FTOC stands for Florida Trail Ocala Challenge. We enjoy hiking and
hope that there are other cachers out there who share the interest.
Not a real challenge type cache, the hope is that this series will
result in a nice string of caches on the Florida Trail as it
traverses Ocala National Forest. To help with this we hope to
identify the access points where a standard 2wd car can reach the
trail for a nice day hike in the 3 to 7 mile range. To this end we
have developed a cache naming system that may assist. All the cache
names will have the format: FTOC P (or T)###A (or B,C,D,E, or F). P
means it is a place to park where a road that is reachable by car
crosses the trail. T means it is a cache on the trail. ### is the
number of the cache which will start with 000 at the southern end
of the ONF near Paisley. The final letter indicates that all the
caches with the same letter were placed on the same day. In other
words, all the A series are in a nice one day hike. All the B
series are in another nice one day hike etc.
A 7.1 mi. 28 caches
B 3.2 mi. 15 caches
C 3.4 mi. 15 caches
D 4.7 mi. 17 caches
E 4.1 mi. 14 caches
F 5.5 mi. 29 caches
We did the “F” portion of the trail with Poosu who also
loves to hike. Between us, we placed 24 caches and there are also
other caches already present which will make this section a very
profitable caching trek. We hope you enjoy caching on the Florida
Trail!!
The cache container is a small lock n lock.