Placed: 9-23-03
Placed By: WWW (Formerly known as Chuck and Molly)
Location: Mansfield, Connecticut, Tolland County
Rated: Easy to find with compass knowledge

Round trip walk is about .75 mile

Head northeast on route 89 going away from the intersection of route 89 and 195 in Mansfield Center. You quickly come to a sharp left curve. Here is where you turn and go onto Clark Street. Go down Clark Street .2 mile, passing Edgerton and Edgewood Lane on the right and Crest Road on the left. You will see a small pull off area on your left. Here is where you park. This area is known as the Bradley Buchanon Woods. Follow the trail up the hill and quickly come to an intersection. Take the trail that goes east. After going 33 steps, take a look at the great example of a kettle hole on your left. It looks like a large crater. A kettle hole is a hollow created when buried blocks of glacier ice melt out. Kettle holes are formed by blocks of ice that are separated from the main glacier as the glacier melted back. The isolated blocks of ice then become partially or wholly buried in outwash. When the ice blocks eventually melt they leave behind holes or depressions. There are quite a few examples in this preserve. Continue along the trail and keep going straight. Go NE with the trail down the hill into the land of the bunyips. Cross the wooden bridges being careful of any bunyips that may be lurking around. The pond on the left is actually a kettle pond. (A kettle hole filled with water). The trail will come out to a sideways Y intersection. You are now in an area known as Echo Woods. Take the trail south. You will soon pass a small trail going off to your left with a white blaze. Very quickly after that you come to a wider trail. At the corner of the trail is a white arrow painted on one pine tree and a white wooden arrow nailed on another tree. Go to the tree with the painted white arrow. Standing right next to the tree, take a reading of 120 degrees. Walk 33 steps off the trail in that direction. Right behind a very small mound of dirt, covered with cut wood and sticks hides the object you are pursuing.

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