Pine Box (temporarily unavailable) LbNA #6075 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | cerealcityboxers  |
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| Plant date: | Oct 11, 2003 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Battle Creek |
| County: | Calhoun |
| State: | Michigan |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | sports nuts |
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| Last found: | Sep 24, 2005 |
| Status: | FFFFFr |
| Last edited: | Oct 11, 2003 |
TEMPORARILY PULLED UNTIL I CAN ACCESS THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE CHAINSAWS AND BULLDOZERS BUTCHERING KIMBALL PINES COUNTY PARK. (I wonder who’s getting rich over this operation?)
Placed by: cerealcityboxers
Email: cerealcityboxers@yahoo.com
Last Checked: June 4, 2006
Status: Inactive
Special Note: We wish to thank all those who found our letterbox and hid it well when finished. We appreciate your courtesy.
This park now has a brand new disc golf course. If you enjoy disc golf be sure to bring your equipment.
This letterbox will take about an hour to complete (possibly a bit longer) and you will walk between 1 and 1.5 miles. There are a few very mild hills to climb.
Planted in the 1930's and 1940's, Kimball Pines County Park is 100 acres of mostly plantation pines. Plantation pines are trees that have been planted closely in rows that run both north/south and east/west with the intention that some trees will be removed. Kimball Pines is one of the oldest stands of urban pines in Michigan. The park also contains deciduous woodlands, ponds and a creek that is a tributary of the Kalamazoo River.
Kimball Pines County Park is comprised of red, scotch, jack and white pines as well as black cherry trees and numerous other species of trees. Formerly known as Kimball Sanitarium, Kimball Pines was purchased in the 1960's and became part of the Calhoun County park system.
Getting There -
Locally: Take E Michigan Avenue (Business Loop 94) to just before McDonald's where a brown sign directs you to turn south into the Calhoun County Medical Care Facility. The park is reached by driving past the Medical Care Facility parking area.
From Afar:
Westbound I-94. (Approaching from Detroit)
As you approach Exit 103 (Michigan Avenue) you will see a brown sign stating that County Parks (including Kimball Pines) are reached by taking Exit 103. Leave I-94 at Exit 103, Business Loop 94 (East Michigan Avenue) and also M-96. As you exit at Exit 103 you will be merged onto East Michigan Avenue heading west towards Battle Creek. After the traffic signal at Wattles Road, watch for the brown sign for the left (S) turn (just past McDonalds) into the Calhoun County Medical Care Facility. The park is reached by driving past the Medical Facility parking area.
Eastbound I-94. (Approaching from Chicago)
As you near Exit 100 (Beadle Lake Road) you will see a brown sign stating that County Parks (including Kimball Pines) are reached by taking Exit 100. Don't believe it. It's much easier to go on to Exit 104 (only 4 more miles) and exit there. As you leave I-94 at Exit 104 and cloverleaf to the right you will reach a stop sign at 11 Mile Road. Be in the left lane and turn left on 11 Mile Road. You will immediately be confronted with a traffic signal where you will want to turn right. This will place you on East Michigan Avenue heading west back over I-94 and towards Battle Creek. This is Business Loop 94 as well as M-96. After the traffic signal at Wattles Road, watch for the brown sign for the left (S) turn (just past McDonalds) into the Calhoun County Medical Care Facility. The park is reached by driving past the Medical Facility parking area.
PINE BOX
Drive into the park until you see the rooms of rest,
Park your car here, on your feet for the remaining test.
To the east you must trek, on a stone road you must strive,
Blockaded by 4 on the right and on the left, five.
Pass a yellow stump and walk to near the end of the road,
A swamp to the left and on the right a picnic abode.
From the shelter NW is your course so true,
For this quest you will follow a trail of blue.
On the trail of blue keep planting your feet,
Eventually you’ll find a pad of concrete.
From the square steel toe stubber located here,
Only thirty more paces, the end is so near.
At the point where your pacing comes to an end,
Turn to one twenty and do thirty again.
Look for a long deceased pine at your feet,
Behind and under sticks is the goal that you seek.
Reverse your course to get back to your car,
Stay on old blue - don’t wander afar.
Updated 6/4/2006
Placed by: cerealcityboxers
Email: cerealcityboxers@yahoo.com
Last Checked: June 4, 2006
Status: Inactive
Special Note: We wish to thank all those who found our letterbox and hid it well when finished. We appreciate your courtesy.
This park now has a brand new disc golf course. If you enjoy disc golf be sure to bring your equipment.
This letterbox will take about an hour to complete (possibly a bit longer) and you will walk between 1 and 1.5 miles. There are a few very mild hills to climb.
Planted in the 1930's and 1940's, Kimball Pines County Park is 100 acres of mostly plantation pines. Plantation pines are trees that have been planted closely in rows that run both north/south and east/west with the intention that some trees will be removed. Kimball Pines is one of the oldest stands of urban pines in Michigan. The park also contains deciduous woodlands, ponds and a creek that is a tributary of the Kalamazoo River.
Kimball Pines County Park is comprised of red, scotch, jack and white pines as well as black cherry trees and numerous other species of trees. Formerly known as Kimball Sanitarium, Kimball Pines was purchased in the 1960's and became part of the Calhoun County park system.
Getting There -
Locally: Take E Michigan Avenue (Business Loop 94) to just before McDonald's where a brown sign directs you to turn south into the Calhoun County Medical Care Facility. The park is reached by driving past the Medical Care Facility parking area.
From Afar:
Westbound I-94. (Approaching from Detroit)
As you approach Exit 103 (Michigan Avenue) you will see a brown sign stating that County Parks (including Kimball Pines) are reached by taking Exit 103. Leave I-94 at Exit 103, Business Loop 94 (East Michigan Avenue) and also M-96. As you exit at Exit 103 you will be merged onto East Michigan Avenue heading west towards Battle Creek. After the traffic signal at Wattles Road, watch for the brown sign for the left (S) turn (just past McDonalds) into the Calhoun County Medical Care Facility. The park is reached by driving past the Medical Facility parking area.
Eastbound I-94. (Approaching from Chicago)
As you near Exit 100 (Beadle Lake Road) you will see a brown sign stating that County Parks (including Kimball Pines) are reached by taking Exit 100. Don't believe it. It's much easier to go on to Exit 104 (only 4 more miles) and exit there. As you leave I-94 at Exit 104 and cloverleaf to the right you will reach a stop sign at 11 Mile Road. Be in the left lane and turn left on 11 Mile Road. You will immediately be confronted with a traffic signal where you will want to turn right. This will place you on East Michigan Avenue heading west back over I-94 and towards Battle Creek. This is Business Loop 94 as well as M-96. After the traffic signal at Wattles Road, watch for the brown sign for the left (S) turn (just past McDonalds) into the Calhoun County Medical Care Facility. The park is reached by driving past the Medical Facility parking area.
PINE BOX
Drive into the park until you see the rooms of rest,
Park your car here, on your feet for the remaining test.
To the east you must trek, on a stone road you must strive,
Blockaded by 4 on the right and on the left, five.
Pass a yellow stump and walk to near the end of the road,
A swamp to the left and on the right a picnic abode.
From the shelter NW is your course so true,
For this quest you will follow a trail of blue.
On the trail of blue keep planting your feet,
Eventually you’ll find a pad of concrete.
From the square steel toe stubber located here,
Only thirty more paces, the end is so near.
At the point where your pacing comes to an end,
Turn to one twenty and do thirty again.
Look for a long deceased pine at your feet,
Behind and under sticks is the goal that you seek.
Reverse your course to get back to your car,
Stay on old blue - don’t wander afar.
Updated 6/4/2006