BEST Geo-Art: S12/44
Cumru Township, Berks County, PA
Nolde Forest Environmental Educational Center is a 665-acre Pennsylvania state park in Cumru Township, Berks County; one of two state parks in Berks County.
The Nolde Forest Environmental Education center is on land that was formerly owned by Jacob Nolde, an environmentalist who immigrated to the United States from Germany. Nolde had made his fortune in the hosiery industry. When Nolde purchased the land, a single tree was growing there. Inspired by this single tree, Nolde set out to create a "luxury forest" to be a source of family pride and pleasure. The massive tree is now surrounded by a forest of Douglas fir and Norway spruce trees that were planted under Nolde and later, the supervision of Austrian born forester William Kohout.
Nolde dreamt that his forest would resemble the coniferous forests of his native Westphalia. He bought about 500 acres of future timberland in Cumru Township in 1904 and continued to acquire the land that would become Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center until his death in 1916. This land had been either farmland that had lain fallow for a number of years, or scrubby deciduous forest just beginning to recover from being stripped to make charcoal by colliers for the nearby iron furnaces. Nearly 500,000 coniferous trees were planted by 1910.
The single tree was a …
A. Blue Spruce (N 40° 26.356 W 075° 55.902)
B. Scots Pine (N 40° 26.362 W 075° 55.905)
C. White Pine (N 40° 26.362 W 075° 55.894)
D. Tree of Heaven (N 40° 26.362 W 075° 55.883)
Note: The Nolde Forest Environmental Educational Center is located at N 40 16.500, W 75 57.383
Note: This cache has the hunting attribute selected. Hunters wear orange, and when the time is right, and so should you. During hunting season, it is best to do this series on a Sunday. The majority of the cache containers are hidden within 10 - 20 feet from the trail. Since these caches are hidden in the woods, you will encounter things like wildlife, poison ivy, bugs, ticks, etc. That is just part of geocaching in the great outdoors. Good Luck.
Please note that GC2B76E - When Night Falls...A Night Mare is Possible Cache was archived to make room for this BEST Geo-Art geocache. Thanks horselady9.