North Jersey Checkpoint
Challenge
Checkpoint
Kilimanjaro
Welcome to
Mahlon
Dickerson Reservation in Jefferson Township, NJ. This cache
will fulfill the “Kilimanjaro”
requirement for the
North Jersey Checkpoint Challenge.
Mahlon Dickerson Reservation, the largest park of the Morris
County Park System, encompasses 3,200 acres of near wilderness and
recreational areas, with over 20 miles of multi-use trails. One of
the Reservation's outstanding features is Headley Overlook, one of
the highest points in the Morris County Park System. If you hike
along the Pine Swamp trail, the highest point in Morris County, at
1395 feet, can also be found. This checkpoint cache is located by
Saffin Pond where visitors have access to hiking, biking and
equestrian trails as well as fishing, ice skating and picnicking.
From the Saffin Pond parking lot take the teal blazed Highland
Trail. The cache is an ammo can stocked with safari animals and
other safari related items. As you walk by the pond, you may notice
some of the damage that has been done by the beavers in the area.
Enjoy the view.
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
