Axtell Creek LbNA #8120 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | May 3, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Kalamazoo |
| County: | Kalamazoo |
| State: | Michigan |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | azobox  |
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| Found by: | starrgazer |
| Last found: | Oct 11, 2009 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFaaFF |
| Last edited: | May 3, 2004 |
Axtell Creek
NOTE: As of April 4, 2010
BOX IS NOT AVAILABLE!!
A brief walk in an urban oasis.
Some background:
Axtell Creek begins in underground springs near Maple Street &
Crosstown Parkway in the city of Kalamazoo.
The City operates wells and pumps in the area.
Axtell Creek sub watershed joins Portage Creek and eventually meets
the Kalamazoo River. Axtell Creek has benefited from work by local environmental activists. The group has cleaned up the banks of the creek and
removed invasive plant species. Water birds and indigenous plants
are returning. It's a gem. Public awareness is greatly heightened by
the group's work.
Getting there: Consult Mapquest or other mapping programs to locate
the intersection of Crosstown Parkway and Maple Street. It's near S. Westnedge and Howard streets.
You'll have to search for suitable parking nearby.
Walk the sidewalk on Crosstown Parkway/Bronson Blvd south from Maple Street.
There is woods on your right.
There is a clearing mowed in the lawn; it's between large lilac
bushes. You want the second clearing. The clearing leads to a pathway which snakes left then right
into the wooded area to the west. It's heavily covered with brush, but persevere.
There are actually a couple of clearings and possible pathways into the wooded area. If you get to a large gate you’ve gone too far, though it might be possible to find the box via this entrance.
You'll cross over several sapling logs on the overgrown trail.
Shortly you come to a small clearing. Just ahead you can see the
remnants of a road.
When the road and the trail meet, look to the left.
It's not Downing Street, but the number's right.
Go until you're standing aligned with the door.
Now the number of times the (newer painted) number appears times the number.
Those steps northward.
See a grouping of 4 trees on your left.
At the northside base of the largest is the cammo-covered Axtell Creek minibox.
While you're here, look around. You'll see and hear the origins of Axtell Creek.
Copyright azobox
Do not enter in any database.
NOTE: As of April 4, 2010
BOX IS NOT AVAILABLE!!
A brief walk in an urban oasis.
Some background:
Axtell Creek begins in underground springs near Maple Street &
Crosstown Parkway in the city of Kalamazoo.
The City operates wells and pumps in the area.
Axtell Creek sub watershed joins Portage Creek and eventually meets
the Kalamazoo River. Axtell Creek has benefited from work by local environmental activists. The group has cleaned up the banks of the creek and
removed invasive plant species. Water birds and indigenous plants
are returning. It's a gem. Public awareness is greatly heightened by
the group's work.
Getting there: Consult Mapquest or other mapping programs to locate
the intersection of Crosstown Parkway and Maple Street. It's near S. Westnedge and Howard streets.
You'll have to search for suitable parking nearby.
Walk the sidewalk on Crosstown Parkway/Bronson Blvd south from Maple Street.
There is woods on your right.
There is a clearing mowed in the lawn; it's between large lilac
bushes. You want the second clearing. The clearing leads to a pathway which snakes left then right
into the wooded area to the west. It's heavily covered with brush, but persevere.
There are actually a couple of clearings and possible pathways into the wooded area. If you get to a large gate you’ve gone too far, though it might be possible to find the box via this entrance.
You'll cross over several sapling logs on the overgrown trail.
Shortly you come to a small clearing. Just ahead you can see the
remnants of a road.
When the road and the trail meet, look to the left.
It's not Downing Street, but the number's right.
Go until you're standing aligned with the door.
Now the number of times the (newer painted) number appears times the number.
Those steps northward.
See a grouping of 4 trees on your left.
At the northside base of the largest is the cammo-covered Axtell Creek minibox.
While you're here, look around. You'll see and hear the origins of Axtell Creek.
Copyright azobox
Do not enter in any database.