Hermitage History Series - FINAL Mystery Cache

Cache is NOT at the posted coordinates, but you should visit this spot to see the Hermitage. Due to restoration of the Ruins (2015 through to mid-2016) you can't actually do this field puzzle here. For the time being, you can reference the image on this cache page for the puzzle. But....you should still go and have a peek at the Hermitage Ruins. Cache is a large bison tube.

Terrain rating is for the work to complete the series. On its own its a 1.5 to 2 terrain.

In order to find the actual coordinates you will need to find the other 9 caches in this series and retrieve information from each of them. To solve the puzzle you will need to figure out what to do with the information you have gathered. The puzzle is as follows: North 43 A.BCD  West 080 EF.GHI 

A = Eleanor Alma - HHS#1

B = Leith Pond - That's a Whole of Bull - HHS#3

C = Hermitage Longfield - HHS#2

D = Crossroads - HHS#4

E = Sulphur Springs Hotel - HHS#5

F = Heritage Falls - HHS#6

G = Deerspring - HHS#7

H = Griffin Junction - HHS#8

I = The Hermitage - HHS#9

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Series Overview (identical for all caches)

Welcome to the Hermitage History Series. It composed of 9 traditional caches and 1 final mystery cache. While finding these caches, you will visit some beautiful spots, including the Hermitage ruins, and in each traditional cache you will find some details that you will need to collect to complete a field puzzle for the final. You can do the caches in any order despite the way I have numbered them. The numbering does not have any significance for the final puzzle.

Your adventure will take you along Dundas Valley Trails near the historic Hermitage ruins and its Gatehouse Museum. You will travel short sections of the Headwaters trail, the Main Loop (part of the Bruce Trail) and the Homestead trail which is a short loop. All trails are relatively wide, and on fairly even ground suitable for family outings. I’ve seen people with rugged strollers on these trails. Note that there is a significant hill to get to caches HHS #1 and HHS #2, but the view is definitely worth it!

You can see a map of the area below. Note: the Hermitage itself is located near the top right corner of this map on the north side of the road labeled ‘Private drive”. Don’t worry, you won’t be trespassing. The private property is further to the east and is marked. Entrance to parking is at the bottom of the map where it says ‘Hermitage Cascade’

I hope you enjoy these trails and learning about the history of this area.

Note: Parking is available at the Gatehouse Museum on Sulphur Springs Rd in Ancaster and has been waypointed in the cache listing for the final (link is above). Please note that there is a self-service fee policy in effect of $10 per car.