South Jersey Checkpoint
Challenge
Checkpoint Alder
Welcome to Schadlers Sand Wash Pond in Penns Grove, NJ. This
cache will fulfill the “Alder” requirement for the
South
Jersey Checkpoint Challenge.
Schadlers Sand Wash Pond is located off
North Game Creek Rd in Penns Grove (Carneys Point). Easy access
from Rt 295 Exit 4.
A small, picturesque 5 acre pond stocked with trout and good
fishing for a number of different species and listed on NJ Division
of Fish & Wildlife "Places
to Fish" page.
Parking at roadside, it's a short hike down a somewhat narrow, but
clear trail (although it can be mucky at times) around the pond.
Find the alders and you'll find the cache. Keep your eyes open.
There's a lot more than just Alder trees here!
If the trail is flooded, just stay high. There
IS a way to the cache!
Official SJCC
Information
The South Jersey Geocachers (SJG) are sponsoring the South Jersey
Checkpoint Challenge series. This challenge is intended to take
geocachers on a tour of Southern New Jersey (loosely defined as
south of I-195) while finding caches placed by members of the SJG.
On the tour, we hope you will find South Jersey an interesting and
beautiful part of our great state.
Scattered around the area are 26 checkpoint caches and a final
challenge cache - South
Jersey Checkpoint Challenge (GC1NJDZ). The names of the
individual checkpoint caches are based on a phonetic alphabet using
plants to represent the diversity of ecosystems that you will
encounter on your tour of Southern New Jersey. You may even run
into the infamous Jersey Devil while you're there. The 26
checkpoints do not have to be completed in any particular order.
See the SJCheckpoint bookmark for the complete list of caches.
Hidden within the 26 checkpoint caches are numbers to be used in
determining the coordinates of the final South Jersey Checkpoint
Challenge cache – please be sure to note them while you are
there.
While there are no special logging requirements for the 26
checkpoint caches, there are special logging requirements for the
final challenge cache. Complete information can be found on the
South
Jersey Checkpoint Challenge (GC1NJDZ) cache page.
Happy caching and enjoy the South Jersey Checkpoint
Challenge!!!
This cache is certified South Jersey