First stop along the O&W railroad Traditional Cache
First stop along the O&W railroad
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Out with the Tramp & Trail Club hike and decided to place some caches along the trail. You are looking for a small but over size pill bottle big enough to hold coins or other small items.
There are 4 caches along this trail and the total mileage is 2 miles round trip. It took me 1-1/2 hours to walk the trail and place the caches. So, please plan accordingly. There are benches along the way to sit and rest a bit.
Now for the history of the trail:
The New York, Ontario and Western Railway, more commonly known as the O&W or NYO&W, was a regional railroad with origins in 1868, lasting until March 29, 1957.
The railroad began life as the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad, organized by Dewitt C. Littlejohn in 1868. Its mainline ran from Weehawken, New Jersey in the greater New York City area to Oswego, New York, a port city on Lake Ontario. It had branch lines to Scranton, Pennsylvania; Kingston, New York; Port Jervis, New York; Monticello, New York; Delhi, New York; Utica, New York and Rome, New York. The part south of Cornwall, New York was operated over the New York Central Railroad's West Shore Railroad via trackage rights.
TODAY: All 541 miles has no rails and is now part of the Rails-to-Trails system. Providing recreation to all who likes to hike, bike, ski, or snowmobile.
There is a slight hill to GZ.
Parking Coordinates will take you to the back of the Deansboro Fire Station where the Trail starts. Please park here and don't park in front and please don't block the Firehouse doors.
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