Patriots' Path stretches from East Hanover where it connects with the Lenape Trail in Essex County to Stephens State Park in Hunterdon County. Any Morris County cacher worth their salt has been on Patriots Path. It is ubiquitous and traverses some of the most beautiful terrain in the county. However, there are some sections that I would bet that most cachers have never been on, nor even know that they exist.
This is the 14th of a series of caches to highlight these lesser known stretches and give them their due. You can see a listing off all of the caches in the series by clicking on the following link:
Listing of Lost Sections of Patriots Path caches
Cache is located on a section of Patriots Path that skirts the southwest corner of Troy Meadows, a 3,100 acre marsh owned by Wildlife Preserves and the State of New Jersey. This marsh had lots of human activity in it over the years before it became a preserve, evidence you can see all around GZ. However, it is now a retreat from the suburban sprawl that surrounds it and serves as a refuge for wildlife and as a basin to hold floodwater from the Whippany River nearby. Cache is in a place that it should be secure from any flooding. Note that the name of this cache is Swamp Tromper and you will need to bushwhack a bit. If either of these facts gives you pause, then reconsider this cache.
Did you know that the main east-west route of Patriots' Path is blazed white? There are a number of spurs off the white trail, this blue spur is one of them. The GZ is located north of the intersection to the blue spur trail, which you take approximately .5 mi to the Swampview cache.
Congrats to Roxbury Devil and Redknight on the co-FTF