallel with and almost visible from the trail (when it isn't winter) and slightly camoflauged, along the backside...
There, find what you seek!
Notes of interest: This is a very beautiful area. Take care to read the sign before you enter! The park closes (gates lock!) at dusk....