Park along Wadsworth Avenue and use these coordinates for the
trail head: N41 38.981 W080 09.550. Beware of poison ivy in
summer.
This cache is on property owned by the French Creek Valley
Conservancy (FCVC). This property was donated to FCVC in 1998 by
Charles Smock. Visit the FCVC website at
frenchcreekconservancy.org.
The cache is near what was the second largest sycamore tree in
Crawford County
(http://www.crawfordconservation.com/for-bigtrees.html). Here is
the link to a photo of the tree before it was burned and had to be
taken down in 2011:
http://www.crawfordconservation.com/Platanusoccidentalis-Conservancy1.JPG.JPG
This cache is maintained by Creek Connections, an environmental
education project at Allegheny College. At the heart of Creek
Connections is a collaboration between the
college and teachers in western Pennsylvania and New York for
the
purpose of encouraging natural science education through
hands-on
field and laboratory experiences. Allegheny College faculty
and
students provide the framework and assistance for
school-based
investigative research in regional watersheds. Emphasizing a
hands-on, inquiry based investigation of local waterways,
this
project annually involves over 40 different secondary schools
and
the classes of 50 teachers. Check out our website at
http://creekconnections.allegheny.edu/