AGT-McKean-Heffner Reservoir 1 Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

DooWopDee: Cachers reported this cache is MIA. Archiving it as an AGT since the stamp is also missing. This is a beautiful spot, so I will try to place another cache somewhere in the area in the near future, unless someone else does so first; in which case, I will attempt a find [:)]! Thanks to all who visited and posted great logs.

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Hidden : 9/25/2007
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The geocache hidden at the posted coordinates is a regular geocache, however, it is also part of the Allegheny GeoTrail (AGT), a publicly funded project designed to promote a pleasant and positive experience and image of the Allegheny National Forest region and its gateway communities.

The AGT utilizes the growing interest in geocaching to assist both residents and visitors to the area in learning more about the unique attractions in the ten participating counties. This cache contains a unique self inking rubber stamp which you should use to stamp your Allegheny GeoTrail Passport to verify that you found it. When you have found a minimum of six AGT caches, you will be eligible to have your AGT passport validated and receive a commemorative AGT trackable geocoin at participating locations. You must have your official AGT passport with you when you find this cache in order to stamp it. Click on the Allegheny GeoTrail Logo below to visit the AGT website at www.alleghenygeotrail.com for complete details and a listing of participating locations where you may pick up and validate AGT passports to receive your souvenir geocoin, trackable at www.geocaching.com .



(From downtown Bradford, head west on West Corydon Street (until it ends), about 5 miles at the Bradford City Water Plant. Do NOT enter the water plant, but rather park in the small parking area on the right, just outside the gates. This is public parking. When you get nearer the cache area, if you go to the end of the grassy walkway before you veer off to the cache area, the terrain should be relatively easy. Included in the cache is a camera. If you are feeling energetic, go back up the incline and take your picture using the beautiful reservoir as a backdrop. If not, the cache area itself is rather pretty. Please post in the logbook the number of your picture. “IMAGINE a landscape of forested mountains, clear flowing streams, a fantastic array of trees, shrubs and wildflowers, wildlife of all varieties; a place where the beauty of natural balance prevails; a place where the community, the landowners and the land users work together to facilitate this balance; a place where local ingenuity, a strong connection to the land and voluntary stewardship have combined for the benefit of these people and their paradise. Sound far-fetched? Not if you hunt or live near the 74,000-acre Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative (KQDC) in northwest McKean County, where such a landscape has been in the works since 1998. Folks in Bradford have a history of being forward thinkers. During the oil rush of the early 19th Century, deciding to guarantee their water supply, the townfolk built the precursors to what's now the Heffner Reservoir. They valued the resource, they knew it was important and they knew it was possible to spoil it. So they set aside a share of land in the watershed and protected it, thus ensuring an ample supply of clean water for their community long into the future. Now they are protecting their forests, their livelihood and their recreational traditions.” GAME NEWS – 2005 Featured Article Archive “Beginning to See the Forest for the Trees”. For more information on the reservoirs in this area, go to www.bradfordwater.com.)

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