Scotland Conn. Rated Moderate
(Some hills) Planted By The NeeDeeps 3-29-03
Directions: On RT 97 (Pudding Hill RD.)in Scotland it will be the same
starting point as the Rock Springs Wildlife Refuge Letterboxes.If you
are on 97 heading south it will be on the left side of the road it will
be just a small parking area with a small sign stating Rock Springs
Wildlife Refuge.On 97 heading North it will be on the right a little
ways down the road from the James V. Spignesi Wildlife Management Area.
Pull in and park,enter the trail and you will come to a bulletin board
as soon as you go past it there will be a trail on the left.(You need to
take this trail to do our Tennessee Letterbox or you can go straight and
do the Rock Springs Wildlife Refuge letterboxes first and you can hook
up with our box towards the end at the promising views.But if your here
just to do the Tennesse box then take the left,right past the bulletin
board.) Go in a ways and you will be walking along a stone wall keep on
the trail and follow the white dots.you will soon pass through a stone
wall continue on and you will cross a small stream.And then you will
come to another stream bed and cross it to,you'll be heading down hill
for awhile twisting and turning and then yet another stream keep going
and soon you will come to a T with a much wider trail.Take a left and
head up the hill,when you get to the top you will come to a fork in the
trail.Take the smaller trail on the right marked in yellow and white
dots.You will soon pass through a stone wall and then you will come to
another stream keep following the dots and there will be another small
stream.Cross over and you will start going up hill and you will pass
through another STONE WALL keep going up some more and you will come to
a clearing that has THE MOST PROMISING VIEW.There will be a bench made
out of stone for you to sit and look at the beautiful view.You need to
sit on the bench,now stand and go straight 6 paces and stop take a
reading of due North and there will be a faint path near the edge that
leads to a stone wall.(DO NOT TAKE THE BIG PATH BEHIND THE BENCH) Make
your way to the stone wall.Now walk down the wall a little and you will
come to a small tree and there will be a break in the wall just
after.From the break keep going 5 paces and their will be a skinny
little tree in the wall near that skinny tree behind a stone door is the
Tennessee Letterbox.To return follow the trail back the way you came
until you get to the wider trail,go down the hill a ways and there will
be a trail on your left with a sign that says over look.Keep going down
the wide trail 13 paces and there will be a trail on the right with a
tree with a white dot and a tree near a stone wall that says
Entrance.take that trail back to your car.The NeeDeeps