Placed: 9-22-03
Placed By: WWW (Formerly known as Chuck and Molly)
Location: Coventry, Connecticut, Tolland County
Rated: Easy level walk along abandoned railroad line except for the final 17 steps

Round trip walk is about .75 mile

This box is located on the very Southwest corner of Coventry. The walk starts in northwestern Andover CT.

Coming from Willimantic, Columbia, Andover on route 6, take a left immediately after Hickory Hill Dr onto Bailey Rd. I did not see a street sign at the present time. Coming from points west and north of Andover, you will pass South Street on the left, Bailey Road will be the next right. Bailey Road is a dead end road. Drive 3/10 of a mile on Bailey Road. There is a small parking area on both sides of the road right near the old railroad line.

Take the trail north. You will soon be walking high above the woods with steep, high drops on either side. Think of the work that had to be done to build the railroad through here. Next you will pass through a gorge, with stone cliffs on both sides rising high above you. You can still see the marks where they cut through the rock. Walk through the gorge. Just before you get to level ground again on your right, look for a railroad tie on the right side of the trail, pointing towards the trail. Just after the railroad tie is a tree with some black spray paint on it. Stand at the end of the railroad tie, the end next to the trail. Take a reading of 115 degrees and take 17 steps in that direction which takes you off the trail uphill, just to the left of a bunch of branches that are all in a group pointing the same way. Look under the rock overhang and just to the left of the branches to find the In Search of the White Horse of Uffington letterbox. You need not move anything to see it or to get it. Return the way you came.

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