North Bend Cache

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  [] In West Virginia, United States

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This cache is located along the North Bend Rail Trail near Walker, West Virginia.

The North Bend Rail Trail is a 72-mile multipurpose trail that was formerly part of an abandoned spur of the B&O Railroad. The North Bend Rail Trail is known as the 'Trail of Tunnels.' Along the 72 mile trail are 13 tunnels and 36 bridges. If you hike any of the trail you are likely to see hikers, bikers, and horseback riders but no motorized vehicles. Check out the trail’s web page at www.northbendrailtrail.com

To get to the cache from Parkersburg travel east Rt. 47. About 6.5 miles past the Rt 47 and the I-77 intersection turn left onto Walker Road. The parking lot is about 4 miles on the left (N 39° 11.008 W 081° 22.421). Follow the trail for about 1 mile. You’ll pass an old log farmhouse and cross a dirt road. It’s a nice hike but you could get to the cache faster by bike.

If you travel past the cache just a little way you will see an old abandoned tunnel. If you hike to just past the 14 mile trail marker you will come to the Easton Tunnel. It is the 2nd longest tunnel on the trail.

The cache is in a green ammo can. It contains: a logbook and a North Bend Rail Trail brochure (just to look at), waterproof matches, an emergency blanket, a poncho, a set of hiking boot laces, a sewing kit, a fishing lure, a pin on compass, 2 tent pegs, a paperback novel, and a $1 bill.

Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

Decryption Key
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(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)

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Cache Logs

September 20 by wvmathman (44 found) Found with RamonOH. Nice day for a bike ride. TNLN TFTC [view this log]

September 3 by public nuisance (119 found) I parked at the end of the dead end road , then I took a short walk down the trail to the cache site , nice easy find, thanks for the fun TNLN, [view this log]

August 22 by Helldivers (303 found) ...a sparkling day for this two-mile hike.... saw a big hawk cross the trail right in front of us... coords were very good, even under the canopy.... T- mecha-gator L- Glenville State College key lanyard stickied the log; Thanks. p.s. we both think the terrain by the cache rates a "3" [view this log]

August 15 by Scott2 (53 found) Biked from NBSP on a warm summer evening. A strange mist was about the west end of the Silver Run Tunnel. Could it have been the ghost? TNLN. [view this log]

May 19 by PMKitchen (197 found) What a fun day. Thirty miles of the North Bend Rail Trail and three Geocaches. Thanks for the hunt. I exchanged carabieners. [view this log]

Current time: 11/22/2009 5:03:21 AM
Last Updated: 9/20/2009 5:05:06 PM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum