This is Vermont: Underhill Traditional Cache
Hidden : 11/22/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is Vermont: Underhill

This cache is part of the Vermont 251 Plus 4 Geocaching Club, an attempt to bring caches to each and every town, city and gore in the state of Vermont!


A view of Mount Mansfield from Underhill.

Underhill Facts

 County: Chittenden
Chartered: June 8, 1763 (New Hampshire Grant)
Area: 32,828 Acres = 51.29 Square Miles [ Size Rank: 23* ]
Coordinates (Geographic Center): 72°57''W 44°32'N
Altitude: 706 feet ASL
Population (US Census, 2000): 2,980 [ Population Rank: 57* ]
Population Density (persons per square mile): 58.1 [ Density Rank: 74* ]

*Area, Population and Density rankings above refer to Underhill's relative position among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities, 242 towns, 4 gores and grants).

While Underhill is so situated as to suggest that the name is derived from its physical proximity to Mount Mansfield ("under the hill"), it is actually named for Benjamin Underhill or Underhill Horton or both (relationship unknown). Various members of the Underhill family are listed in several of the Onion River Company grants, but it would seem that these two were somewhat low in the pecking order: the land they received has more hills and mountains per square mile than any of the others.
It is the kind of town that would prompt a Vermonter to say this state would be as large as Texas, if it were flattened out.
It is obvious in a number of the New Hampshire Grants that neither Benning Wentworth nor the grantees knew anything of the terrain with which they were dealing. The town of Mansfield was granted on the same day as Underhill, nobody having a clue that the town was bisected by the state's highest mountain. In 1839 the Legislature annexed the western section of Mansfield to Underhill, forming the present day town (it was impossible to get from one side of Mansfield town to the other). Despite the objections of residents of the eastern portion of Mansfield, who wanted to remain a separate civil entity, the Legislature saw fit to blend them with Stowe.
Like most of Chittenden county, Underhill is a bedroom community to Burlington and Essex Junction.

About the cache


The cache is a small lock 'n lock about 200 feet off the road. The road that the cache is near, Maple Leaf Farm Rd., is steep, narrow, and winding. During the winter months the best approach, if you wish to park near the cache location, is to take Maple Leaf Farm Rd from Stevensville Rd. Or you can park at the winter parking coordinates listed and walk up the road.

Located in this cache are two code numbers. These numbers are needed to locate the cache This is Vermont: Chittenden County

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

unatvat

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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