Buffalo Park LbNA #44311 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Oct 31, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Flagstaff |
| County: | Coconino |
| State: | Arizona |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | NK Bells  |
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| Found by: | natrlvrs |
| Last found: | Jul 15, 2009 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFaaar |
| Last edited: | Oct 31, 2008 |
Difficulty: Walk and clues easy
Walk time: about 10 minutes one way
NOTE 3: BOX RETIRED. Verified missing 12-3-09. Buffalo Park is still a great place to walk, jog, or bike.
NOTE 2: Reported missing 8-15-09. I am now in Tucson but will try to check on its status around the first of December.
NOTE 1: The missing stamp has been replaced as of 2-4-09.
Start at the train station in the center of downtown Flagstaff. You might want to stop in at the Visitor Center in the depot to find out about things to see in the area. Then drive one block east on the “Mother Road”—Route 66. Turn north (left) toward the San Francisco Peaks on the street named for them (one-way—don’t turn the wrong direction!) Enjoy looking around as you drive through historic downtown Flagstaff. You’ll pass the old restored courthouse on your right.
Farther up the street you’ll pass the large, new medical center on your left. About a mile from the train station, you’ll come to Forest Avenue—turn right there. This will take you across a large open mesa. They’re building on the right side of the street, but you can still keep an eye out for deer on your left.
Just after you have reached the top of the hill and started down the other side, you’ll see a sign with the name of the letterbox on it—turn left there. Drive past the U.S. Geological Survey buildings—they work on things like the Mars Rovers there. Park at the end of the road, where you see the statue of the letterbox namesake.
Read the sign about the history of the Beale Wagon Road (by the big water tank), and read the plaque by the statue that tells why there were buffalo here. Maybe take a picture with that big buffalo, and then walk through the gate into the park. Walk about 130 steps to the big ponderosa pine tree on the left hand side of the gravel road. Keep going past two trails branching off to the right and a large juniper tree on your left (it might have a lot of blue berries on it). When you’ve gone another 250 steps or so past the first big ponderosa, you will come to a place where another trail leads off to the left. Look for the box there, under loose rocks between the large boulder and the tall ponderosa pine tree.
Take a minute to admire the view then; the San Francisco Peaks are to your left and Mount Eldon (with the array of towers) to your right. If you have some extra time, there are several miles of very nice hiking/jogging/bicycling trails in the park.
Because of those nice trails, the park gets very heavy use. Please be discreet in retrieving and replacing the box. Be sure to reseal the baggies and box carefully so that things stay dry, and re-hide the box in its original location, completely hidden from view. Also, this is Arizona, and we do have snakes, so poking with a stick first is not a bad idea.
Walk time: about 10 minutes one way
NOTE 3: BOX RETIRED. Verified missing 12-3-09. Buffalo Park is still a great place to walk, jog, or bike.
NOTE 2: Reported missing 8-15-09. I am now in Tucson but will try to check on its status around the first of December.
NOTE 1: The missing stamp has been replaced as of 2-4-09.
Start at the train station in the center of downtown Flagstaff. You might want to stop in at the Visitor Center in the depot to find out about things to see in the area. Then drive one block east on the “Mother Road”—Route 66. Turn north (left) toward the San Francisco Peaks on the street named for them (one-way—don’t turn the wrong direction!) Enjoy looking around as you drive through historic downtown Flagstaff. You’ll pass the old restored courthouse on your right.
Farther up the street you’ll pass the large, new medical center on your left. About a mile from the train station, you’ll come to Forest Avenue—turn right there. This will take you across a large open mesa. They’re building on the right side of the street, but you can still keep an eye out for deer on your left.
Just after you have reached the top of the hill and started down the other side, you’ll see a sign with the name of the letterbox on it—turn left there. Drive past the U.S. Geological Survey buildings—they work on things like the Mars Rovers there. Park at the end of the road, where you see the statue of the letterbox namesake.
Read the sign about the history of the Beale Wagon Road (by the big water tank), and read the plaque by the statue that tells why there were buffalo here. Maybe take a picture with that big buffalo, and then walk through the gate into the park. Walk about 130 steps to the big ponderosa pine tree on the left hand side of the gravel road. Keep going past two trails branching off to the right and a large juniper tree on your left (it might have a lot of blue berries on it). When you’ve gone another 250 steps or so past the first big ponderosa, you will come to a place where another trail leads off to the left. Look for the box there, under loose rocks between the large boulder and the tall ponderosa pine tree.
Take a minute to admire the view then; the San Francisco Peaks are to your left and Mount Eldon (with the array of towers) to your right. If you have some extra time, there are several miles of very nice hiking/jogging/bicycling trails in the park.
Because of those nice trails, the park gets very heavy use. Please be discreet in retrieving and replacing the box. Be sure to reseal the baggies and box carefully so that things stay dry, and re-hide the box in its original location, completely hidden from view. Also, this is Arizona, and we do have snakes, so poking with a stick first is not a bad idea.