Lake Vesuvius

Difficulty: easy
Terrain: moderate
Placed by: Bigguy, CardinalMom, Pack Rat, & Trail Buddy
Date Placed: July 3, 2003

***This is a microbox- please bring stamp pad and pen!***

A few miles north of Ironton, Ohio off State Route #93, is a lovely
state park on the site of an old 19th century iron furnace. It is
named Lake Vesuvius State Park after the Vesuvius Furnace which
operated there. Drive into the park, bearing left at the old furnace
stack and parking in the lot near a shelterhouse just past the
furnace. Walk back to the spillway, which is just across the road
from the furnace, and climb the stairs to the top of the dam. Pause
a moment to catch your breath and enjoy the picturesque little lake
before you. (At least it should be before you when we planted this
box the lake bed was dry and resembled a hay field in need of
cutting! I suppose the state will eventually put the water back
in.) Refreshed, you can now turn and notice another set of steps to
the right of the ones you just climbed going further up the hill.
Climb 13 of these steps. Take a bearing of 70 and walk about 5
paces (1 pace = 2 steps) to a fence. At the fence, take a bearing of
340 and go 3 paces to a medium sized tree. You should find the Lake
Vesuvius stamp hiding under a small fallen log at the base of this
tree. Note that the Little Boar box is also in the area. Have fun!