80 Steps to Beautiful Traditional Cache
Sara-Cap NYS Parks: Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2012 Saratoga-Capital District Region Geoache Challenge. Check back in 2013 for a new set of caches!
-
Difficulty:
-
-
Terrain:
-
Size: 
(regular)
Related Web Page
Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions
in our disclaimer.
This cache is placed as part of the New York State Park Saratoga/Capital District Region Geocache Challenge. This is a nice challenging hike, to a great destination. Drive down Long Pond Road until you see the trail head for “Fire Tower Trail”. This Cache MUST be accessed by foot.
This cache is placed as part of the New York State Park Saratoga/Capital District Region Geocache Challenge. There are 44 geocaches hidden within 11 state parks and state historic sites in the Saratoga/Capital District region, and geocachers finding them all will be eligible to enter their names in a drawing for valuable prizes. If you are interested in taking up the challenge, you can pick up a geocache passport at any of the participating parks and sites, or download the passport at www.nysparks.com.
This cache contains a unique stamp which must stay with the cache. Use this stamp to stamp your passport. This stamp is NOT a trade item. The items in the cache are park souvenirs and do not need to be replaced with a trade item.
This is a nice challenging hike, to a great destination. Drive down Long Pond Road until you see the trail head for “Fire Tower Trail”. This Cache MUST be accessed by foot. The hike to the Dickinson Hill Fire Tower is about 1.5 miles. You will start on state park grounds but after .7 miles, you will leave park property. This is okay. Continue on the road but please be courteous to those who own the land. You will come to a gate on your right hand side and an access road will take you to the fire tower and back on park property. If you are brave enough to climb all 80 steps of this newly renovated fire tower you will see beautiful views of a neighboring wetland, the Adirondack Mountains, Vermont, and Massachusetts!
In the early 1900’s, several wild fires destroyed thousands of acres of forest in New York State. In an effort to control these fires the state commissioned its first fire towers. Someone who worked in the tower would be in charge of watching for wild fires, then calling them into the police with the coordinates of the fire. The Dickinson Hill Fire Tower was decommissioned in 1972. In 2010 the park gained control of the fire tower. With the help of our hard working Friends group at Grafton Lakes State Park, the fire tower has been restored and is now a beautiful and popular destination for park visitors.
Additional Hints
(No hints available.)
Treasures
You'll collect a digital Treasure from one of these collections when you find and log this geocache:
Loading Treasures