Tapawingo Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

OReviewer: From the Northern Region Office, New Jersey State Parks Department:

Over a year ago New Jersey enacted a policy that all geocachers must obtain a permit to have their cache on State Park property. We have informed all geocaching host that this is their responsibility and have given them ample time to go about getting their permits. At this time, over a year later, there are still several caches that haven’t complied.

We ask that as the land managers for the attached properties we would like to have these illegal caches removed.

Based on the list provided by the state, I am forced to archive this listing. If you have a permit, get a permit or don't believe your cache is on state park/forest land, please contact me via email. Make sure you include the GC code.

If you don't plan to get a permit, please remove your geocache so it doesn't become geo-trash.

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Hidden : 6/11/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Tapawingo was a fishing preserve built in the 1950's by inventor and entrepreneur Maitland Bleecker, who had a knack for bad luck. He was a pioneer in helicopter design and built a working prototype helicopter, but further wonr on it ceased due to the Great Depression.

He built Lake Sonoma, but a few years later the dam burst, leaving his fish in a few pools, where the bear made quick work of them. He then built a hatchery, but the pools were too shallow and over 100,000 fingerlings froze in the winter. So he fashioned a gas powered heating which inevitably failed at the worst possible time. When it went on the fritz, rather than see all his fingerling freeze, he dumped them in Lake Sonoma, where the birds feasted on the fingerlings in the spring.

This cache is along the Lake Sonoma trail, Best access is from Burnt Meadow Rd and the trailhead is on Burnt Meadow Rd about 50 feet south of the road to Lake Sonoma (see coordinates of trailhead below).


The cache itself is in an interesting rock formation that I noticed while passing by.

It's a small container with a log and pencil only.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre bireunatvat ebpx, tebhaq yriry, sne yrsg snpvat ebpx snpr.

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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