GC3WYWW Morton Park Century Mark (Traditional Cache) in Rhode Island, United States created by newport9

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A cache by newport9 Message this owner

Hidden : 9/16/2012

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This cache is hidden in Morton Park and commemorates my 100^th cache find, hence the name “Morton Park Century Mark”. A short walk on a quiet trail in a great park.

Morton Park has been around since 1920. It was left to the city of Newport by Levi Parsons Morton, the 22nd vice president of the United States. Parsons lived primarily in New York but also had property in Newport and he left his mansion to Salve Regina University and this plot of land to be made into a park. Nice guy.
Even though Newport gets swarms of tourists and visitors in the summer not too many people make it to the park. It's only a block away from Bellevue Ave and all the historic mansions and touristy stuff but it's primarily used just by local people. For some reason most people visiting Newport seem stuck in certain areas and miss most of the cool parts of the city.
The park has a playground that is usually infested with screaming kids in the summer and several large open fields that are great for throwing around footballs or walking dogs. Some benches are scattered around and a short hiking trail is located in the woods on the south side. This is where I have hidden the cache. I have seen folks cross country skiing here in the winter but there really isn't much room. Most people that come here seem to be more intent on doing nothing rather than something.
In the colder months the park gets very quiet, serene and peaceful. When the wind is right you can smell the ocean on the breeze to remind you how Newport got the name "City by the Sea". A park that is a nice place to get away from crowds and noise, and a place that you can go by a millions times and never notice it. One of those special locations that seem to be stealthy and disappears unless you go out of your way to look for it.
The cache is a round Tupperware-type container with a blue top. Please return it right where found.
Congrats to BBWolf+3Pigs on FTF!

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A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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