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 only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. until dusk.
Thanks to WVKiwi for hiding this cache.
Stephenson’s Depot
To find this cache, start at the listed coordinates. Read the wayside marker at this location and answer the questions correctly to fill in the blanks and learn the location of this cache.
Answer the question below to fill in the blanks for the first half of the coordinates N 39 15._ _ _
When the Federals were repulsed for the last time how many guns were at the bridge?
Two: 236
Three: 196
Four: 223
Answer the question below to fill in the blanks for the second half of the coordinates W 078 05._ _ _
When Lee marched across the Potomac River how many cannons had been captured?
Twelve: 497
Fifteen: 651
Twenty Three: 546