Hawks Beak

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

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Hawks Beak is Located in Hawks Nest State Park

The cache is hidden along the Cliffside Trail. The trail head can be picked up in a couple different locations. Take your pick. You will not be disappointed with the vistas.

The trail is well worn and well traveled. Be cautious if hiking with small children. One misstep on the trail could be tragic. The complete hike from overlook to lodge is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Take a flashlight and explore the little caves along the way.

The cache sits overlooking Hawks Nest Lake. The lake was formed in 1934 when the New River was diverted through a 3.2 mile long tunnel drilled through Gauley Mountain which consisted of high grade silicon ore.

The tunnel is 46 feet in diameter and has a tragic past. During its construction many lives were lost. Typical construction injuries were not unusual for the times. The real problem arose from silicon dust which caused silicosis. Out of the 5000 workers employed during the 2 yrs of construction it is estimated that the death toll ranged from 100 to 1500. Good luck finding this one and be careful not to become 1501. :)

Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

Decryption Key
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(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)

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The Vista

What to expect.
The correct stone another angle -SPOILER-

This pic with the revised hint should put you on the cache....

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Cache Logs

October 25 by Miller143 (12 found) I grow up around here and have hiked that trail many of times. But untill i started geocaching was it so much fun! TFTH. Took: TB / Left: TB [view this log]

October 7 by The Watt's (392 found) What a great cache! Headed out today seeing that the forecasted rain didn't make it here to log some miles for the WV State Parks Hiking Program and VIPP program. Had lunch at the lodge then took off of the trail. Lots of interesting features in the rocks to make the trip very enjoyable. Met up with a nice couple from Michigan and did a little "geocache evangalism". Made the find, but like the previous log, the signal bounce was wicked. Dropped off a new log book and fresh pencil. Also dropped a TB that has been riding around too long in the pack. Finished out the trail at the overlook and made the round trip back to the lodge. Thanks for the great cache on a beautiful day! [view this log]

September 8 by Pumpkinator (438 found) The hint helped a lot considering the GPS bounce and loss of signal from time to time. A nice hide on a very interesting trail. TN but left a genuine faux brass coin. TFTH [view this log]

September 6 by PilotJ (1259 found) First things first. This cache needs a new log book. The first two books are full. Wish we had one with us, but we didn't. Next hiker add a log book if you can. This is a really old cache, would hate to see it fall into disrepair. Today we were off on a day trip of caching with Wintz50 to grab our 1000th cache at Picture Perfect at New River Bridge. Decided to cache our way to Hawks Nest SP and grab a couple caches and get some hiking miles for the Hiking WV program. Started out in the wrong place on this one and was treated to a great view, but a very unenticing climb so we backtracked and went in from another direction. Sometimes that arrow point will try to take you airborne! Wish we had time to hike the trail further, but we decided to head to Babcock State Park and grab some Hiking WV miles there also. TN LN SL TFTC Pilot J & Crew [view this log] Great View - Wrong Place!

September 6 by Wintz50 (1592 found) found this cache while out caching with pilotjandcrew. I dropped a split tail devil travelbug here but sgt mark already picked it up before i could log it in. nice hike! TFTC! [view this log]

Current time: 11/22/2009 4:49:20 AM
Last Updated: 10/25/2009 7:38:19 PM
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