Wilmington Water Tower Nature Series LbNA #67889
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Oct 25, 2014 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Wilmington |
| County: | Middlesex |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Boxes: | 2 |
| Planted by: | TheDelphi  |
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| Found by: | Beaker (2) |
| Last found: | Jul 30, 2018 |
| Status: | OFFFa |
| Last edited: | Oct 25, 2014 |
These letterboxes are hidden on the hike to the Wilmington Water Tower. They are a series of two nature stamps. These are in the same vacinity as another letter box: Wilmington Water Tower LbNA # 25528
DRIVING DIREX:
Take I-93 to the Rte 125 exit that says “Andover – Wilmington.” Head north on Rte 125. Go through the first light. At the second light, turn left onto Andover Street. Follow Andover Street about 1 mile through:
(1) a light industrial zone
(2) a residential area
(3) a very twisty, woodsy stretch that makes you wonder if you’re lost.
When the road starts to straighten out, you’ll see a new gray house on the left. Immediately before the new gray house is a gated gravel road. The gate is closed, but you can park in front of it and walk up the road to a gravel parking lot at the end.
(NOTE: Do not use the dirt access road for Camp Forty Acres, which is a little further down the street. That is for camp use only.)
WALKING DIREX FROM PARKING LOT:
There are many trails (dirt roads) off the oddly-shaped gravel parking lot. The road you want:
--Isn’t new
--Doesn’t have a gate
--Isn't next to the road with the gate
--Doesn’t have really deep tire ruts
--Doesn’t go downhill
The road that’s right is the road that’s left, after you’ve crossed off all those other roads. Follow the road that’s left until it meets up with another dirt road. Turn left onto that road and follow it up to the water tower.
Box 1 - from the water tower turn to face the road you walked up to get there. To the Left of the main path is a gully. In the gully are a large flat rock in front of two trees growing together - an evergreen and a decidious tree. Find our first letter box where the two trees meet.
Box 2 - as you leave the water tower, follow the same road out. After the big curve from the tower straightens out, start looking on your left. You are looking for three bigs rocks in a row, followed by a large tree next to a hollow trunk. To find our letter box look in the hollow trunk.
DRIVING DIREX:
Take I-93 to the Rte 125 exit that says “Andover – Wilmington.” Head north on Rte 125. Go through the first light. At the second light, turn left onto Andover Street. Follow Andover Street about 1 mile through:
(1) a light industrial zone
(2) a residential area
(3) a very twisty, woodsy stretch that makes you wonder if you’re lost.
When the road starts to straighten out, you’ll see a new gray house on the left. Immediately before the new gray house is a gated gravel road. The gate is closed, but you can park in front of it and walk up the road to a gravel parking lot at the end.
(NOTE: Do not use the dirt access road for Camp Forty Acres, which is a little further down the street. That is for camp use only.)
WALKING DIREX FROM PARKING LOT:
There are many trails (dirt roads) off the oddly-shaped gravel parking lot. The road you want:
--Isn’t new
--Doesn’t have a gate
--Isn't next to the road with the gate
--Doesn’t have really deep tire ruts
--Doesn’t go downhill
The road that’s right is the road that’s left, after you’ve crossed off all those other roads. Follow the road that’s left until it meets up with another dirt road. Turn left onto that road and follow it up to the water tower.
Box 1 - from the water tower turn to face the road you walked up to get there. To the Left of the main path is a gully. In the gully are a large flat rock in front of two trees growing together - an evergreen and a decidious tree. Find our first letter box where the two trees meet.
Box 2 - as you leave the water tower, follow the same road out. After the big curve from the tower straightens out, start looking on your left. You are looking for three bigs rocks in a row, followed by a large tree next to a hollow trunk. To find our letter box look in the hollow trunk.