North Jersey Checkpoint
Challenge
Checkpoint
Fuji
Welcome to
Laurel Hill County Park in Secaucus, NJ. This cache will
fulfill the “Fuji” requirement
for the
North Jersey Checkpoint Challenge.
This park is
located right under the NJ turnpike route 95. To reach this
park you must be on the eastern spur of the TP and exit at 15X
(there is no 15X on the western spur). I am sure there are
some local roads to reach here as well.
This cache
is located atop of New Jersey's own little Mt. Fuji. You will have
to climb to the top of this mountain to find an ammo can. If
you are adventurous (and crazy) you can try scaling the west side
of this mountain to reach the cache. For the more sane cacher you
can approach from the north side of the mountain where there is a
trail that takes you up with a mild climb. A nice trail at the top
will lead you to the cache. The cache is a short bushwack off of
the trail.
**Important: You will not need to go over the side of
the mountain into the rocks to find this cache. The cache is about
6 feet from the edge.
**Be
advised that there is a trail that leads you along the south side
and over to the east side of the mountain to access a service road
up to the cache. I ran into a Railroad Police officer while
going this way to place the cache who informed me that this is
private property and off limits. Proceed at your own
risk**
Official NJCC
Information
The Northern New Jersey Cachers (NNJC) are sponsoring the North
Jersey Checkpoint Challenge series. This challenge is intended to
take geocachers on a tour of Northern New Jersey (loosely defined
as north of I-78) while finding caches placed by members of the
NNJC. On the tour, we hope you will find North Jersey an
interesting and beautiful part of our great state.
Scattered around the area are 26 checkpoint caches and a final
challenge cache -
North Jersey Checkpoint Challenge (GC1NNJC). The names of the
individual checkpoint caches are based on a phonetic alphabet using
mountain names since North Jersey is the mountainous region of the
state. The 26 checkpoints do not have to be completed in any
particular order. See the NJCheckpoint bookmark for the complete
list of caches.
Hidden within the 26 checkpoint caches are numbers to be used in
determining the coordinates of the final North Jersey Checkpoint
Challenge cache – please be sure to note them while you are
there.
While there are no special logging requirements for the 26
checkpoint caches, there are special logging requirements for the
final challenge cache. Complete information can be found on the
North Jersey Checkpoint Challenge (GC1NNJC) cache page.
Happy caching and enjoy the North Jersey Checkpoint
Challenge!!!
This cache is certified North
Jersey