WA: New Letterbox in Point Defiance Park

1 messages in this thread | Started on 2002-08-19

From: BB (bburk@harbornet.com) | Date: 2002-08-19 16:20:28 UTC-07:00

Point Defiance Park at 698 acres is among the top 20 largest urban parks in the United States.

The park features a replica of Fort Nisqually circa 1855; Camp Six Logging Museum; rose,

rhododendron and Japanese garden displays.

14 miles of hiking trails; and a five-mile scenic drive through a coastal forest of fir, cedar, hemlock

and giant native rhododendrons and viewpoints of the Puget Sound and surrounding areas.

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium http://www.pdza.org features animals of the Pacific Rim,

exhibited in their natural habitats.

Beluga whales, seals, penguins, and polar bears inhabit the aquarium,

where an underwater viewing window allows you to watch sharks, stingrays and

brightly colored tropical fish typically located in the South Pacific.

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Point Defiance Forest Gnome

This Letterbox is located in Point Defiance Park

Pierce County

Tacoma, Washington.

Created by Trial-n-Error in August 2002

It is an easy hunt if you know your trees as Forest Gnomes do.

Upon entering the park, follow the signs to Never Never Land / Fort Nisqually

Historic site.

Park in the lot and walk back to the last stop sign you stopped by.

Find the triangle trail marker and proceed West until you have passed 8 more

triangle trail markers, one of which is there, but missing most of it's triangle.

Look for a small Hemlock tree evenly spaced between two larger cedar trees on

the left. The Forest Gnome lives in the larger of the two cedars.

Please be careful and discreet as this trail system is heavily used.