Please Note!!! Per geocaching guidelines a log must be signed BEFORE you can post your 'Found It' online, I will be checking my logs periodically and if YOU haven't signed it I will delete YOUR 'Found It' post online, no ifs, ands or buts about it...
This is a copy and paste from their website: The Elysian Hills Tree Farm is located in the Town of Dummerston, directly north of Brattleboro, in southeastern Vermont...
The historic 1791 cape house is surrounded by 138 acres of conserved land, 100 acres of which are managed woodland including maple sugar lots, wildlife habitat, recreational trails, and timber for harvest. In June, 2014, Walker Farm purchased the Elysian Hills Tree Farm from the Vermont Land Trust...
Under the guidance of Bill and Mary Lou Schmidt who will continue to live on the farm, the Manix family hope to carry on the tradition of excellence and land stewardship that has made this property one of the most beautiful spots in southern Vermont with spectacular views to the south and west...
Our goal is to become the first Certified Organic Christmas Tree Farm in Vermont. We hope to further diversify the farm which now grows 20 acres of Christmas trees and 1/4 acre of organic rhubarb with the addition of organic fruits and vegetables and a seasonal retail Country Store that will also offer artistic agricultural crafts...
Seasonal events are being planned to allow families to enjoy the scenic property and hiking trails. We will also be fixing up the barn so that it will be available for weddings and other special occasions...
FOUR VARIETIES ARE PRODUCED: Balsam Fir • Canaan Fir • Blue Spruce • White Pine Real Vermont Christmas Trees are a recyclable agricultural crop. Approximately 1,500 new trees are planted each year. With an Elysian Hills tree, you’ll not only get to enjoy the beauty and freshness of a real Vermont tree, you will be doing something good for the environment and supporting Vermont agriculture...
Elysian Hills was named Vermont’s Outstanding Tree Farm in 1988, and in 1989 the farm received a “Take Pride in America” award in recognition of its stewardship of natural resources. Elysian Hills participates in Vermont’s Forest Stewardship Program...
I placed a variety of traditional caches out here as well as an easy short multi-cache and a simple mystery cache. I am hoping the local schools will bring their geocaching classes out here for a field trip, it would make a great hike for them. I also wanted to make the multi and mystery VERY easy for beginner cachers, in my short caching 'career' I have heard and seen a lot of people posting about not knowing how to do multi's and mysterys, so I thought these two easy ones could help them too...
I also hid what I hope will be a pretty hard one to find, the one on the Hemlock loop Trail, for little ones in the group it's probably best to skip this one and go over to the final on the multi after getting your coords for it. The trails are open year around, but BEWARE as some of them are also used for SNOWMOBILING. and they also allow HUNTING by permission, so wear BRIGHT ORANGE if you are going to be hiking during hunting season...
DOGS ARE ALLOWED, please keep them under control at all times and clean up after them. Please, as always, leave only footprints, and ONLY cache DURING DAYLIGHT hours. Foot traffic only, NO BICYCLES or motorized vehicles. Enjoy your hike and have fun!!!
Congratulations BevanQ on FTF!