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Traditional CacheHOGS HEAVEN

A cache by Big E     Hidden: 10/30/2003

Size: Size: Regular (Regular)     Difficulty: 1 out of 5     Terrain: 1 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)


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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.??? 
In Maryland, United States

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WELCOME TO HOGS HEAVEN

This cache is in the Horseshoe area of Wincopin Park, Savage, MD. No boots, no bushwhacking. Great family search.

Safe parking, no parking or admission fees!

The paved parking lot for Wincopin Access trail parking, off Vollmerhausen Road (N39 08.995, W76 50.060), is the designated parkentry point for this cache.

Note: Park regulations prohibit entering the park from any other point.(such as the truck stop off I-95)

Refer to the Wincopin Neck map on the kiosk.

At the cache coordinates, find a large, squared, flat-topped rock in an open area near the river. From the rock, the cache is:

-exactly 100'9" on a magnetic compass heading of 8 degrees-


approach the cache from the river side.

The cache is in a 6"X8" cylindrical, clear Rubbermaid containerin a partially filled, natural cavity, under a flat rock.

Log it, exchange, reseal the cache, and replace the rock.

Take the other leg of the trail back to the parking lot, or hike one of the other well marked trails in the park. The park is rich in large, 150-year-old Tulip Poplar, Maple, Black Oak, and American Beech trees, white tail deer, beavers, pileatedwoodpeckers, blue cranes, foxes, grey and black squirrels, snapping turtles, and a variety of other animal life. Good luck.

If you have some spare time, check out my Lands End cache, right here in the park.

CITO! Cache in, TrashOut!

Note: This cache was approved by the Director of Operations, Howard County Recreation and Parks.


 


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

N angheny cbvagre ba gur syng ebpx cbvagf whfg fyvtugyl gb gur evtug bs gur pnpur fvgr. 8 qrterrf vf gbjneq V-95.(Decrypted Hints)

Find...

Early Fall in the quiet woods.

Northern Water Snake

Caught along the western shore of the Middle Patuxent River at the Horseshoe, roughly 50 yards from the Hog's Heaven Cache. They love the water.
Summer Trail along the Middle Patuxent

The Indian Altar

Wincopin Winter Trails

Wincopin Winter Wonderland

A quiet spot on the Middle Patuxent River

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Found it185     Didn't find it15     Write note10     Temporarily Disable Listing2     Enable Listing2     Needs Maintenance1     

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 January 29 by natgork (53 found)
15:35 Took Bacardi TB. Left bowling pins. Nice hide! TFTC!

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 January 27 by Bocco (4612 found)
Fun cache to do once you get the theme. But I must admit being so far from parking and trying to find a devious hide warrants a higher terrain and difficulty rating. Thanks for the fun!

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 January 23 by TheSwampThings (79 found)
Found this one with WiltinRose. Didn't have a compass with me and the electronic one on the GPSr was acting funky so just made a good guess w/ the map and stumbled toward GZ. Found the cache pretty easy once we were close. Grabbed a GC. TFTC

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 January 23 by wiltinrose (205 found)
Glad I hooked up with TheSwampThings on my day caching in this park. Nasty bounce from the GPSr made caches about 50 feet off each time. Dropped off a TB.

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 January 23 by deltat2001 (40 found)
Found it but the coord's were more than 100 ft off tftc

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Current Time: 2/9/2010 9:02:36 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (5:02 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 1/29/2010 12:36:45 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (8:36 PM GMT)
Rendered: From Database
Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum


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