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Great Hike VA (shared, public)

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This is a quick list of some hikes in the area that I have enjoyed or am planning to enjoy. Please let me know if others should be added or information I am missing.

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X   GC Code Cache Name  

GC1494A Unknown Cache 100 Occoquan Trailmasters 100
   

GCZZ99 Letterbox Hybrid Affliction
  Distance: 2 miles
Trails/bushwacking/terrain: on trail
Distance: 5-6 miles
Will I get my feet wet?: a few small stream crossings
Parking cords: posted
Location of trail maps: ?
Best entry point: right next to parking
Place to eat/snack after:Place to eat/snack after: N 38° 54.799 W 078° 05.999, just a gas station, but they have a grill and some other good stuff
Other caches on the way: Few buzzards
Other stuff: letterbox so added fun!!!
 

GC80A6 Multi-cache Au Naturel Experience
   

GCV17N Multi-cache BAT-21: Norris
  Distance: 3 miles
Trails/bushwacking/terrain: all on trail, maybe a few steps off
Will I get my feet wet?: Nope
Parking cords:on cache page
Best entry point: trailhead right at parking
Other caches on the way: Nope
Other stuff: Not wild (you can see houses the whole way) but a nice hike along the river.
 

GC14X8B Unknown Cache Be the Genealogist-Final
 
Distance: 2 miles
Trails/bushwacking/terrain: almost all bushwacking
Will I get my feet wet?: a few small stream crossings
Parking cords:N 38° 42.696 W 077° 18.062
Location of trail maps: If you find some trails let me know
Best entry point:N 38° 42.337 W 077° 17.867
Place to eat/snack after:N 38° 45.532 W 077° 20.409
Other caches on the way: Koz Koncert
Other stuff: need to the other 6 first
 

GCP809 Earthcache Dragon's Tooth Earthcache
   

GC135 Traditional Cache Elvis Confluence
   

GC7E79 Traditional Cache Ghosts of Occoquan II -The Black Rocks
   

GCTWY7 Traditional Cache Huntley 5 Mile
   

GC14213 Multi-cache If You Want To Run With The Big Dogs... Bulldog
   

GC123T7 Multi-cache If You Want To Run With The Big Dogs... Greyhound
   

GC11NCM Multi-cache If You Want To Run With The Big Dogs... Mastiff
   

GCH0M8 Traditional Cache It's Not the Astrodome...It's Dick's Dome
  Distance: 5 miles round trip if you get all 4
Trails/bushwacking/terrain: all on hardpack trail
Will I get my feet wet?: a few very small stream crossings
Parking cords:N 38° 57.795 W 078° 01.184 (right off pavement)
Location of trail maps: ??
Best entry point:trail by parking will take you to the white trail
Place to eat/snack after:Place to eat/snack after: N 38° 54.799 W 078° 05.999, just a gas station, but they have a grill and some other good stuff
Other caches on the way: 3 other on same section of tail
Other stuff:
 

GCJMNW Traditional Cache koz's kataract kache (adopted by Team Weathergirl)
  Distance: 1 mile
Trails/bushwacking/terrain: thin dirt trails with a
Will I get my feet wet?: a few small stream crossings
Parking cords:on side of street at trailhead
Other stuff: walk under beltway, walk along Potomic, waterfalls
 

GCR4YG Traditional Cache koz's kathouse kache
   

GCZP3V Earthcache Mather Gorge
  Distance: 3 miles
Trails/bushwacking/terrain: all on trail
Will I get my feet wet?: nope
Parking cords:at visitor center
Other caches on the way: an earthcache and a virt
Other stuff: Amazing views along here. Would defiantly recommend taking the shoreline one way and coming back along the locks and old building. Try to make it early in the morning or another "non tourist" time as it great to have the place to yourself.
 

GCME1E Multi-cache Meadowood Scramble
   

GC16B2 Multi-cache Moonshine Mountain
   

GCGVQB Unknown Cache Primal Instinct (BB05)
   

GC12MNB Traditional Cache Signal Knob Revisited
  Distance: 2 miles
Trails/bushwacking/terrain: on trail
Distance: 10 miles, but do the loop for 12
Will I get my feet wet?: Nope
Parking cords: N 38° 56.099 W 078° 19.199
Location of trail maps: (visit link)
Best entry point: right next to parking
Place to eat/snack after: N 38° 54.799 W 078° 05.999, just a gas station, but they have a grill and some other good stuff
Other caches on the way: 3 others on the loop plus make sure to solve space invaders before you go
Other stuff: This is a great hike and well worth the long drive from DC. There is something beautiful about it even when not looking out from the countless vista (I think it may be the lack of car noise in the background). I took the fire road down, but next time may cut back over on the gray trail. Would be nice to have kept it all on trail.
 
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