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!
THIS CACHE IS ONLY AVAILABLE FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET!
Mallows Bay
Canoe/Kayak Access Point
This mile-long natural bay served many purposes before it became a “ship graveyard,” including thousands of years of Native American uses evidenced by archaeological remains. Remnants of ships dating back to the American Revolution, an early 1900s four-masted schooner, a steel-hulled car ferry, a log canoe, and several abandoned fishing boats from the 19th and 20th centuries make this the largest collection of shipwrecks in North America.
Nearly 90 wooden skeletons of World War I cargo ships, discarded by the U.S. Shipping Board, sold for salvage, and then burned to their waterlines now host an amazing array of fishes, wildflowers, painted turtles, bald eagles, river otters and even deer on these isolated wetland sanctuaries.
Nanjemoy Creek is one of the largest Great Blue Heron rookeries on the East Coast. Documented for the last 50 years, the herons have returned to Nanjemoy Creek during the week of Valentine’s Day to nesting sites in the treetops 100 to 150 feet above the ground where they lay their eggs.
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Use the infomation sign at stage 1 to answer the questions and find the cache.
The cache is located at: N38 28.0XX W77 15.XXX
N 38 28.0XX: The number of square miles Mallows Bay encompasses + 48
W 77 15.XXX: Length of the Potomac River + 144