150 Geocaches have been hidden to guide your exploration of NC as you traverse highways and by-ways across the state as you learn from those fighting and those keeping the home fires burning during the Civil War, 1861 - 1865.
Thirty caches are located in five different regions throughout NC. Mail the passport to the address inside the passport – then your passport will be returned with your unique coin.
All of the containers are the same - camouflaged 6 inch PVC tubes - the code word you need for your passport is inside the container on a laminated card and also taped on the container that holds the log sheet. Date your logbook and add your code word in the numbered area for the cache. As the containers may become over tightened, carry a TOTT to ease the opening process.
Passports will be available at the event, some Civil War Museums in NC, and via mail if you send me you address or you can download your passport here.
Leigh Farm
The coordinates take you to the original Leigh Farm farmhouse in Leigh Farm Durham County Park where one of the last 3 skirmishes of the Civil War in North Carolina took place.
Park is open from 8 a.m. to dark. Please only cache during those hours.
What year was this homestead built?
Final stage coordinates are at N 35 55.ABC W078 59.XYZ
To find ABC, subtract the second digit of the year the house was built from the last 3 digits of the North posted coordinates.
To find XYZ, subtract the year the farm house was built minus 1,759.