This is one of a series of geocaches along the Pocumtuck Ridge. A portion of your hike follows the blue blazed ridge trail. Unfortunately, every trail on this part of the ridge is blazed blue.
You can park at the gate where Stage Rd. turns into Pocumtuck Dr.
The cache is a regular sized container.
Note: 7.17.21 The cache container has been repositioned. Please be careful extracting and returning the container.
Each season will offer its own rewards.
The following description is from:
Ecological Inventory Report
Pocumtuck Ridge Deerfield, Massachusetts
Prepared by UMass Extension’s Natural Resource and Environmental Conservation Program
Laurie Sanders, Kasey Rolih
For the Deerfield Land Trust
December 6, 2002
The largest of these is Clapp Pond, which is surrounded by a mix of red maple, hemlock, and white pine. Black cherry, black birch and witch hazel are also common. In a rocky nook, on the pond’s eastern boundary the forest includes several large trees, many exhibiting bark characteristics suggesting that they are quite old. The understory varies depending on hydrology and light. While some areas are dominated by species associated with shady, dry acid woods (Southern Ground-Cedar (Diphasiastrum digitatum), ground pine, partridgeberry (Mitchella repens), Canada mayflower, bracken, sweet lowbush blueberry, sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia)); other areas with more light and moisture are dominated by species like sensitive fern, royal fern, cinnamon fern, monkey flower (Mimulus ringens), touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis), and mad-dog skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora). Winterberry and alder are common along the ponds shorelines, and water willow (Decodon verticillata) is common in its shallow waters.