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Win-Fred CWT-Kernstown Battlefield Traditional Cache

Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Welcome to the Winchester-Frederick County Civil War Trail sponsored by the Winchester-Frederick County Convention and Visitors Bureau (WFCCVB)

What better way to commemorate our area’s Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the Civil War than with a Civil War geo-trail! Come learn about our area’s involvement in the Civil War and explore all that the Winchester-Frederick County area has to offer.

This trail is comprised of 20 cache sites that are part of the Virginia Civil War Trails Program. Learn more about Civil War Trails by visiting www.CivilWarTrails.org. The Winchester-Frederick County Visitors Center is located at 1400 S. Pleasant Valley Road, Winchester, VA 22601. The Visitors Center is open daily from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., closed on major holidays..

Update 2017: This trail is now comprised of 28 caches. :)

The cache you are searching for is a daylight hours only cache.

Thanks to Pangle5 for hiding this cache.

Kernstown Battlefield

The Kernstown Battlefield is a 315-acre Civil War Battlefield park that contains the core areas of the First and Second Battles of Kernstown. Pre-Civil War structures such as Benner's Tavern, the Pritchard House and the Opequon Presbyterian Church cemetery mark a landscape that has changed little.

The Kernstown Battlefield is open each year from the 2nd Saturday in May through the last Sunday in October

Hours of operation: Saturdays, 10am ~ 4pm Sundays, noon ~ 4pm

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Svefg byq srapr cbfg (orgjrra gerrf), yrsg bs gur znva ragenapr

Decryption Key

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)