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EarthcacheCranny Crow Overlook

A cache by Glencastle     Hidden: 11/15/2006

Size: Size: Not chosen (Not chosen)     Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5     Terrain: 3.5 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)


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In West Virginia, United States

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This earthcache is located atop Big Ridge in Lost River State Park in Hardy County, WV.

From 1933 through 1942, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) had over 67 camps in West Virginia.  They built bridges, planted thousands of trees, and built several State Parks, Lost River among them.  Camp Hardy was located in Mathias, WV from 1935 until 1940, and built the park's buildings, picnic facilities, trails and bridges.  A quarry within the park's boundaries provided stone for the cabin foundations and fireplaces, and the timber used to build the cabins was cut from within the park. The Lost River Craft Cooperative and Museum is nearby in the town of Lost River (on Rt. 259) and has an exhibit that commemorates the CCC and the building of the park.  



Finding the cache requires a 3.5 mile hike that takes approximately 1.5 - 2 hours (round trip) and includes a 900' rise in elevation over well-marked trails.  This location has a beautiful view of five counties in two states.  The listed coordinates are for Cranny Crow Overlook, built on an outcropping at the top of Big Ridge.  Nearby Cheeks Rocks is another exposed rock overlook.     There are three ways to reach your destination: 1) The White Oak Trail, which begins at the stables (see parking coordinates) and is the most direct (but steepest) route, 2) the mountain road that can be accessed from the main park road (coordinates provided), or 3) Big Ridge Trail, which is located off the mountain road. Trail maps can be had at the park office or online at www.lostriversp.com/lostriver.pdf.  The park map shows the location of the overlook, which affords a beautiful view of the surrounding mountains.

Once you have rested at the overlook and enjoyed the view, take a look at the rock outcropping in front of the overlook. This area of West Virginia is part of the "Valley and Ridge" section of the Appalachians, and the mountains were formed during a period known as the Alleghenian Orogeny. The rock formations consist primarily of sandstone. At what angle are the rock strata? What clues does this angle give you about how the ridges were formed?

To log this cache, send me the answers to these questions by email and include a photo of yourself with the Cranny Crow overlook in the background.

Note: An excellent side-trip to this cache is located west of Wardensville, where the Lost River sinks under Sand Ridge and reappears on the other side of the mountain as the Cacapon River. The site is near the "Lost and Found" highway marker.

 


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Cranny Crow Overlook

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 September 28, 2009 by flight w/o wings (811 found)
Beautiful location! We were camping with our horses at the nearby campground and decided to take a ride to Cranny Crow. What amazing views even on an overcast, cloudy and windy day. Thanks so much for the cache!

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Photo Cranny Crow Overlook

 August 16, 2009 by longhairedhippie (97 found)
The LuckyAquar group brought me here. They have been here before but this was my first time here. I really loved the view and getting to watch the buzzards flying around. We all then hiked on out to the Big Ridge Fire Tower and looked around at the history there.

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Photo Longhairedhippie and LuckyAquar
Photo Longhairedhippie at Cranny Crow

 August 16, 2009 by LuckyAquar (627 found)
We had not been here for several years, so we decided to come here and bring a new geocacher Longhairedhippie with is. The view is amazing. We spent about a half hour taking in the scenery and enjoying the breeze on this hot day. After getting some pictures, we hiked on out to the Big Ridge Fire Tower.

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Photo Big Ridge Fire Tower from the bottom
Photo A view
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Photo LuckyAquar crew and Longhairedhippie

 July 19, 2009 by WV Muddy Boots (5909 found)
Found this with the CacheDetectives. We really enjoyed the hike!

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Photo Cranny Crow Sign with GPS

 July 19, 2009 by CacheDetectives (7309 found)
Even with all of the caches that we have done, I still like to make our century milestones something special. We were in Moorefield this morning and finished up the caches we had planned to do really early so we decided to drive over for what we were hoping would be a nice hike. We didn't have our camera so we had to use our cell phone to take pictures. We don't often have temps in the 70s in July so this was a special trip. I don't think we even broke a sweat climbing that hill. We took the trail route (actually multiple trails with some backtracking and bushwhacking) going up and came back down the road. The road is definately the way to go! Anyway we made it to the top and what an amazing view. Thanks for providing such a wonderful cache for #6300!

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Photo CD @ Cranny Crow Overlook
Photo Cranny Crow Sign

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Current Time: 2/9/2010 10:57:41 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (6:57 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 10/2/2009 6:04:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time (1:04 PM GMT)
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