New letterbox: Trillium
Sharon, Norfolk County, MA
Placed by: Cavy Lovers
Box webpage located at:

Clues:
Trillium Letterbox

Moose Hill Mass Audubon Sanctuary, Sharon, MA
For an online printable trail map, and directions, visit their web
site.
www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/Sanctuaries/Moose_Hill

Placed: May 14, 2003 by Cavy Lovers
CLUES: Direct
TERRAIN:Moderate
COST: $4 for nonmember adults
$3 for nonmember children (3-12) and seniors

NOTE: You will also want to bring the clues for the Hobbs Hill
Letterbox, part
of the Moose Hill series by Lonemasswolf as you can easy pick up the
trail to
that box from this one. There are also other boxes placed at Moose
Hill that
you might like to try. Check under Massachusetts, Norfolk County,
Sharon.

CLUES:
Across the street from the Nature Center is the old dirt parking lot.
Pick up
the Trillium Trail here at the western end of the old lot. Continue
to the T
intersection with the Kettle Trail. Here, follow the sign pointing
Left
(Trillium Trail). From this point on, when faced with a Left or Right
choice,
stay Right.

A Trillium is a wildflower with three petals and three leaves. So,
continue on
Trillium Trail until you reach the 3rd place where the path crosses
through an
old stone wall. (Along the way the trail will have 3 intersections
with the
Pond Trail, but you'll stay on the Trillium Trail.) Stop immediately
before
this 3rd stone wall crossing. Listen to the gentle sounds of the
brook to your
left. Turn your back to this brook, while still standing on the trail
just
before the stone wall. Take 3x3 steps forward off the trail and away
from the
brook. Turn to face the stone wall. There should be a tree to each
side of you
and a flat topped, knee high boulder in front of you. Looks like a
nice seat.
The boulder has a gap under the side facing you just enough space
between the
ground and the rock for a box. A pinkish stone that is a about the
size of 2
fists sits in front of the gap to conceal your prize.

After you've stamped in and replace the pink rock, you can easily
continue on
to the Hobb's Hill letterbox. To do so, go back to that 3rd stone
wall, cross
it and continue along the path (and the brook) until you reach a T
intersection
with the Kettle Trail. Now start following the Hobbs Hill clues from
this
sentence: "At the next "T" intersection, take the Kettle Trail to the
left,
crossing the stream on the boardwalk."

If, on the other hand, you are short on time, simply retrace your
steps to the
parking lot.