RAC-38 "Little River Loop Trio + One" Traditional Cache
RAC-38 "Little River Loop Trio + One"
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Located at Sweezy Pond cranberry bog preserve on County Rd. 63 in
Riverside, Long Island. This cache is a complement to Rozz's Little
River Loop trio. If you park at these coords: N 40° 54.168 W
072°40.330 this cache will be either 2nd or last depending on how
you walk the trail around Sweezy Pond. Cache is a small lock and
lock about 30 feet off the trail.
A bit about Sweezy
Pond
The Cranberry Bog Preserve at
Sweezy Pond consists of 460 acres in the Long Island Pine Barrens,
with wet lands and woodlands. There is a 3/4-mile trail around the
Pond. The Little Peconic Friver feeds Sweezy Pond, which was formed
years ago to flood the cranberry bog and now flows over the dam
north of the bog through a large marshy area. Most of the edges of
the preserve are bordered by typical pine-oak barrens. Fresh water
life is abundant and includes a variety of interesting mollusks,
fish, turtles and amphibians. Several rare species of caddis flies,
dragonflies and moths have been found along the margins of the
pond. The rare and local Bog Copper (Lycaena thoe) is found here.
This moth remains very close to its habitat, the bog, where its
food plant, the cranberry grows. More than 13 species of Orchids
have been recorded in the bog environs. Most are rare but three
species may be seen with certainty: Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium
acole) Grass Pink (Colopogon pulchellus) Rose Pogonia (Pogonia
ophioglossoides). Probably the most curious plants in the bog are
the carnivorous plants. Sun Dews in three species round
leafed(Drosera rotundifoilia), oval leafed (Drosera intermedia),
abd thread leafed (Drosera filiformis)can all be found in the
marshy areas of the bog. Pitcher plants(Sarracenia purpurea) are
also common in these areas too. Along with the insect and plant
life, Sweezy Pond supports many species of invertebrates,fish,
amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. It abounds with life of
all sorts. If you have the time look around and spend a few hours
there.You will be surprised at what you see.
The History of the Cranberry
Bog
In 1885, two brothers, M.H. and
S.H. Woodhull, formed a partnership to grow cranberries and
purchased
all the Sweezy property. M.H. Woodhull took the job of grading
the
marsh so that it could be evenly flooded. In the spring of 1886,
it
was "sanded" the muck was covered with a layer of sand. and
cranberry vines were set in May. The first picking from the bog was
in 1889,when 10 bushels were sold locally. By 1892, 21,600 bushels
were sold at $2 per bushel. The business was continue by S.H.
Woodhull and his son until the late 1930s.
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