Cacapon Mountain - The Stroll

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

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This cache is one of a series of caches hidden along the "fire road" on top of Cacapon Mountain in the beautiful Cacapon Resort State Park. This scenic state park is located just off of Route 522 in WV, not very far north of Winchester, VA.

When you enter the park, just follow the signs to the Mountain Overlook. The parking lot/overlook coordinates are N 39 28.243 W 078 20.646. The road to the overlook starts out paved and turns to gravel for about 4 miles to get you to the top. For trucks and Jeeps, this will be a breeze, but any car that doesn’t have a very low clearance shouldn’t have any trouble as the road is maintained pretty well. While the road to the top is closed from October to March, as far as we can tell the trails remain open year round. There is a 5 mile loop that will get you to the top if you’re up for a hiking challenge. The normal park hours are 6 AM till dark.

Visit www.cacaponresort.com for detailed park information.

The cache is placed off the gated fire road heading to the north of the overlook. The gate is at N 39 28.266 W 078 20.626. The idea is to enjoy the stroll and only bushwhack when necessary. There is very little undergrowth here so it's not really even bushwhacking. Our coords have this cache at .2 miles from the parking lot which would make for a total trip of just under .5 miles. For this cache, you can pretty much cut off the trail when your GPSr tells you to.

Please pay attention to your surroundings. These rocks are home to some creatures you do NOT want to blunder into. Walking sticks are useful items for poking into places you wouldn't want to put your hands into. Please be careful...

The cache itself is a medium sized ammo can, initially containing a couple of geocaching buttons, dice, lock, corkscrew, a WG$, and other assorted trade items, as well as a log book and pencil.

Enjoy.

The Wandering Panhandlers

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Cache Logs

August 15 by Fairbanks (130 found) Found with the entire family while on vacation in the area. This is a fantastic place and a nice place for a hide. TNLN. Thanks for hiding this here. [view this log]

August 9 by rsjrny (8 found) TFTC. I took a the spider ring and lefty a plastic spider that came from "Rust in Peace" cache. [view this log]

August 7 by discgolfer_sp (271 found) We had a great day doing some caching in Cacapon state park. Cache was in good shape. Took a pencil, Left two puzzles and a pillbox. TFTC SL. [view this log]

July 30 by fdross50 (35 found) TFTC [view this log]

July 20 by jyeakle (129 found) It was fun riding bike along ths road to find caches. [This entry was edited by jyeakle on Monday, July 20, 2009 at 7:37:17 PM.] [view this log]

Current time: 11/22/2009 4:11:30 AM
Last Updated: 8/18/2009 10:21:04 PM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum