World's Edge

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

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Cache is placed very near to World's Edge, one of the finest views in the eastern Smokey's. Wear waterproof shoes and bring your sense of adventure. It is NOT recommended to attempt this cache at night.

Above coordinates are not the actual cache location, they are to the suggested parking area. It is at the end of World's Edge Road. Finding it is part of the adventure! It CAN be reached without driving on dirt roads. The coordinates are to a small intersection where the pavement ends. Please drive carefully and be polite to the neighbors. Their dogs like to roam the road, please don't hit any! Once parked, program in these coordinates:

N 35 23.624'
W 082 15.553'

Walk or drive (at your vehicle's risk) down the road following your GPS. It should lead you right to a fork in the road. From there, you have 2 options. The left road will lead you toward the treasure cache... follow your GPS to:

N 35 23.642'
W 082 15.550'

That should lead you right to the cache, which is a 6" Tupperware-like container. May be buried under leaves in the fall, or snow in the winter.

The right and center roads will lead you to World's Edge and the spectatular view and virtual cache at:

N 35 23.637'
N 082 15.513'

This land is under review to be purchased by the NC Conservationist Society. Hopefully this breathtaking view can be preserved and cleaned up for future generations to enjoy. The land is open to the public. My grandparents own the neighboring property and would very much appreciate that you be respectful to the environment and please do not enter their driveway. If you see them, however, please wave. They know about geocaching, and might enjoy a friendly hello if they pass by.

Oh yeah... BRING YOUR CAMERA!!! The view on a clear day is impossible to describe!

Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

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and vice versa)

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Cache Logs

September 6 by Paesana (14 found) Found the virtual cache and the view where some people hang glide from, but did not have the coordinates with me for the treasure cache. [view this log] Let's fly! Hey Danny, just one more step back should do it.

July 25 by kminerich (46 found) Holy moly. AWESOME view. Found this with jminerich on our 1st anniversary. TFTC AND for the great view. We stuck around for a long time gazing. [view this log]

July 25 by jminerich (34 found) Best view I have seen in a long time! Do NOT follow the google maps directions on how to get to the parking coordinates for this cache, tho! You will end up at a dead end.. Luckily we were looking for Dash Cache & Dot Club on the same day.. the Directions on those cashes are pretty perfect on how to find Worlds Edge Road ..I recommend following those (Caches: GCZFZA & GCZHMM) You are truly missing out if you don't go looking for this cache & view =) TFTC! [view this log] The Minerichs at World's Edge

July 5 by Team_Bucky (940 found) Mrs. Bucky and I had a great time taking in the scenery today. The mud was no match for the Buckymobile today as we drove down to the viewing area. It was a little overcast, but the view was still nothing short of spectacular! Thank you for keeping a cache in this location. We had a great time. TNLNSL TFTC!!! [view this log] Team Bucky at World's Edge

May 14 by sghbjh (5 found) There are two other caches in this area. We found the DOT club (GCZFZA) using the instructions in the detail because the driving directions were not correct. The driving directions for this cache and also for GCF17 (Troglodyic Visitation), were just about identical, but also not correct. There are several roads with the same name that seem to end up as dead ends or on private property. I guess once we found the Dot Club, if we had done a bit more hunting, we might have located this cache, however, the warning about copperheads, etc. pretty much discouraged us from pursuing this find. The snakes are coming out in the warm weather and we saw several copperheads during our hike in Chimney Rock Park (beautiful, don't miss it!!) and also on the property where we stayed. Might be a good hunt for a more experienced cacher. [view this log]

Current time: 11/22/2009 6:25:50 AM
Last Updated: 9/6/2009 7:06:39 PM
Rendered: From Database
Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum