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 WVKiwi for hiding this cache.
Opequon Presbyterian Church
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.
Answer the question below to fill in the blanks for the first half of the coordinates N 39 08._ _ _
During the Civil War years, the First and Second Battles of Kernstown were fought near and around the church, and the buildings and cemeteries were badly damaged. Worship services were discontinued in 1863, and the ruined structure was used as what?
Barn: 567
Stables: 310
Church: 465
Answer the question below to fill in the blanks for the second half of the coordinates W 078 11._ _ _
What was the cause of the church’s destruction in 1873?
Flood: 875
Tornado: 654
Fire: 801