Buffalo Gap Microbox

Buffalo

Placed By: Silver Eagle
Date: 03/19/04
Nearest Town: Abilene, TX
County: Taylor
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 600 yards RT)
Status: alive (12/10/08)

One of the most beautiful towns in West Texas, Buffalo Gap is shaded by groves of towering live oak trees and occupies a gap in the Tonkawa Mountains, through which herds of buffalo migrated each spring and fall. Located just 14 miles south of Abilene, the Gap affords visitors an experience in Western hospitality. Buffalo Gap began as a shipping post for buffalo hides and is the oldest town in Taylor County, serving as the county seat from 1878 until 1883. A great attraction in town is Buffalo Gap Historic Village, a nonprofit educational program run by the Grady McWhiney Research Foundation. There you can learn about the important period in Texas history among more than a dozen buildings and numerous exhibits of the Texas frontier. Also worth visiting is the 500-acre Abilene State Park, just five miles West of the Gap. It offers secluded camping, picnic areas and nature trails among live oaks and native pecan trees. A portion of the official Texas longhorn herd and one buffalo are located on site, along with this microbox.

Directions:

To reach Abilene State Park, travel 16 miles southwest of Abilene, through Buffalo Gap, on FM 89, then left on Park Road 32 to the park entrance. Pay fee at entrance station and get a park map. Go to the north trailhead of the Elm Creek Nature Trail by turning right after the entrance station, then right again going past the pool, then left and left again to small parking area by trailhead.

Clues:

Walk the trail to post #14. Continue on the trail to a clearing with a trail intersection. There is a bridge and bench to the left, but you continue straight. After about 100 yards you will come to a sign pointing to the right for the Buffalo Wallow. Turn right and walk toward the Wallow for 15 steps to a Y in the path. Take the right fork for 12 more steps and look right off trail for a multi-trunk tree about 8 steps away. Go around to the back of this tree and look in the crotch of the trunk under stones and dirt for the microbox. Please re-cover well.

NOTE: Always take adequate precautions (such as prodding with a stick and/or wearing gloves) before reaching into dark crevasses and holes in the wild. Before you set out read the waiver of responsibility and disclaimer.

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