North Jersey Checkpoint
Challenge
Checkpoint
Aconcagua
Welcome to
Lewis
Morris County Park in Morris Township, NJ. This cache will
fulfill the “Aconcagua”
requirement for the
North Jersey Checkpoint Challenge.
Aconcagua is the highest mountain in South America, in the western
hemisphere, and in the southern hemisphere, too. No other peak on
earth, except Mount Everest, is further away from a higher
peak--you have to travel over 10,250 miles to the Hindu Kush
Mountains of Pakistan to find higher ground when traveling from
Aconcagua.
Fortunately, Lewis Morris Park's not that far away. The cache is
hidden adjacent to the park near a portion of the Patriot's
Path.
Named for Lewis Morris, the first Governor of the State of New
Jersey, this Park was the first to be opened in the Morris County
Park System in March, 1958. The original 350 acres have grown to a
total of 1154 acres, which includes a lake recreation area,
Parcourse Exercise Circuit, three ballfields, a group camping area
and six distinct picnic areas. The newest of these, Deer Run, was
officially opened at the Rededication Ceremonies on September 25,
1988. Lewis Morris Park, one of the first parks to benefit from the
Interpretive Signage program, is also one of the sites where
equestrian trails are designated and implemented.
The County´s veterans' memorial is located near the Route 24
entrance to the Park and was dedicated in 1992.
In June 1995 Saturn of Denville, Mount Olive, and Livingston,
donated their first playground to the Morris County Park
Commission. The playground, "Saturn Playgrounds" is a wonderful
combination of slides, rings, and climbing structures. It is
located next to Doe Meadow in the center of the park.
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