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. :)
This cache can be searched for from dawn to dusk only!
Searching for this cache is only allowed during daylight hours when Mount Hebron Cemetery gates are open.
Mount Hebron requests visitors to avoid parking on the grass and to use the asphalt pull offs.
Please be respectful of the area when searching.
There is no need to search around any gravestones or monuments to locate this cache.
Thanks to WVKiwi for hiding this cache.
Stonewall Confederate Cemetery
To find this cache, start at the listed coordinates. Begin by reading the “Unknown” monument. When you have answered both questions correctly you will learn the location of this cache.
Answer the question below to fill in the blanks for the first half of the coordinates N 39 10._ _ _
How many unknown Confederate dead lie beneath this mound?
Nine hundred eighty two: 895
Eight hundred twenty nine: 953
Two hundred twenty eight: 723
Answer the question below to fill in the blanks for the second half of the coordinates W 078 09._ _ _
How many state monuments (count only one per state) surround the monument where you are standing?
Twelve: 403
Ten: 332
Five: 235