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WWW's
In Search of Caddy
 

Placed: 3-17-03
Placed By: WWW (Formerly known as Chuck Straub and Molly)
Location: Mansfield Connecticut, Tolland County
Rated: Easy

Clues revised 5/11/07

Coming east on route 6, from Willimantic, turn left at the traffic light, at the intersection of route 6 and route 203 A sign points to Mansfield Hollow. Cross the bridge over the Natchaug River from North Windham into Mansfield and immediately take a left on North Windham Rd. This road is not marked by a street sign. This is a dead end road. Go about 3 tenths of a mile to find a yellow bar across the road and a gravel parking area on the right. This is a large parking area and you will have no problem parking here.

This area is the Field Trail and Wildlife Management Area. It is open to hunting, and is used by the Field Trail people teaching their dogs hunting and retrieval. The area is used on many weekends for dog field trials. When this happens, it is closed to other use. There will be signs at the parking area if it is for field trials only that day. This is the same starting point as In Search of Nessie Letterbox.

In Search of Caddy is about a 1.2 mile hike, round trip. Nice enjoyable, scenic hike. From where you entered the parking lot, go through the closed gate into the hay field. Do not go down the paved road. Follow the trail north across the field to the tree line. Here you will find the well marked, blue blazed, old Mansfield Hollow Trail. You will come to a Y in the trail, go left, still following the blue blazes. You will come to another Y, bear left again with the blue blazed trail. Next you will go through two stone walls and walk along the top of a ridge. The trail will go down to the valley as your path takes what looks like a backwards S. Be careful here. Be sure to follow the blue. You will come to a T with a trail that has the width of a dirt road. Go left here still following the blue. Within seconds, come to another T. Go right with the wide trail following the blue marked trees. Travel uphill after going over a very small culvert. This path is as wide as a road. You will see blue arrows showing you that the blue blazed trail goes left. Follow the blue. You will come to a spot where a stone wall is on the right and Naubesatuck Lake is on the left. The stone wall runs slightly up, then down a slope. The wall runs at 60 degrees from the trail. Follow this wall on it’s southeast side for 55 to 60 feet. Look in a hole in the wall under a bunch of sticks and wood find Caddy. Carefully follow the blue blazed trail back to the parking area.

Before you set out, please read the waiver of responsibility and disclaimer.

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