Horn Pond was established as a resort as a result of the development of the Middlesex Canal. The canal provided sightseeing excursions, with one of the region's first amusement parks built along it at Horn Pond. The amusements included a bowling alley located on an island in the middle of the pond! For more information and a sketch of Horn Pond House, click here.
The first and oldest cache in Massachusetts is also located in this park. First Mass was placed here on October 10, 2000. I thought it would be appropriate to return to tradition by returning to the site of this first cache.
Jimmy's Geo Hunt is also located here.
There are picnic tables and fishing is allowed, so you may want to spend the day. And if you forget to bring your lunch, you can always purchase a hot dog or a sausage sub from the hot dog stand that sets up in the parking lot!
The original cache container was a good old-fashioned metal ammo can but it went missing, so it was replaced by a plastic container. It was hidden in a new location nearby the original hide on April 10, 2017. It was filled with brand new swag and a new log book! Since this series focuses on creating and maintaining quality traditional caches, please bring something to trade that you would be really happy to find in a cache. In other words:
I hope you enjoy your leisurely stroll around the pond. And thanks to Bubba Riley for beginning this tradition!
Here's a list of all the caches in the series:
Return To Tradition #1: Burnt Out - Bubba Riley
Return to Tradition #2: The Cache at Hobbs Brook - Dosido
Return to Tradition #3: Right on the Button - WaldenRun
Return to Tradition #4: Snowbirds at Turkey Hill - Bigrock95
Return to Tradition #5: Otter Slide - geos of the jungle
Return To Tradition #6: Palmer Wildlife Mgmt Area - XiaDog and Dingity
Return to Tradition #7: The Dog Rose - NotThePainter
Return to Tradition #8: Henry's Hill Hybrid - the hermit crabs
Return to Tradition #9: Woronoco Dragon - TomandSiegi
Return to Tradition #10: Return to the First - Goldfinch593
Return to Tradition #11: Mount Pisgah - the hermit crabs
Return to Tradition # 13: Choate Farm Cache - Danvers Duo
Return to Tradition #14: James Swamp - ggkid & amp61698
Return to Tradition #15: The Westside Trail - Team Spoonhead
Return to Tradition #16: Tophet Chasm - terredactill
Return To Tradition #17: Herlihy Swamp - twilighter
Return To Tradition #18: Rex Rides Again - haverood
Return To Tradition #19 - Loch Cache
Return To Tradition #20: Dacquino Forest - twilighter