A Tree For All Seasons Letterbox, Dover, MA
Title: A Tree For
All Seasons
Location: Chase Woodlands, Dover, Massachusetts
Placed here on 20 September 2002 by the Lonemasswolf and YIMS
This
letterbox consists of four individual stamps that will be available for a
limited time only.
The first stamp "Fall" will be placed on 21 September 2002, and removed on 20 December 2002.
The second stamp "Winter"
will be placed on 21 December 2002, and removed on 20 March
2003.
The third stamp "Spring"
will be placed on 21 March 2003 and removed on 20 June
2003.
The forth stamp "Summer"
will be placed on 21 June 2003 and removed on 20 September
2003.
On 21 September 2003 the
letterbox will be retired.
Description: |
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The Reservation's
network of gently sloping paths winds for more than two miles through
groves of white pine, beech, hemlock, and yellow birch. As in most of
Massachusetts, this woodland consists of second- and third-growth trees,
the original virgin forests having been felled to clear land for
agriculture in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Stonewalls traverse the woods, marking former farm fields. |
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Travel
Directions: |
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From Dover Center,
follow Springdale Ave. west for 0.8 mi. Turn left onto Farm St. and follow
for 1.8 mi. to entrance and parking on left. This parking area serves
Chase Woodlands on south side of Farm Street and Peters Reservation on
north side. |
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Parking
Details: |
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Designated parking
area surfaced for year-round use. Strict 4-car limit. On-street parking is
not permitted in the Town of Dover. If the lot is full when you arrive,
please come back at another time. |
Round
Trip Time: 1 hour at the most.
Clue: The
letterbox is hidden in a hollow log at the base of tree #
14.
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