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Joshua Forest Parkway letterbox This is a Roadside box on the Joshua Forest Parkway. Allow 20-30 minutes to find the box. The total distance is about 1/4 mile.
This box is in the Mojave Desert. Daytime temperatures can exceed 100 degrees. Be wary of rattlesnakes and other poisonous animals. You may want to use a stick to probe for this box. Take plenty of water. Halfway between milepost 172 and 173 is a set of picnic tables on the southbound side of the road. From the northernmost table there is a peak at 116 deg magnetic. There is a gate in the fence at 338 deg. From the other side of the fence is a a set of distinctive boulders at 282 deg Standing due SW and at the base of the boulders walk SW to the top of the ridge. You can see a peak at 206 deg, another peak at 91 deg and a boulder at 45 deg continue SW 85 steps to a flat area where you will see some boulders in front of you and High voltage towers at 253.5 and 251 degrees magnetic. Go 106 step to the ENE base of the boulders. At 150 deg you will see a barrel cactus and a ocotillo near a small rock pile. Stand on the small hill to the left of the barrel cactus. Go to the next ridge at 220 deg 117 steps behind that giant stone wall From monolith forming SE end of wall you can see a curved cactus at 104 deg and 20 paces. There is a flat rock west of cactus. |
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