This Cache is placed as part of the New York State Park Saratoga/Capital District Regional Geocache Challenge. There are 52 geocaches hidden within 16 state parks and historic sites in this parks region, and geocachers finding 35 or more will be eligible to enter their names in a drawing for valuable prizes. The first 75 people to find 35 or more caches will receive a special geocache challenge coin. If you are interested in taking up the challenge, you can pick up a geocache passport at any of the participating parks and sites or download it at www.nysparks.com
This cache contains a unique stamp which must stay with the cache. Use this stamp to stamp your passport. This stamp is NOT a trade item. Some of the items in the cache are park souvenirs and do not need to be replaced with a trade item.
Take Route 2 to the park’s Winter Entrance on North Long Pond Road in Grafton, NY. Drive to the end and you’ll find a parking lot.
Grafton Lakes State Park is known for its water, so each of our geocaches is offering you views of the park’s beauty along our many shores. We hope you’ll be inspired to come back and try the fishing, have a picnic or perhaps paddle a canoe for an afternoon.
You’re at the quiet northern end of Long Pond. On the southern end, the beach is busy and full of happy park patrons if it’s a sunny summer’s day. Long Pond is known for its fantastic fishing, and Brown Trout are stocked here each Spring. You can also take a vigorous hike or technical bike ride around the pond. The trail is a 2.5 mile loop that will take you past some tremendous old Red Oaks and shady Eastern Hemlock groves. Signs of River Otter are found along the shores, and other weasel family members like Mink and Fisher are known to live nearby as well. The Park staff highly recommend this location for dazzling sunsets!