Soldier Cave Traditional Cache
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Hideout of Civil War soldier, this is a strenuous hike, but well worth it if you are in shape!
Coordinates lead you to a cave that legend says a Confederate soldier hid in after the battle of Pea Ridge in Arkansas. He holed up in this cave until hostilities were over. Getting there is fun but lots of work. There is a new trail that branches off the first trail to your left as you begin. Follow this trail - careful at the top of the Grotto! (Old instructions: Do not even use your GPS until you follow Trail 1 and go down 315 stone stairs, built by seven men in 1936 and 1937. At the bottom, turn on your GPS and follow it (and the trail) through the Grotto and up the other side and on for about 100 yards to the cave entrance.) The cache is a mini Altoids can and just outside the cave in the roots of the tree. Go ahead into the cave, too. Imagine living inside for a couple of years! Flashlight will help, but isn't essential--especially in the morning sunshine. Counting the wooden and stone steps on the entire trail, you will have stepped up or down 740 steps when you get back to your vehicle! And that doesn't count the trail, both level and incline...
Do NOT bushwhack from the parking lot - look at the old logs (October, 2010) and see it cost one cacher three days in the hospital and over $40,000 from snakebite!
***Permission for this cache has been gained from the Branson City Parks and Recreation Department***
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