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Multi-cache Punkhorn West: Cranberry Trails
A  cache by BiPR       Hidden: 8/14/2009  
Size: Size: Not chosen (Not chosen)      Difficulty: 2.5 out of 5      Terrain: 3 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  []
In Massachusetts, United States

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The west side of the Punkhorn Parklands, 800 acres of conservation land in Brewster and Harwich, takes you along quiet forest paths and cranberry bogs. First stage is a micro; final is a lock-and-lock box with a few trades. No bushwhacking required. Park near trailhead at N 41 43.143, W 070 06.978 or at lots on Westgate Rd. Be sure to pull far over so you don't block the road. Mark where you park! Wear bug spray. Total hike from most direct route is about 1.4 miles on trails.

The Punkhorn Parklands are one of Cape Cod's hidden treasures, protecting wildlife habitats including ponds, wooded uplands and former cranberry bogs. Some private farms still operate along the Punkhorn boundaries. Brewster has mapped trails in the northern and central sections, available online at Punkhorn maps

Read about the area and some other Punkhorn geocaches at Trail Hound.

This two-stage multi-cache is a fine walk in the woods, all on established paths. A few short sections of the sandy trail are steep, so it's not recommended for strollers or bikes, although you can bike on the dirt roads to the trailhead at the intersection of Black Duck Cartway and Archie's Cartway. Black Duck Cartway runs between Cranview Road and Westgate Road in Brewster.


Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

Decryption Key
A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)

1) Inyyrl fueho beanzrag
2) Qbrf vg znxr n fbhaq?
(Decrypted Hints)




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A Punkhorn cranberry bog

Eldredge Farm tucked along Punkhorn

Gotta be a place to pull over somewhere here

Punkhorn sign - Here there be dragons....

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Cache Logs
 November 16 by Red-Ryder (53 found)
Nice Area. Signed Log. Took nothing; left large orange 'marble'. Did not really understand last 'clue'.

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 October 27 by cali2cc (215 found)
We parked a little bit east of the parking coordinates above and ended up taking a nice footpath almost all the way to stage one. Unfortunately, for us, the rest of the hike was on a wide trail on which it seemed a 4-wheeler or ATV had just traveld and made lots of ruts. Not as....what's a good word?....rustic as the footpath but still a beautiful hike today - very yellow and orange! We found stage one pretty quickly - the hint helped tons and also the lack of foilage. For the final, our GPS was jumping a lot and we didn't quite get the hint....then all of a sudden...the answer popped into my head....made us laugh.

We bike here all the time and still haven't been on all the trails. TFTC!



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 October 25 by johnny2154 (169 found)
Found it the 3rd time, Nice walk, TFTC

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 October 17 by johnny2154 (169 found)
No luck finding the 1st stage, will try another time

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 October 11 by wwhale (404 found)
Hiked over from final of Punkhorn South. Great multi with nice views at final. Took TB Left Canada geocoin. (did not see Mass.Coin) TFTHike

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Current time: 11/22/2009 4:52:22 PM
Last Updated: 11/18/2009 10:13:32 PM
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