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Fab Four
Five letterboxes at the Canfield-Meadow Woods Nature Preserve in Essex, Connecticut. About 3½ easy miles, 2 hours. A Walkman with Rubber Soul is highly recommended. Beatles "scholars" always say that Sgt Pepper was the seminal album marking the Mop Top's first flirtation with the new world of the Sixties, but we've always thought Rubber Soul, released in 1965, was the hallmark. It's as fresh now as it was then.
Directions: There are three entrances to the preserve: this is our favorite. On Connecticut Rte. 9, take exit 3 and follow the Essex signs along West Ave. Turn left on Grove St at the library, then left again onto North Main St. After about ½ mile, turn left on Book Hill and after another ½ mile, left on Book Hill Woods Rd. Park at the end in the cul de sac next to the sign for the Meadow Woods Park and pick up a map on the way in.
Maps are also available at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/letterbox-usa/files/CT%20Trail%20Maps/
The Beatles
At The Gap (G), 30 steps on 130° uphill: ledgey top.
John
Split Rock (S), stream side. Flat rock on-trail: northern overhang.
Paul
Book Hill Geodetic Marker (B), 13 steps on 335° to wall: far side.
George
Castle Rock (C), southern end where trail drops off to yellow. 10 steps on
075° through sapling beeches: alcove in west face.
Ringo
Cleft Rock (CL), high side. 2 more huge shards of rock to northeast. Stone
wall: far side under rotting log.
(Map is inaccurate...the trail passes right through).