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Please Post Mount Battie Letterbox, Camden, Maine (Knox County)

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Please Post Mount Battie Letterbox, Camden, Maine (Knox County)

From: Claire J. Orwig (wigcdkm@indy.net) | Date: 2002-09-04 23:21:48 UTC-05:00
MOUNT BATTIE LETTERBOX
CAMDEN, MAINE
 
"All I could see from where I stood was three long mountains and a wood; I turned and looked the other way, and saw three islands in a bay.  So with my eyes I traced the line of the horizon, thin and fine, straight around till I was come back to where I'd started from; and all I saw from where I stood was three long mountains and a wood."
Renascence by Edna St. Vincent Millay
 
Hider:     Keepers of the Light
Clues:    Easy
Terrain:   Moderate
Hidden:   7-19-02
 
DIRECTIONS:
 
Camden, a picturesque coastal Maine harbor, is 90 miles downeast of Portland on US Route 1.  Although quite a tourist haven in the summer months, it still retains the flavor of a bygone era when stately schooners plied the waters of Penobscot Bay carrying limestone from the quarries.
 
Once you arrive, make your way to the waterfront.  Turn your gaze toward the mountains that meet the sea.  The summit tower is where your search begins.  It can be reached one of two ways:  a trail hike off Harden Ave. or a leisurely drive up the auto road from the park's gatehouse.
 
CLUES:
 
After taking in the beautiful view from the top of the stone tower, make your way down the spiral staircase and stand beneath the arches in the very center of the tower.  Take your first compass bearing of 198 degrees.  Walk 40 paces.  Note:
Count each stone step at the tower's base as one pace.  Take a bearing of 83 degrees and walk 10 paces.  You should be standing on a granite rock with a large iron ring protruding from it.  Take a bearing of 120 degrees and walk 10 paces along the base of a long sloping granite rock.  Take a bearing of 187 degrees and walk 17 paces.  You should now be standing beside a rectangular granite boulder.  Take a final bearing of 88 degrees.  Look past a stunted pin oak tree to a jagged granite boulder that angles skyward out of a patch of hemlock bushes.  The letterbox is hidden at its base anchored in place with some rocks.
 
NOTES:
 
If you decide to hike the Mt. Battie trail, it will take approximately 20-30 min to climb.  Some portions are a little steep so have a firm hand on small children.  Mt. Battie is heavily visited in the summer months; so please be discreet when removing and replacing the letterbox.
 
All bearings are magnetic.  One pace is approximately three feet.
 
Before you set out, read the waiver of responsibility and disclaimer.
 
This is Letterbox # 1 placed by Keepers of the Light
 
Please e-mail us at wigcdkm@indy.net or send us one of the postcards I placed in the letterbox.

Re: [LbNA] Please Post Mount Battie Letterbox, Camden, Maine (Knox County)

From: Tom Cooch (tcooch@sover.net) | Date: 2002-09-07 06:26:02 UTC-04:00
Claire,
 
Congratulations on a new Maine county!
 
Tom
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 12:21 AM
Subject: [LbNA] Please Post Mount Battie Letterbox, Camden, Maine (Knox County)

MOUNT BATTIE LETTERBOX
CAMDEN, MAINE
 
"All I could see from where I stood was three long mountains and a wood; I turned and looked the other way, and saw three islands in a bay.  So with my eyes I traced the line of the horizon, thin and fine, straight around till I was come back to where I'd started from; and all I saw from where I stood was three long mountains and a wood."
Renascence by Edna St. Vincent Millay
 
Hider:     Keepers of the Light
Clues:    Easy
Terrain:   Moderate
Hidden:   7-19-02
 
DIRECTIONS:
 
Camden, a picturesque coastal Maine harbor, is 90 miles downeast of Portland on US Route 1.  Although quite a tourist haven in the summer months, it still retains the flavor of a bygone era when stately schooners plied the waters of Penobscot Bay carrying limestone from the quarries.
 
Once you arrive, make your way to the waterfront.  Turn your gaze toward the mountains that meet the sea.  The summit tower is where your search begins.  It can be reached one of two ways:  a trail hike off Harden Ave. or a leisurely drive up the auto road from the park's gatehouse.
 
CLUES:
 
After taking in the beautiful view from the top of the stone tower, make your way down the spiral staircase and stand beneath the arches in the very center of the tower.  Take your first compass bearing of 198 degrees.  Walk 40 paces.  Note:
Count each stone step at the tower's base as one pace.  Take a bearing of 83 degrees and walk 10 paces.  You should be standing on a granite rock with a large iron ring protruding from it.  Take a bearing of 120 degrees and walk 10 paces along the base of a long sloping granite rock.  Take a bearing of 187 degrees and walk 17 paces.  You should now be standing beside a rectangular granite boulder.  Take a final bearing of 88 degrees.  Look past a stunted pin oak tree to a jagged granite boulder that angles skyward out of a patch of hemlock bushes.  The letterbox is hidden at its base anchored in place with some rocks.
 
NOTES:
 
If you decide to hike the Mt. Battie trail, it will take approximately 20-30 min to climb.  Some portions are a little steep so have a firm hand on small children.  Mt. Battie is heavily visited in the summer months; so please be discreet when removing and replacing the letterbox.
 
All bearings are magnetic.  One pace is approximately three feet.
 
Before you set out, read the waiver of responsibility and disclaimer.
 
This is Letterbox # 1 placed by Keepers of the Light
 
Please e-mail us at wigcdkm@indy.net or send us one of the postcards I placed in the letterbox.


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