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Jack In the Pulpit Traditional Cache

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Sara-Cap NYS Parks: Thank you very much for participating in the 2013 NYS Parks Saratoga-Capital District Region Geocache Challenge! Please look for the 3rd Annual Challenge to start in May 2014. Please join us on Saturday, November 16, 2013 at the Peebles Island State Park Visitor Center located in Watervliet, NY, at 9:30am for "Geocaching in State Parks, Wrapping Up the 2013 Geocache Challenge" event. For more details, this event will be listed on www.nysparks.com, www.geocaching.com and on individual Saratoga-Capital District Region Parks websites. At this event the grand prize drawing will be conducted. We hope you can join us for this exciting program to conclude another successful Challenge!
*All remaining travel bugs/coins/geokrets will be moved to active caches and will be posted accordingly.

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Hidden : 5/17/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is placed as part of the New York State Park Saratoga/Capital District Region Geocache Challenge. 

There are 50 geocaches hidden within 16 state parks and state historic sites in the Saratoga/Capital District region, and geocachers finding them all will be eligible to enter their names in a drawing for valuable prizes.  If you are interested in taking up the challenge, you can pick up a geocache passport at any of the participating parks and sites, or download the passport at www.nysparks.com.

This cache contains a unique stamp which MUST stay with the cache.  Use this stamp to stamp your passport.  This stamp is NOT a trade item.
 

The Jack in the Pulpit is a flower that has a cluster of scarlet red berries and the plant is sometimes hard to find.  It is usually found in marshy areas like by a kayak/canoe boat launch. 

 

Schodack Island State Park is open during the summer months from 7:00am to dusk and 7:00am to 4:30pm for the winter months. There is a $6 entry fee into the park during the summer, weekends and holidays only. During the week there is no fee. You can reach the park office at 518-732-0187 for more information.

 

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