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.
Behind the picnic area behind the barn is a beautiful place to eat lunch while you admire the view of Whiteface Mountain. To the east you will see a snake rail fence that extends to the pond is nearby.
This snake rail fence made in the New England style was similar to the fences constructed by John Brown and His sons when the family occupied the land in the 1850s. Most livestock were free range roaming so strong fences were needed to keep animals out of cultivated fields.