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KEYSTONE STATE - 57 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/25/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The above coordinates are...FALSE....DO NOT SEEK THE CACHE THERE.


To find the TRUE coordinates, read this page and answer the question below.


Like all cache hunts in State Gamelands, all rules and regulations should be followed.....This includes wearing blaze orange on the head and body during the prime November-December deer  hunting season and the spring & fall turkey seasons.....BYOP


     Delaware Water Gap: is a town in Pennsylvania which is located adjacent to "The Delaware Water Gap", the pass through which the Lackawanna Corridor and Interstate 80 run across the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border along the Delaware River which cuts through a large ridge of the Appalachian Mountains.
     A water gap is a geological feature where a river cuts through a mountain ridge. The Gap began to form 450 million years ago.The Gap is about 300 meters across at river level and about 1400 meters wide at the top. The Delaware River through the gap is 283 feet above sea level. The ridge of the Appalachians that the Delaware crosses is called the Blue Mountains in Pennsylvania and the Kittatinny Ridge in New Jersey. This is the first major ridge of the Appalachian Mountains. The New Jersey mountain is Mount Tammany, named after the Native American Chief Tamanend. The Pennsylvania mountain is Mount Minsi, named after the Native American Tribe of the area.
    In 1962, Congress authorized the building of the Tock's Island Dam to prevent flooding but it was never built. So in 1965 President Johnson created The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area which is used primarily for recreational purposes, such as rafting, canoeing, swimming, fishing, hiking, and rock climbing. The Appalachian Trail also passes through here.


WHAT DAM WAS NEVER BUILT BUT INSTEAD THE DELAWARE WATER GAP NATIONAL RECREATION AREA WAS CREATED????


           KINZUA DAM = N 40 47.744  W 078 54.246


           TOCK'S ISLAND DAM = N 40 48.227  W 078  53.907

 

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