U.S. 60 and Massac Creek - 6.0 Traditional Cache
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U.S. 60 and Massac Creek - 6.0
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This is one in a series of caches that focus on the Massac Creek
Watershed of McCracken County, Kentucky. You will be looking for a
small, preformed test tube with a log and a pencil (BYOP just
incase). Each container is located near one of the streams that
compose a part of the Massac Creek watershed. The title of each
cache indicates the nearest road crossing and the stream milage
from its mouth. A small pull off is located at the cache site.
U.S. 60 crosses Massac Creek at 60 miles from its union with the
Ohio River, near the community of Concord. Massac Creek is 15 miles
long, beginning it journey just west of US-45.
This part of Massac Creek is composed of two braided branches that
pass beneath the bridges just east of the cache's location as seen
in Google Earth's streetview of the area.
The Massac Creek Watershed comprises more than 75 square miles,
eventually draining about 1/3rd of McCracken County nto the Ohio
River(see map below). . A USGS
Gaging Station is located at the US-62/Blandville Road
bridge.
The creek is home to many species of fish, including gar and
bluegill. Massac Creek was named and charted in the late 1830's and
early 1840's when Paducah was founded. For many years it was used
to power the Maxon Saw Mill.
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