This undeveloped reservation once housed the city of Oberlin’s water supply and was known as the Kipton Reservoir. In 1905, the city started a program of reforesting the area surrounding the reservoir with trees supplied by the State of Ohio. Many of the trees at the present site are there as a result of this effort. In 1962 the reservoir was abandoned, which gradually began to flow around the dam and drain on its own. The dam finally collapsed in 1974. If after finding the cache, you continue along the trail, you can still see the remnants of the old dam. The land is currently maintained by the Lorain County Metro Parks and is most commonly used for horseback riding along unimproved trails that loop around the old reservoir.
Cache is placed with permission of the Lorain County Metro Parks.
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