MA - new letterbox: Young's Great Rock/Wigwam Point Light
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Started on 2002-08-18
MA - new letterbox: Young's Great Rock/Wigwam Point Light
From: Letterboxers at Holbrook Farm (letterboxes@holbrookfarm.com) |
Date: 2002-08-18 19:37:07 UTC-04:00
In Gloucester, Massachusetts, (Essex
County):
The Young's Great Rock/Wigwam Point Light
Letterbox
Clues: Easy
Terrain: Easy
Stamp: Hand-carved
Placed: 18 August 2002
Special Notes: Please be respectful of
no-parking areas and private properties, especially private beach access;
especially in summertime, private roads are closed to most traffic.
Begin by locating Young's Great Rock, perhaps a
mile from Wigwam Point with its celebrated lighthouse.
Stand before the Rock, on the flat rock that forms
a kind of platform, and look North: you will see the Wigwam Point Light
framed between the trees.
To your left, a path leads down the hill,
continuing North. You will, of course, lose sight of the lighthouse as you
go downhill. Keep heading along the path towards the ocean (other paths
join, going in the same direction). Proceed through the meadow until you see a
large, whale-shaped, sloping rock on your left. If you come to
the stone bench on the left side of the path, you have gone too
far.
Just to the South-west of the afore-mentioned
whale-shaped rock, you will see a large tree-trunk, cut down and trimmed of all
its branches. Adjacent to that trunk at its West end, you will see a
medium-sized split rock. Look underneath this rock on its West side:
you will be rewarded by learning the modern-day name of Young's Great
Rock.
You can proceed along the path to the beach for a
closer look at the Wigwam Point Light. In the off-season, the beach is
likely to be deserted; in summertime, the beach can be crowded -- non-residents
may be challenged and asked to leave.
If you find this box, we invite you to send us an
e-mail to: letterboxes@holbrookfarm.com