name: Willow Creek
placed by: Eliza B/Moderngypsy
placed on: 12-25-02
location: Willow Creek Rec. Area
nearest city: Pierce, NE, USA
county: Pierce
clue/difficulty: easyeasyeasy
This box is just over 15 miles from Norfolk, NE (the nearest major town),
and would make an easy bike ride if you're not worried about insane traffic
consisting mainly of pickup trucks that aren't looking where they're going.
The Willow Creek Recreation Area is a relatively new addition (within the
last few years) to the parks in this area. Created by a state-sponsored
dam project, it serves as a flood plain and watershed, as well as a place
to camp, swim, and generally hang out somewhere with water. (Or, if you go
in the winter as I did, ice.)
To get to the area itself, just follow the signs from any of the three
highways coming into Pierce, NE. (A town of 1200, so the signs aren't hard
to find.) You'll go past a small convenience store, and about a mile
later, turn left toward the Willow Rose B&B sign. Go past the B&B, a road
for maintenance, and a weirdly placed cemetary to get to the turn-off on
the right for the rec. area itself.
Follow the signs toward the Camping Area. You'll stay left when the road
has a slight "Y", and at the stop sign, turn right. Just through the gates
that tell you the rules and who the park is sponsored by, but before the
camping area itself, you'll see an area on the right with a walk-out
lookout over the water. Turn in that picnic area.
At the north end, there is a sign that tells you the Group Camping Area is
accesible to Foot Traffic Only.
From this sign, go 35 paces. On your left will be a low tree that's full
and bushlike, set about three or four feet off the trail.
The box is at it's base, on the north side, covered by grasses and leaves.
please be careful to hide the box back under grass and leaves, as it's very
visible otherwise. (Lack of undergrowth, at least in the winter.) It may
be inaccessible in times of heavy or deep snow.
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