Letterbox Name: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (3)
Letterbox Location: Lincoln County, Maine
Nearest Town: Boothbay, ME
Planted on: 9 July 2002
Planted by: Shipwright

As of July, 2002: The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is a relatively
new institution; new trail systems are being built, and the old ones
being blazed. Don't be misled from your appointed trail! Also, please
stay on the trails as much as possible. I have tried to make my
letterboxes in this area either close to the trail, or off the trail
in an area that will not be drastically damaged by light foot-
traffic. Be respectful of the ground-cover and of the potential for
soil erosion.

DIRECTIONS:
"From Rt. 1 take Rt. 27 to Boothbay Center Monument. Bear right onto
Corey Lane. Take next right, Barter's Island Road. Coastal Maine
Botanical Gardens is one mile on the left."

CLUES:
Begin your search on the northernmost entrance to the Shore Trail.
Follow this trail through the woods, pasta fern garden on the right,
and over a footbridge. Take the opportunity to calibrate your paces
there are four between each vertical rail on the bridge (the
Shipwright has a short stride!). As the trail bends directly after
the footbridge, look for a mossy rise on the left. The Flying Bird
letterbox nests beneath a fallen log upon this mossy stone.

Return to the trail. At the next fork, follow it to the northwest,
passing two cairns on the right add a stone if you're so inclined.
At the second of these cairns, notice two standing stones through the
trees at 170 degrees. The Moon-on-the-River Letterbox gazes skyward
within an opened pine, ten paces at 180 degrees from the larger of
these standing stones.

Return again to the Shore Walk trail, following it along the river
and around a bend or two. As you return inland, you will see an old
pine tree on the left, perched upon granite. Find a tapering gap
between rock and tree. The White Pine Letterbox rests its roots here.