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East Bay Bike Path Series II LbNA #8133

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:May 6, 2004
Location:
City:East Providence
County:Providence
State:Rhode Island
Boxes:3
Planted by:donna
Found by: July
Last found:Apr 23, 2007
Status:FFFFFFFFFaFa
Last edited:May 6, 2004
Title: East Bay Bicycle Path Series II 3 boxes
(refurbished as of May 2004)

Location: State: Rhode Island County: Providence
Town: East Providence

Planted by: Tweety and Mr. Coon (Rehoboth, MA) Date: revised 5/5/04

Difficulty: Easy on bikes or walks of a mile or so, one is a couple
of hundred feet from the parking lot.

The directions for this series of boxes begin at the first parking lot for the bike path a mile or so along Veterans Parkway (Rhode Island exit 4 from I-195). The first box in this series is located here and the last in Haines Memorial State Park in East Providence. The second parking lot along the parkway is about three quarters of a mile south of the first and, although much smaller, may a good place to park to walk the middle three boxes. There is also a third bike path parking lot further south (after the parkway gives way to Bullocks Point Avenue) from which one could walk northward the same distance to reach those boxes.
For more info on the East Bay Bike Path, as well as other bike paths and cycling in Rhode Island in general check out the RIDOT website at www.dot.state.ri.us/webTran/bikeri.html. They even have a cycling map on there which you can use to zoom in on areas of interest such as the bike paths.
For other info on cycling in Rhode Island and elsewhere try the website for the Narragansett Bay Wheelmen at www.nbwclub.org

The Sightseer
This spot is a definite photo-op with its great view of Providence, in fact while we were here someone was taking a group photo as they were about to set out on their bikes. As native west bay Rhode Islanders this place knocks us out every time we come by. The bike path continues northward for about another mile to the soon to be more bike and pedestrian friendly Washington Bridge and thence into the city which is very cool.
To find The Sightseer from this parking lot travel northward on the bike path to the second grouping of white pines on the west side ( left) of the path. The box is located under and in back of the second pine tree of this second group opposite the 38th post in the fence along here.
To get to the next box turn your attention southward.

The Fisherman ( Replanted spring 03)
From the second parking lot for the bike path going south on Veteran’s Memorial Parkway in East Providence ( before Watchamoket Cove) head south on the bike path crossing the inlet to Watchamoket Cove (usually lots of waterfowl here and foul looking water too) and continue on a few hundred feet past the bridge to an access road (Amoco Rd. according to the stencil on the bike path pavement) which goes to a fenced in area. Twenty-eight steps past the second pair of marker boulders that guard the crossing look behind a clump of small tree trunks near the fence on your left (east).

The Letterboxer
About three-quarters of a mile south of the Stroller (2.7 mi s of lot 1 and 2 mi s of lot 2 if you parked there) you will come abreast of Fuller Rock Lighthouse. Tear your attention away from the view and you will see a small cliff or rock face on the opposite side of the path with a fence ending at it. Two or three paces south of the end of the fence the letterboxer is hidden underneath (what else?) a small pile of rocks. A half mile farther south (3.2 mi s of lot 1) is the bike path parking lot at the corner of Bullocks Point Avenue and Washington Ave. A few hundred yards before this parking lot the path goes through a tunnel that has some nifty paintings of local scenes.