This cache is a wonderful 32-mile road tour and short walk through the pretty West Bucks County countryside. You'll visit five covered bridges. Answer a question at each bridge to determine the coordinates where the cache is hidden.
See my companion Bucks County Covered Bridge caches: GCB81C (North) and GCB826 (South) that complete the Bucks bridges. If you pre-plan, you can do all three caches in one giant loop. Or you can do each of the three tours separately. See the Bridge Locator Map picture below and follow the green route arrow.
If you enjoy tours like this one, check out my other covered bridge caches.
Knecht Covered Bridge
Kid Friendly Available year-round
Less than 1,000 ft. from car to cache
Accessible in Winter
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A. Knecht Covered Bridge N40 32.290 W75 16.670 In real pretty farm country, over the Durham Creek once known as Cook’s Creek, this is a typical Town Truss design for those who really want to know about these things!
Knecht quiz- What names are carved in the white wood on the left side of the bridge entrance about 7 feet high as you approach the bridge heading north? (Look carefully-names and background are both painted white).
1. Missy and Peter
2. Elaine and Corky
3. Monica and Bill
ENTER A answer(1, 2 or 3) = ________
B. Sheards Mill Bridge N40 27.318 W75 16.701 spans the Tohickon Creek. The mill operated from 1835 to 1965. It is part of the adjacent Tohickon Valley Campground, a nice place to picnic and dip your toes in the creek.
Sheards quiz- What road sign on the right side about 20 feet before the entrance do you see as you approach the bridge heading south?
1. Max Height 12 Ft. 6 In.
2. 5 ½ Ton MVW Limit
3. Yield to Oncoming Traffic
ENTER B answer(1, 2 or 3) = ________
C. Moods Covered Bridge N40 22.862 W75 16.286 crosses one of the principal watersheds in Bucks County, the Perkiomen Creek. The bridge was burned by arsonists in 2004. It was re-built in 2008. Construction and re-dedication pictures. The clue's answer is still available.
Moods quiz- What's the number on the top metal tag about 4 feet above the ground on a pole? The pole is located on the left side next to the abutment as you approach the bridge heading west?
1. 89561
2. 45734
3. 69021
ENTER C answer(1, 2 or 3) = ________
D. South Perkasie Covered Bridge N40 22.057 W75 17.688 does not span anything anymore. It’s been moved from Pleasant Spring Creek to a park right off the main road. Note the sign at the top of the portal: “$5 fine for any person riding or driving over this bridge faster than a walk or smoking segars on.”
South Perkasie quiz- What number is inscribed in white on the inside west wall of the bridge at the north end about 12 feet up?
1. 578
2. 236
3. 312
ENTER D answer(1, 2 or 3) = ________
E. Pine Valley Covered Bridge N40 18.324 W75 11.245 Over the Pine Run Creek, it’s also know as the Iron Hill Bridge. Bring coffee or a sandwich and sit and relax at a "bar" table 100' east of the bridge. See picture below.
Pine Valley quiz- What does Rule #3 say on the small sign on the left as you enter the parking lot?
1. No Alcoholic Beverages
2. All Dogs On Leash
3. No Geocaching
ENTER E answer(1, 2 or 3) = ________
Cache Coordinates:
Enter the number for each of your five answers.
A______ + B _______ + C _______ + D_______ + E _______
The coordinates for the cache are determined by your total (not all possible totals are listed. Only one right one and four wrong ones.)
If your total is 8, the cache coordinates are: N40 20.318 W75 10.047
If your total is 9, the cache coordinates are: N40 20.291 W75 09.966
I f your total is 10, the cache coordinates are: N40 20.316 W75 09.994
If your total is 11, the cache coordinates are: N40 20.316 W75 09.935
If your total is 12, the cache coordinates are: N40 20.287 W75 09.926
Start your short walking tour to the cache from the Peace Valley parking lot here N40 20.242 W75 10.004
THE COVERED BRIDGE
"At rest, at last, in shaded woods,
Wild ivy climbs its beams.
Its memories only shared by God
And one undying stream.
Whose hooves have trod these ancient planks?
What mystery would they sing?
In raging storm was sheltered here
Beggar, thief, or king?
Not long ago, great artists came,
And poets one by one.
But soon the road was overgrown;
Now even they are gone.
Though now it's only refuge to
Wild ivy, bird, and fawn,
The covered bridge has memories
To cherish from now on!"
- DEB DOYLE
from the newspaper, GRIT, August 9, 1981.
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