K1IBR Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 11/11/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This is a memorial cache for a man who used to live on Old Westport Road.  He brought his children to a nearby stone bridge often, located at "Gidley" and let them wander the woods as much as they wanted to. They often came to the pond to watch frogs and iceskate ~ he taught us about teaberries and sarsparilla roots, how to build shelter, and how to start and put out a fire.  He loved pine trees.    

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Various entrance points to Gidley Woods exist, visit www.dnrt.org for more information. Important info: GIDLEY FARM Privately-Owned ~ 135 acres Access: Trailhead is on Tucker Road just south of (and across Tucker Road from) Idlewood Drive. TRAILHEAD: N41 38.108 W070 58.838 Trails: Unmarked trails totaling over 1 mile. Regulations: SAME as DNRT regulations. Please stay off the agricultural fields and away from homes. Background: The privately-owned Gidley Farm is maintained as an active farm and a wildlife preserve. DNRT holds a Conservation Restriction on 45-acres along both sides of the Paskamansett River, and the Town of Dartmouth and the Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture hold an Agricultural Preservation Restriction on all the fields and a majority of the woodlands, thus ensuring the property’s perpetual protection. The owners, who are Tucker-Gidley descendants, generously allow visitors to enter the property during daylight hours. Visitors should respect the posted rules, keep away from houses and barns, and avoid walking on the fields, which are under active agriculture. What to See and Do: Park on Idlewood Drive, carefully walk across Tucker Road, and enter the property at the trailhead where a chain links two granite posts. The trails are well defined and make for easy walking through this beautiful and historic farm. A complete tour of the farm will take you to pine woodlands, a central pond and a granite bridge over the Paskamansett River. The bridge was once part of the old King’s Highway which ran from Plymouth to Newport. Originally built by Benjamin Tucker in the mid-1800s, (replacing an earlier wooden bridge), this granite bridge was restored in 2003 with the help of the Dartmouth Community Preservation Fund. (There is a stone commemorating the restoration at the site.) A variety of wildlife finds refuge and habitat on the Gidley Farm, including White-Tailed Deer, Wild Turkey and Red-Tailed Hawks. The spring-fed pond supports Great Blue Heron, Snapping Turtle, Painted Turtle, Eastern Box Turtle, and a family of River Otters.

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