Best uninviting marker sign for long rural, drive
I've got a weird situation, where I live out in the country. I've got a long drive that, lately, a number of people have been pretty cherry about coming up. The house is visible in the distance, but the road curves and you can't see that it leads directly to the house. When I confront them, I get the excuse that they were "lost" and "thought it was a dirt road". Which is obviously BS.
The weird thing is, these people don't seem like tweakers or garden variety thieves. They're usually older people (40+, sometimes older) who look like they're out driving around for whatever reason, in well kept newer vehicles. I do live up on a hill, so they may think they can get a nice view up here? But no, private property.
I'm not quite at a gate yet, as I appreciate the delivery vehicles making the trek and don't want to have packages left at the road even in a box.
But I would like to mark the entrance of the driveway to keep away the lookie-loos. I'm also putting up a couple security cameras and a driveway alarm (the drive-over type) so I know if anyone comes up the driveway and can immediately run them off. And will have their plate number to trespass them if needed.
I don't feel the need to be the crazy person with hostile signs; I think that would make me more of a target. However, I want to clearly remove the "I thought it was a dirt road" excuse.
I'm thinking of putting up one of those stone engraved signs at the entrance of the drive so it is clear that they're trespassing. But I don't want it to have anything on it that is a conversation starter, like a college logo, because these idiots would pretend that was an invitation. So I'm thinking just the street number or address.
Has anyone else dealt with marking the entrance to a private drive like this? What did you do that was neither ugly nor inviting?