New Clues:
Sturgeon Bay Shipping Canal EAST (North?) SIDE
Take the first right turn off the 42/57
bridge in Sturgeon Bay and follow the pointing ships to the Coast
Guard Station. There is visitor parking in a gravel lot just before
the entrance to the Coast Guard Station.. The public is able to
access the north breakwater, the rest of the station is off limits.
Be sure to read the signs carefully so you know what you can and
cannot do! Enjoy the views of the light house and breakwater
light, but due to the new restrictions on the location since 9/11, I
hid the box elsewhere nearby.
Clue:
From the visitor's parking lot, head back down
the road the way you came (north). After about 0.35 miles
there will be a parking lot for an "Overlook Trail and Recreation
Area". Pull in here and park in the lot.
Find the steps up a hill nearby (not the ones going down to the
canal) and count the number of railroad tie steps as you go up:
_______ (A). When you get to the top, catch your breath and
turn around to face the parking lot. From here you can get
quite a view of the canal, but also notice that the middle of the
parking lot/driveway has a teardrop shape. Count the number of
small brown posts that make up the teardrop: ______ (B).
From the middle of the 6 brown posts you should be close to, site a
bearing that is 4.5 times the value of A. Site the trail on
that bearing and go to its start. We'll say the trail starts
at the log that is embedded in the ground across the trail making a
step up. Triple B and walk that many paces further down the
trail along the ridge.
Now there should be a clearing to your left which has a large
sprawling nine (yes, nine, although one is small and one fell off!)
trunked birch tree in the middle. From the back of that birch
sight a bearing of twice A. Fifteen paces on that bearing and
"X" marks the spot!
Bonus stamp image of the breakwater light can be found by
following the clue enclosed in the main letterbox above. And
look for yet another bonus clue in this bonus box!
Good Luck!
-Dragon Old Clues: (7/25/1999 LbNA #2055)
Sturgeon Bay Shipping Canal
(Door Co. Lighthouse
Series Letterbox #4)
Take the first right turn off the 42/57
bridge in Sturgeon Bay and follow the pointing ships to the Coast
Guard Station. There is visitor parking, and the public is able to
access the north breakwater, the rest of the station is off limits.
Clue:
If you wanted to get to the bright red lighthouse
on the end of the breakwater, you'd need to climb up on the steel
walkway, but since you can't do that (unless you're USCG personnel)
why don't you poke around in the rocks near the base of the ladder
and find the letterbox.
Bonus stamp image of the breakwater light can be found by
following the clue enclosed in the main letterbox above.
Sturgeon Bay Shipping Canal WEST (South?) SIDE
(8/21/1999 LbNA Post #2185)
Original box still in place and the original
clues are excellent!
Clue: From
Green Bay, take 54 East to County S to County U. Once on U, take a
right onto Sand Lane. (It is one of the last right turns you can
take on U before getting to 57/42.) Take a left turn on Lake Lane,
it is the first intersection you come to. Follow this forward to the
parking lot.
Walk along the beach or the trail through
the woods to the Breakwater. Start at 10+00 walking to the bush at
the beginning of the breakwater. Take 26 steps to your right. The
box is underneath a stone by the log. Happy Hunting. (Update
7/08: The log is gone - just look under rocks near the small tree.)
-Dierdra
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