Chaplin CT. Rated Moderate
(Some Rocky Walking) Placed By The NeeDeeps 4-15-03
Directions: From RT.6 turn onto Potter road.This will be the entrance to
Goodwin State Forest in Hampton CT.Follow the road a little ways and you
will come to 11th Section road which is a right turn.Travel down 11th
Section road 1.3 miles where the road turns sharply and there is a sign
that says Esterbrook RD. Take a left here onto a unmarked road,Travel
down .3 mile and you will see a pull off area on the right, park there.
You will also see trails on both sides of the road, cross the road and
take the White blazed trail left of a dirt road.( Don't forget the clues
for Black Spruce Pond and The Forgotten Wood Pile,for they are near by.)
Enter the trail and follow the white blazes for a while until you come
to a T in the trail.Take a right here and continue on you will come to a
intersection,take a right here onto the Blue blazed trail.(Do not go
straight across follow the blue trail on the right.) Follow the trail
down to the pond and you will see a Dam on your left,cross over and
follow the trail up a little hill their will be two trails to choose,
stay with the blue and follow around the pond.Once you round the pond
the trail will start getting rocky.The rocky trail will get better as
you go up a small hill,at the top on your left is a pile of rocks that
look like a fire place.Keep going a little more and the trail will get
rocky again,and then the rocks are gone.Twisting and turning with the
blue you will soon come to a T.Go right onto a wider trail and soon you
will come to a intersection with a dirt road,turn right here and follow
the dirt road.You will go up a small hill,when you almost get to the
top,you will see a rock ledge sticking out of the banking on your left
with a oak tree that splits into two sisters just before it.Behind that
is a stone wall,Behind that wall under some flat rocks is the Sucker
Fish Letterbox.From here you can continue on this dirt road and it will
bring you back to your car.A sucker fish is usually a type of carp fish
that feeds off the bottom of the pond.They spend a lot of time swimming
around this pond for nothing.Thats why they call them Suckers.The
NeeDeeps.