CAM 2013 - Frederick County Multi-Cache
CAM 2013 - Frederick County
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This is one of ten caches placed for the 2013 Cache Across Maryland.
In celebration of the 10th Annual CAM, we are honoring the first MGS Cache Across Maryland by taking cachers back to the original 2004 CAM locations!
Each location was picked specifically by the original CAM hiders to give cachers a taste of the state and show you its beauty. By combining all ten, you'll be able to see why Maryland is truly "America in Miniature". We hope you enjoy them!
This cache is placed not far from the original CAM 2004 Frederick County location GCJ152 hidden by Shady.
Gambrill State Park – High Knob
Welcome to Appalachia
The following places are ALL familiar to any who have beaten the highways, byways and out-of-the-way places to complete Cache Across Maryland (CAM). So, what do Herrington Manor, New Germany, Fort Frederick, Washington Monument, Gambrill, Patapsco Valley, Elk Neck and Pocomoke River State Parks share in common? You would be right to assert that all are home to geocaches. You would almost be right to say all have been the site of CAM caches at one time or another over the years. Gambrill is the exception.
Still there remains a profound and historic connection between these State Parks, and it lies in how and why they came to be. To jumpstart the nation from the Great Depression in 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated a series of public work programs to get Americans back to work.
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was among the first and most successful of these efforts. It was the largest public forest and park development effort in America’s history. For nearly ten years, the CCC put over two million young men to work, conserving natural resources and building many fine facilities that have stood the test of time and use and which we still enjoy today.
CCC Statue at High Knob
Camp S-57 was built along Fishing Creek in June of 1933. For the next decade, young men between the ages of 18 and 25 improved and protected the forest lands of the Frederick Watershed and built Gambrill Park here atop High Knob. Among their many efforts, they planted trees, built roads and bridges, installed water, sewer and electric utilities, built trails and firebreaks and constructed most of the buildings that are present here today.
So Geocachers…Welcome to High Knob! Take your time. Get a good eyeful. Digest some of the interpretive history and enjoy this beautiful slice of Americana.
This fun multi-cache will lead you to a regular size Lock & Lock container. Please follow all park rules and no night caching!
A Note about Parking - Parking is available at the parking option A, at N39 27.857 W77 29.713, all year around. However, during winter and until April 1st each year, the road beyond which leads to parking option B, at N39 27.716 W77 29.745, and Middletown Overlook is closed to vehicle access due to potential difficulties with ice or snow.
Cache coordinates: N39 27.ABC W077 29.DEF
*** NOTE: Do not, at any time, bushwack down or up a steep slope. Trails will take you to within 170ft of the cache hide. ***
Proceed to the 3 info signs in CCC Exhibit at waypoint 1. Locate the sign titled "Moving Forests and Parks Ahead by 25 Years" and read Donald Lewis's quote center top.
AB = the last 2 digits of the year of his quote + 1.
C = the last digit of the year of his quote - 1.
The Frederick Overlook, an open stone structure, is a short distance away. You may wish to visit it to check out the view over Frederick.
Proceed to the Middletown Overlook at waypoint 2. You may take the scenic route by following the green trail from the CCC exhibit to the black trail. At the intersection of the green and black trails, stay to your right on the black trail until you reach the overlook. Along the way you will pass the Natural Playground, a view of the Tearoom from below, an interesting rock formation and another smaller overlook.
A slightly shorter route is to take the park road to the overlook, on foot if it is closed to vehicular traffic, or by driving if it is open. Parking is provided for near the overlook, although it may be full on warm busy weekend days.
At the Middletown Overlook, facing the view over Middletown, look at the OUTSIDE edge at the end (nearest the trail) of the right side stone wall. Count the number of rows of stone at this end of the wall, including the top row and the row that juts out to form a seat. (Note the inside edge has an extra row.)
D = the number of rows - 2.
Now follow the black trail clockwise then yellow for 100 ft, around to the north and waypoint 3 where the green and yellow trails intersect. At the intersection there is a 4 sided post with painted arrows and a sign attached that reads "BLACK TRAIL 100 FEET" with one arrow. Count the total number of arrows (a symbol with an arrowhead at each end counts as one "arrow") on the POST itself, do not count the arrow on the "BLACK TRAIL 100 FEET" sign.
EF = 8 multiplied by the number of arrows then add 7.
(A checksum to check on your math: A + B + C + D + E + F = 43.)
Proceed downhill on the yellow trail to the cache. Once you've signed the log, the shortest way back to parking is to retrace your steps up the yellow trail to the black trail and then past the Nature Center to parking. There may however be other caches to find in different directions.
We Trust You Have Enjoyed High Knob !
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