Eddy Lick Splash Dam Traditional Cache
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The cache is a small ammo container with a few trade items and a
log. Wear appropriate shoes because this hike can be wet in places.
Remember your fishing pole. Relax at the camping spot near the
dam.
I think you will enjoy this cache. I used to fish Eddy Lick with my
dad and brother when I was younger. My dad still makes a trip down
the old road about once a year. It is a beautiful area deep in the
wilds and it will allow you to escape. I am excited to share this
location with my fellow geocachers. I hope you appreciate the
surroundings along your journey.
DIRECTIONS
There are a couple ways to access the cache location via the Chuck
Keiper Trail. You can come in from PA 144 or De Hass Road on the
CKT.
You can also drive part way in with a 4x4 vehicle. Begin your
adventure on De Hass Road off of PA 144. Travel out De Hass about
2.87 miles and look for a grassy, dirt road that turns to the right
marked “1578”. This is a rough road and at times can get tight with
intruding tree branches. Within minutes on this road you will join
the Chuck Keiper Trail. The orange blazes mark the path. Park your
vehicle where the trail cuts to the right down over the bank. From
here just follow the blazed trail.
On the way to the cache look for the huge tree that grew in the
middle of the old logging railroad grade. This gives you an idea of
how long it’s been since trains traveled this route. Also, see if
you can spot another small piece of evidence along the trail that a
railroad was once in this area. **Hint** There is a large tree that
fell across the trail near this.
HISTORY
A splash dam permitted logging along streams that were too small to
float logs even in the spring flood. Most splash dams were
temporary affairs made of logs and earth, but the one on Eddy Lick
Run was built largely of rock and may be the best preserved in the
state.
You will encounter some old logging railroad grades. You can tell
these are old railroad grades by the uniformity of its grade, its
lack of sharp turns and the frequent and regularly spaced
transverse depressions formed where the ties rotted in place. Some
of the old railroad grades crossed the streams and their bridges
are long gone, but you can still see some old timbers in the
streambed.
At the spillway of the dam a few old timbers remain. When in use,
the pond behind the dam was allowed to fill while logs were piled
in front of the spillway. All trees and brush were cleared from the
valley below so that logs wouldn’t be impeded. When all was ready,
the spillway gate opened and the flood picked up the logs and
carried them away. Crews of men ran along both sides of the stream
to re-float stranded logs before the splash was over. It was a
labor-intensive method of bringing logs to a sawmill.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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Treasures
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