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<\/a><\/p>\nWe found the tree, which still has remnants of the crow’s nest clinging to the trunk and upper branches. There used to be a ground cabin here as well but all signs of it are long-gone.<\/p>\n
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Type: Crow’s nest
\nStatus: Abandoned
\nElevation: 3,653
\nVisited: September 23, 2012<\/p>\n
A crow’s nest lookout was built in a tree at Joe’s Point around 1930. Someone found the tree and hid a geocache there so Greg and I set out to find it. The topo map shows Road 140 going almost all the way out to the point, but that road has actually been decommissioned just past a large quarry. It’s probably possible to walk the decomissioned road out to the point, but there were a couple of scary-looking target shooters at the quarry so we decided to find a safer place to park the car. We drove down Road 160 until we were just below Joe’s Point, then walked up.<\/p>\n
This route turned out to be pretty straightforward because we followed the route of a very old long-gone road. There was lots of blowdown to negotiate, but the old road was easy to follow and it actually looks like it gets used on a somewhat regular basis, maybe by hunters We also saw a couple of blue diamonds high up on the trees, so this must also be a recreation route in winter.<\/p>\n
After about 20 minutes we came out at the top in a grassy meadow. It’s all brown now but I bet it’s beautiful and green earlier in summer.<\/p>\n
We found the tree, which still has remnants of the crow’s nest clinging to the trunk and upper branches. There used to be a ground cabin here as well but all signs of it are long-gone.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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