Horseshoe Trail: Beech Tree Traditional Cache

This is on the section of the Horseshoe Trail between Fairview Rd. and Prizer Rd. Steep ups and downs! Streams to cross! Follow the yellow blazes. Parking coord's are for Prizer Road. You can also park on Fairview Road if you can find a place and find the trail head there.

From the parking off Prizer Road follow the yellow blazes down and across a little creek and past a horse farm. The trail begins to climb!

The Beech tree, when mature, features a towering appearance. It typically grows straight and tall to heights that range between 80 and 100 feet. The roots of the tree are large and muscular, and support the large trunk which rises high into the sky, surpassing other tree canopies in an effort to get the sunlight it needs to grow. One of the most eye-pleasing attributes of the Beech tree is its strikingly smooth and sleek bark. Even though the tree can live for centuries, its bark will not naturally flake or split. The color of the bark is also prominent, as it contains hints of light gray, silver and blue instead of the traditional brown shared by many other tree species.

You are looking for a Beech tree about 40 feet off the trail. It is starting to gain its proper stature since I hid the cache in 2015. .