South Jersey Checkpoint Challenge
Checkpoint Ximenia
Welcome to the Glassboro WMA in Glassboro, NJ. This cache will fulfill the “Ximenia” requirement for the South Jersey Checkpoint Challenge.
The first WMA in NJ was the Walpack Tract in Sussex Co. a 387 acre plot purchased by the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners as a "Public Shooting and Fishing Ground" Glassboro is one of the oldest WMAs; it was started in 1935. This 2368 acre tract is predominately oak and pine forest. The forest is traversed by a number of streams including Little Ease Run and Beaverdam Branch. With little change in elevation within the WMA, these streams and their tributaries produce a number of decidous swamps that dominate the landscape. Here you will find Maple, Sweet Gum, Sassafras, and the majestic Atlantic White Cedar. As this cache is being placed the understory of Mountain Laurel is coming into bloom.
Ximenia sp. will not be found here. However, Ximenia americana can be seen in central and southern Florida. Know variously as Tallow Wood, Hog Plum, and Yellow Plum it is a tropical hardwood that may grow to 30'. It has a white blossom and a yellow fruit.
Finding the Cache
This is a simple offset cache. You are looking for a 6X6X3.5" L&L. The listed waypoint will bring you to a big "X" Proceed about 430' east where you will find a sign facing you. It has six words on it. Count the number of letters in each word and substitute them as follows: # of letters in first word=A; # of letters in second word =B; number of letters in fourth word minus the # of letters in the third word=C; number of letters in the third word minus the number of letters in the fifth word=D; # of letters in the sixth word plus D=E; # of letters in the third word=F. The Cache may be found at: 39 41.CBA 075 0F.EDE
Details
Parking can be found within 100' of the posted coords at the end of Moore's Ave if the gate is closed or just inside the WMA if open. DO NOT BLOCK GATE, BIKEPATH, or ROADS!! Wear orange during hunting season. Please do not enter the WMA between the hours of 9 PM and 5 AM. The way to the cache is a great level paved railtrail so BRING YOUR BIKE!! If you chose to hike the round trip should take less than an hour. There is a slight bushwhack at GZ. Please put "everything" back the way you found it in and around GZ. FTF prize is clearly marked. Drop me an email and let me know your plans for it.
Official SJCC Information
The South Jersey Geocachers (SJG) are sponsoring the South Jersey Checkpoint Challenge series. This challenge is intended to take geocachers on a tour of Southern New Jersey (loosely defined as south of I-195) while finding caches placed by members of the SJG. On the tour, we hope you will find South Jersey an interesting and beautiful part of our great state.
Scattered around the area are 26 checkpoint caches and a final challenge cache - South Jersey Checkpoint Challenge (GC1NJDZ). The names of the individual checkpoint caches are based on a phonetic alphabet using plants to represent the diversity of ecosystems that you will encounter on your tour of Southern New Jersey. You may even run into the infamous Jersey Devil while you're there. The 26 checkpoints do not have to be completed in any particular order. See the SJCheckpoint 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 South 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 South Jersey Checkpoint Challenge (GC1NJDZ) cache page.
Happy caching and enjoy the South Jersey Checkpoint Challenge!!!
This cache is certified South Jersey
This is a "Placed by Bicycle" cache!