Arrasquaugh Mystery Cache

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Spungebob: I am archiving this series to open up this great preserve for other caches. Hope you enjoyed them.

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Hidden : 5/29/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


In 1938, Nassau County acquired 56.5 acres of land on the border between the unincorporated areas of Seaford and Massapequa through tax action, gift, and purchase. This area, originally called “Arrasquaugh” (marshy creek) by the Native Americans who lived in the area during colonial times, was appropriated to preserve a portion of the Seaford Creek watershed and prevent roads and homes in the area from flooding during periods of high water. George Peters, Deputy Commissioner of Nassau County Department of Public Works, decided to leave the land in a natural state and as a result, Tackapausha became Nassau County’s first nature preserve.

Seaford Creek is significant to the human history of Long Island, because it forms the boundary between the Towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay. This boundary was established in 1643, when Tackapausha, the Sachem or Chief of the Massapequas sold tribal lands that now comprise the Town of Hempstead to European people who settled here, seeking religious tolerance and good farmland. Because the creek was navigable up to the area now know as Merrick Road, Seaford became an important port for receiving coal, lumber, rags for local paper mills, and other merchandise that was then transported to destinations inland.

The coordinates for the cache will take you to the parking lot for the preserve. If you have time or are with the kids, visit the museum. They will love the live animal show which is on the weekends. Call for the schedule - (visit link) , but at least go to the museum and get the trail guide. It costs $1.00 and is well worth it. It has maps of the trails and some pictures of the history of this preserve. I used that guide to plan the hike for this cache. There are some other interesting spots in this preserve that you will pass that I haven’t mentioned, including an old home site once occupied by Thomas Jones built around 1900.

The whole loop is about 4 miles. Start at the entrance by the parking lot. You will be making a loop and returning right back to this spot. As you go through the gate, follow the trail across the bridge spanning Seaford Creek. I made this cache five separate caches as opposed to a multi, so you didn’t have to do it all at once if that was too long for you. Plus, it was a thank you to the people helping out for the CITO day.

Please re-hide the caches well!

Directions for finding the Bonus mystery cache:

First you must find the 5 other caches hidden in this park with the prefix T.P. #1-5. In the log book for each cache will be a North and West Coordinate. They are in no particular order. After finding all the caches – (T.P. #1-5), you will have 5 North and 5 West coordinates. You will have to figure out which order they go in. It is located within the preserve. These numbers are the last 5 digits of both the north and west coordinates: N 40 xx.xxx, and W073 xx.xxx. I will give you one clue:
The last three numbers in the North coordinate go from lowest to highest.

I got the idea for this from "The Rubber Connection" by JerryMonkey, if you want a REAL challenge, try that one.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ubyr va onfr bs gerr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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