This is one of ten caches placed for
Cache Across Maryland (CAM) 2012.
Each location was picked specifically to give you a taste of the state
and show you just a part of its beauty.
By visiting all ten CAM caches, you'll be able to see why Maryland is truly
"America in Miniature". We hope you enjoy them!
Hours: Sunrise to sunset.
Fees: NO fees for day use.
Pets: Pets are welcome in all areas of the park with the exception of the lake area but must remain on a leash.
Tuckahoe State Park comprises 3800 acres and is divided by Tuckahoe Creek, which runs the length of the park. The park has streams, fields, forests, wetlands a 60-acre lake, over 15 miles of trails where a diversity of wildlife and flora can be enjoyed.
Campsites, picnic grounds, a playground for children, and a disc golf course are also part of this park.
Fishing and Boating: (Gasoline motor use is prohibited)
Kayak and canoe rental are available April-October
Bald eagles, ospreys, great blue herons, beavers and muskrats have been seen.
Scenic Multi-use Trails:
Trails are open to hikers, mountain bikers and equestrians.
Mountain bikes are available to rent during spring, summer and fall.
Hunting:
The park is open to hunting from mid-October through February. Spring turkey season generally extends from mid-April through mid-May. Please use caution by wearing a fluorescent orange hat or clothing.
Adkins Arboretum, a Chesapeake Bay Gateway, is a 400-acre preserve within the park boundaries. The Arboretum trail system has over 3 miles of interpretive trails and gravel handicapped accessible walkways meandering through native woodlands. The site features over 600 species of native shrubs, trees, wildflowers, and grasses. The Adkins Arboretum entrance is at N38° 57.285 W75° 55.877. Visit www.atkinsarboretum.org for more info.
HERITAGE
The area's earliest inhabitants were the Nanticoke Indians, who established villages along Tuckahoe Creek.
It is believed that Tuckahoe Creek was part of Harriet Tubman's Underground Railroad, a secret network of safe houses where runaway slaves could stay on their journey north to freedom.
Frederick Douglass, a famous runaway slave and abolitionist, was born in a log cabin located along Tuckahoe Creek.
The park's entrance road, Crouse Mill Road, is named after a gristmill, which operated near the road from 1876 until 1920. Photographs of the former mill can be seen at the park Visitor Center (N38° 56.752 W75° 56.036).
CACHE INFO
You may want to start your visit at the Visitor’s Center (N38° 56.752 W75° 56.036), which is open from 10AM to sunset, to get a Tuckahoe State Park Trail Guide.
For this cache you will be walking along Pee Wee’s Trail which is described in the trail guide as a 1.6 mile easy trail. (You will not have to walk the entire trail.)
Begin your caching at N38° 57.610 W75° 56.793 (the listed coordinates), which is the entrance to parking. Parking is available from 1 hour before sunrise to 1 hour after sunset.
From parking head to Pee Wee’s Trail sign at N38° 57.606 W75° 56.712.
Walk down Pee Wee’s Trail, cross the water (you should be able to step across) and you will see a once majestic but still magnificent tree at N38° 57.357 W75° 56.692. At this location you will find the coordinates for Stage 2.
Continue on Pee Wee’s Trail to the Stage 2 coordinates. The trail will lead you along the creek and near flooded woodlands/ wooden marshlands. At Stage 2 you will find the coordinates for the final cache.
Stay on Pee Wee’s Trail until you get near GZ. Cache can be found less than 100 ft from the trail. It should be any easy off-trail walk to the cache unless YOU turn it into a bushwhack.
