The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle LbNA #75349
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Add Location| Owner: | Marley's Ghost
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| Plant date: | Feb 26, 2021 |
| Location: | Gillette Castle State Park, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States |
| City: | East Haddam |
| County: | Middlesex |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Team Rogue |
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| Last found: | Aug 11, 2025 |
| Status: | FFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | May 27, 2023 |
The Hound of the Baskervilles – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
This Sherlock Holmes story was first published in 1901 and is one of the most popular of the Holmes stories. The first edition and its cover were both illustrated by Sidney Edward Paget, he provided the illustrations for many of Doyle’s stories that were published in the Strand magazine. This story takes place in Dartmoor in Devon, England. (Dartmoor is also where letterboxing got its start.) The legend of a demonic hound that haunts the moor and the curse of the Baskervilles is the basis of the story. Holmes and Watson are called upon by Dr. Mortimer after Sir Charles Baskerville dies outside his manor house on the moor, he is found with an expression of horror on his face and the footprints of a large hound nearby. Dr. Mortimer believes the demon hound is to blame. He also believes that Sir Charles Baskerville, who is to inherit the manor, is in great danger from the curse.
This letterbox has been planted at Gillette Castle State Park in East Haddam, CT.
William Gillette was an actor who portrayed Sherlock Holmes on stage for many years beginning around 1899. His portrayal supposedly had the favorable approval of Doyle and Gillette was popular with theatergoers in the US and Britain. Gillette designed and built a “castle” home on a hill overlooking the Connecticut River; it was completed in 1919 for a reported total cost of one million dollars. The state of Connecticut now owns and maintains the castle and its grounds as Gillette Castle State Park. This beautiful park has trails and picnicking areas that are free; visitors may tour the castle for a small fee. Due to Covid19 the castle will be closed until further notice, but the grounds are still open from 8am to sunset.
For directions and more information about the park follow the links:
Gillette Castle State Park (ct.gov)
GilletteCastle_New_printer-friendly.pdf (ct.gov)
Clues to the Hound letterbox:
Park in any of the parking lots. Follow the purple (7SRR train) trail from the entrance near the castle. After you cross over the wooden bridge the purple trail turns to the left, soon you will come to the yellow trail on the right, now follow the yellow trail. You will go up a small hill and you will see a beautiful big oak(?) tree on the left, go past it and continue up the hill on the yellow path. You will see another big, beautiful oak(?) tree ahead on the left. Before you get to it you will see on the right side of the path a patch of large stones on a small slope. Stop at the first large stone and go off trail about 10 steps to the largest “standing” stone, behind it you will find the hound hidden under flat stones.
Hike length: 1 mile
This Sherlock Holmes story was first published in 1901 and is one of the most popular of the Holmes stories. The first edition and its cover were both illustrated by Sidney Edward Paget, he provided the illustrations for many of Doyle’s stories that were published in the Strand magazine. This story takes place in Dartmoor in Devon, England. (Dartmoor is also where letterboxing got its start.) The legend of a demonic hound that haunts the moor and the curse of the Baskervilles is the basis of the story. Holmes and Watson are called upon by Dr. Mortimer after Sir Charles Baskerville dies outside his manor house on the moor, he is found with an expression of horror on his face and the footprints of a large hound nearby. Dr. Mortimer believes the demon hound is to blame. He also believes that Sir Charles Baskerville, who is to inherit the manor, is in great danger from the curse.
This letterbox has been planted at Gillette Castle State Park in East Haddam, CT.
William Gillette was an actor who portrayed Sherlock Holmes on stage for many years beginning around 1899. His portrayal supposedly had the favorable approval of Doyle and Gillette was popular with theatergoers in the US and Britain. Gillette designed and built a “castle” home on a hill overlooking the Connecticut River; it was completed in 1919 for a reported total cost of one million dollars. The state of Connecticut now owns and maintains the castle and its grounds as Gillette Castle State Park. This beautiful park has trails and picnicking areas that are free; visitors may tour the castle for a small fee. Due to Covid19 the castle will be closed until further notice, but the grounds are still open from 8am to sunset.
For directions and more information about the park follow the links:
Gillette Castle State Park (ct.gov)
GilletteCastle_New_printer-friendly.pdf (ct.gov)
Clues to the Hound letterbox:
Park in any of the parking lots. Follow the purple (7SRR train) trail from the entrance near the castle. After you cross over the wooden bridge the purple trail turns to the left, soon you will come to the yellow trail on the right, now follow the yellow trail. You will go up a small hill and you will see a beautiful big oak(?) tree on the left, go past it and continue up the hill on the yellow path. You will see another big, beautiful oak(?) tree ahead on the left. Before you get to it you will see on the right side of the path a patch of large stones on a small slope. Stop at the first large stone and go off trail about 10 steps to the largest “standing” stone, behind it you will find the hound hidden under flat stones.
Hike length: 1 mile