Little House On The Prairie
Placed by: The NeeDeeps (contact the placer)
Placement date: Jun 24 2003
State: Connecticut
County: Windham
Nearest city: Eastford
Number of boxes: 1
Clues
Little House On The Prairie Eastford CT. Rating Easy 10 Min. Placed By The =
NeeDeeps 6-24-03 Directions: From RT.6 or RT. 44 turn onto RT.198 and go to =
the Natchaug State Forest.This park is also home to a few more letterboxes s=
o don't forget the clues.Such as General Lyon's Birthplace,1870's Riddle,Tes=
t Tube Baby,Teddy Bear's Picnic,#1 Teddy,and the Massachusetts State Stamp.O=
nce you pull in you will travel a total of 1.4 miles,first you will go over =
a bridge then at 0.7 of a mile you will come to a fork in the road and you w=
ill go left here.You will pass by some park buildings on both sides of the r=
oad,and soon you will see General Lyon's Birthplace on your left.Pull in and=
drive up and you will see what's left of the house on the left and a place =
to park on your right.After parking, walk over to the big chimney.(I try to =
imagine what this place looked like in the 1800's if only I could go back in=
time.) Ok you need to go to the West side of the chimney,standing on the we=
st side with the chimney to your back take a reading of 225 degrees.In the d=
istance you will see a flat rock near the tree line,go to this rock.Standing=
on this flat rock take another reading of 180 degrees pointing into the woo=
ds,there should be two medium size trees about 15 feet apart you need to go =
in between them and bushwack down a little hill of rocks with some rock out =
croppings on both sides of you.(Careful some of the rocks are a little wobbl=
y.) At the bottom of the small hill stop and take a reading of 255 degrees t=
o two oaks growing from one,go to that tree.Just behind that tree is another=
but smaller oak that also splits into two but the right side is broken off,=
behind that tree is your little house on the prairie.Make sure you have ever=
ything and close the door when you leave.The NeeDeeps