Bluff Trail Traditional Cache
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Located along the Bluff Trail at Dixon Springs State Park.
There has been a lot of trees cut in the area recently and a couple large cedar trees are filling the alcove where the cache was hidden so I had to move it to a more accessible spot. The new spot still has the same general theme, there are some little arches and you have to scramble up to a much easier spot to have a look around to find the cache.
This trail is the least traveled trail within the park. Therefore,
you will likely have this area all to yourself to explore to your
heart's content. Wildlife is prevalent on this trail. I have not
been on this trail without seeing deer, squirrel, lizards, toads,
birds or tree frogs. Also during a rain or shortly after there are
dozens of spots that water cascades from the low bluffs, however,
you must be there during or after a rain to see the water flowing
off the bluffs. 
Tips: From the trail the cache is well above your head and GPS
accuracy is about 50 to 80 feet. There is no need to go to the top
of the bluffs to reach this cache but I do use the neat little tree
growing out of the bluff with 3 vertical limbs.
The Bluff Trail is accessed by the Pine Tree Trail at the primitive
campground N37 23.098 W88 39.929 and is about a 1.5 mile loop on
mostly manicured trail until it gets to the creek below the bluffs.
After you have found the cache and you still want to explore you
can easily access the top of the bluffs at N37 23.368 W88 39.471 to
enjoy the lichen covered sandstone barren.
For more information about Dixon Springs:
http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/Landmgt/PARKS/R5/DIXON.HTM
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