A Diamond in the Rough (Seton Falls) Multi-Cache
A Diamond in the Rough (Seton Falls)
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Located in Seton Falls Park, a recently renovated "urban wilderness preserve" in the northeast Bronx. Part of a hopefully soon-to-be expanding series of caches with this name in little-known "urban" woods.
This amazing "hidden gem" is a large wooded park that is unknown even to most Bronxites. The NY City Dept. of Parks and Recreation is just finishing up a restoration project in which they have turned it into a nature preserve with both paved and dirt hiking trails.
The posted coordinates are to one of the many entrances, that at the corner of E. 233rd St. and Seton Ave. At that entrance you will see a sign that will tell you all about the flora, fauna, wildlife and rock formations in this park, as well as a rough trail map. There are lots of bird-watching opportunities and you should bring binoculars if so inclined.
To get the coordinates for the cache, you have to look at the last 4 digits of the 2 phone numbers on this sign. The cache itself is a large pill container that has room for small trade items.
The first phone number is after the part that says "For tours, call the Rangers at:". Take the last 4 digits and add that to the number 4050464 to get the NORTH coordinate for the cache (putting a decimal after the 4th digit).
The second phone number is after the part that says "To volunteer to protect and preserve this park, call:". Take the last 4 digits of this phone number and add that to the number 7348454 to get the WEST coordinates for the cache (putting a decimal after the 4th digit).
The cache location is deep enough into the woods that you cannot see or hear the very urban Bronx environment surrounding you. After finding the cache, continue on to N40 53.290 W73 50.392 to see a very nice waterfall for which the park is named for. Also, at N40 53.170 W73 50.187 you can see a really cool rock formation about 15-20 ft. high, there's a fairly easy path to the top where you can sit, have a drink and enjoy the view.
Parking is available on the streets bordering the park. You can also take the #5 train to its last stop at Dyre Ave. and take a walk of a few blocks to the park.
For more information, please go to these links:
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(visit link) The last one has a picture of the waterfall and some interesting info about the history of rattlesnakes in this area in the 1800s (none since though they are starting to appear in some northeast New Jersey parks for the first time in decades). The 2nd link has complete car/bus/subway directions. Have fun!
There's now a SECOND multi in this unique place, Alan2's Rattlesnake Creek cache: (visit link)
Additional Hints
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