Day on Antelope Island LbNA #65147
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jul 13, 2013 |
| Location: | Antelope Island State Park |
| City: | Syracuse |
| County: | Davis |
| State: | Utah |
| Boxes: | 6 |
| Planted by: | happy days  |
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| Found by: | Not yet found! |
| Last found: | N/A |
| Status: | aa |
| Last edited: | Jul 13, 2013 |
These clue boxes were done as a family while we learned about the ecosystem and history of Antelope Island. We had a fun day hiding them all over the island, we hope you have a fun day finding them! They are not in any particular order so you can start and end anywhere you'd like. All of these animals are found on Antelope Island, but PLEASE make sure to hide the stamp versions of them VERY well, as this park gets lots and lots of visitors, and I'd hate for them to be tossed away as litter!
PRONGHORN ANTELOPE:
Just before you pay to get into the park, before you cross the causeway, you will see a large buffalo to the south. It must be lost because it's standing in a parking lot! Be careful not to touch him while you peruse the four informational signs near him. One talks about the ecology of the lake, one was titled "The Great Salt Lake," one I can't remember, and the last one was titled "Antelope Island." After you read "Antelope Island," turn around and take ten paces towards the road. Look immediately to your left and see a lone black boulder. At its base is a pile of rocks hiding our little pronghorn antelope!
PORCUPINE:
As soon as you cross the causeway and just past the marina (maybe after you stop there and take a super-fun paddle boat ride? We got a glittery gold one named "Mr. T." Worth it!), you'll come to a fork in the road. Before you decide which way to go, you should probably take a famiy picture at the giant wooden sign letting you know where you are. At the base of the sign are several small boulders. The one closest to Fairy Peak conceals the porcupine!
COYOTE:
Head towards White Rock Bay. There are campgrounds and a beautiful bay with a white sand beach. Enjoy the scenery and maybe a stroll on the beach, then drive past all the campgrounds closest to the beach (driving away from the main road). The road is dirt and washboarded, but any two wheel drive car can make it. After a rather sudden bend to the left, you'll see a fence on your right blocking off a mysterious wooden structure. Where there's a will there's a way, and you'll find a small parking lot across from the gap in the fence. I have no idea what this structure is, or what it's called, or why it's there. It's even falling apart! But if you stand underneath it and look towards the water, you find a small, squarish White Rock. Behind the rock is a sleeing coyote!
BUFFALO:
After White Rock Bay, we went up to Buffalo Point. It's a very easy hike, less than half a mile each way. Even the two year old made it and the views from the top cannot be beat! I do suggest taking some breaks though. Particularly on the first bench you see on the right hand side of the path. Under the bench, around one of its legs, a rabbit brush is growing. Hidden under that brush is a very tiny buffalo!
JACKRABBIT:
The sixth box is waaay out near the ranch. The ranch is a lot of fun for the kids to visit, as it's a working ranch. However, it closes at 6 pm, and it's a LONG drive, so plan accordingly! The jackrabbit letterbox will help break up the drive out there. Before you get there, you'll need to spot all of the following: two buffalo warning signs, five interpretive signs on pullouts along the road, the trailhead to Fairy Peak, a sign saying your six miles from the ranch, and a gate across the road! Once you've found all of those, watch for a pullout on the left side of the road. This one is unique because it has a large wooden fence on its edge, and it has two interpretive signs. Each of the signs has information about a different animal. Can you guess which animal grows to a maximum of three inches and is found only in Utah? Then you've found the jackrabbit letterbox! The ranch is still a few miles away, but it's worth the drive.
PELICAN:
This one is at the beach near the visitor's center. We always like to do the beach last because then the kids can curl up in their towels and sleep on the way home. In any case, after you pass the visitor's center, keep driving south to the beach. Turn in to the second parking lot and locate the third picnic hut (from the north). Between the parking lot and the third picnic hut you will find a GIANT wooden "W" -or "M" depending on your point of view- made of railroad ties. The very northern end- at the beginning top of the "W" or bottom of the "M"- you'll find a suspicious pile of rocks. Watch out! There's a pelican inside!
PRONGHORN ANTELOPE:
Just before you pay to get into the park, before you cross the causeway, you will see a large buffalo to the south. It must be lost because it's standing in a parking lot! Be careful not to touch him while you peruse the four informational signs near him. One talks about the ecology of the lake, one was titled "The Great Salt Lake," one I can't remember, and the last one was titled "Antelope Island." After you read "Antelope Island," turn around and take ten paces towards the road. Look immediately to your left and see a lone black boulder. At its base is a pile of rocks hiding our little pronghorn antelope!
PORCUPINE:
As soon as you cross the causeway and just past the marina (maybe after you stop there and take a super-fun paddle boat ride? We got a glittery gold one named "Mr. T." Worth it!), you'll come to a fork in the road. Before you decide which way to go, you should probably take a famiy picture at the giant wooden sign letting you know where you are. At the base of the sign are several small boulders. The one closest to Fairy Peak conceals the porcupine!
COYOTE:
Head towards White Rock Bay. There are campgrounds and a beautiful bay with a white sand beach. Enjoy the scenery and maybe a stroll on the beach, then drive past all the campgrounds closest to the beach (driving away from the main road). The road is dirt and washboarded, but any two wheel drive car can make it. After a rather sudden bend to the left, you'll see a fence on your right blocking off a mysterious wooden structure. Where there's a will there's a way, and you'll find a small parking lot across from the gap in the fence. I have no idea what this structure is, or what it's called, or why it's there. It's even falling apart! But if you stand underneath it and look towards the water, you find a small, squarish White Rock. Behind the rock is a sleeing coyote!
BUFFALO:
After White Rock Bay, we went up to Buffalo Point. It's a very easy hike, less than half a mile each way. Even the two year old made it and the views from the top cannot be beat! I do suggest taking some breaks though. Particularly on the first bench you see on the right hand side of the path. Under the bench, around one of its legs, a rabbit brush is growing. Hidden under that brush is a very tiny buffalo!
JACKRABBIT:
The sixth box is waaay out near the ranch. The ranch is a lot of fun for the kids to visit, as it's a working ranch. However, it closes at 6 pm, and it's a LONG drive, so plan accordingly! The jackrabbit letterbox will help break up the drive out there. Before you get there, you'll need to spot all of the following: two buffalo warning signs, five interpretive signs on pullouts along the road, the trailhead to Fairy Peak, a sign saying your six miles from the ranch, and a gate across the road! Once you've found all of those, watch for a pullout on the left side of the road. This one is unique because it has a large wooden fence on its edge, and it has two interpretive signs. Each of the signs has information about a different animal. Can you guess which animal grows to a maximum of three inches and is found only in Utah? Then you've found the jackrabbit letterbox! The ranch is still a few miles away, but it's worth the drive.
PELICAN:
This one is at the beach near the visitor's center. We always like to do the beach last because then the kids can curl up in their towels and sleep on the way home. In any case, after you pass the visitor's center, keep driving south to the beach. Turn in to the second parking lot and locate the third picnic hut (from the north). Between the parking lot and the third picnic hut you will find a GIANT wooden "W" -or "M" depending on your point of view- made of railroad ties. The very northern end- at the beginning top of the "W" or bottom of the "M"- you'll find a suspicious pile of rocks. Watch out! There's a pelican inside!