A collaborative effort of the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce, the South Jersey and Central Jersey Geocaching groups, this trail is designed to bring geocachers to experience what the "18 miles" of Long Beach Island has to offer.
The container you are looking for is a small lock-n-lock.
At the posted coordinates you will see a red buoy.
Take the number of this buoy and take that number of steps, NE toward the "Dock"
Keeping Red to the Right and go above deck, Turn to the Port and "Vent"
The LBI Geotrail launched November 16, 2013 with over 30 caches. A Trackable Geocoin will be awarded to the first 150 geocachers, while supplies last, for locating at least 25 LBIGT caches.
LBI GeoTrail Geocoins are no longer available.
Thanks to all those who participated.
To be eligible for the coin, geocachers must download a passport from the LBI Geotrail website. Geocachers must find and log at least 25 finds, record the code word from each cache on their passport. After discovering at least 25 required caches, email a photo or copy of your completed passport to lbigeotrail@gmail.com and we will make arrangements for you to get your coin.
History:
Long Beach Island, or as we all call it LBI, is a barrier island, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
Barnegat Inlet to the north of the island, was an important path for freight shipments and whaling from the 17th century through the 20th century. Due to the inlet's importance and its turbulent waters, a lighthouse tower was constructed in 1835 to guide shippers through the area. Erosion problems destroyed the tower in 1857, two years before the current Barnegat Lighthouse was completed in 1859 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The United States Life-Saving Service built Station #17 in Barnegat Light (then known as Brownsville) around 1872 and is still in operation today.
A developing tourism sector prompted a railroad connection between the mainland and the island, which was completed to Barnegat Light in 1886. The "Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916" included a fatal attack in Beach Haven, killing University of Pennsylvania student Charles Vansant in July 1916, which partly inspired the book Jaws.
Several storms throughout the island's history have resulted in the island being split in two, with the division occurring at the island's narrowest point in Harvey Cedars. Most famous of such storms, however, was the Storm of 1962, which split Long Beach Island into numerous pieces and nearly destroyed the island in its entirety. The existing Route 72 Causeway was erected in the late 1950s which replaced a low-level two-lane automobile bridge which in itself had replaced the previously destroyed railroad bridge.
In late October 2012, portions of Long Beach Island were significantly damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Residents were evacuated and portions of the island was severely flooded, with the ocean meeting the bay in isolated spots. Streets were left covered with up to four feet of sand in some spots by the nine-foot storm surge and 18-foot seas that pounded the barrier island.
The Manahawkin Bay Bridge remained closed to residents for a full 13 days following the storm, and locals were prohibited from returning to the island except for brief visits to retrieve belongings. Bulldozers and front-end loaders moved hundreds of tons of sand, along with power lines and boats, in an attempt to make the roadways passable. Long Beach Island was finally re-opened to residents and building owners on November 10, with the exception of the Holgate section of Long Beach Township, where infrastructure and road damage was still too dangerous.
***NOTE: Special thanks Nikcap for their help in the placement of this cache. ***