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Hiking the Tuscoarora Trail Traditional Cache

Hidden : 3/5/2016
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A little bonus cache for those of you going to SCBC 2 Altitude Cache. Put on your boots and lets go hiking ! Not far up this path is Beacon Tower. Before GPS satellite's this tower was used for airplane navigation.


First lets talk about this trail. The Tuscorora Trail in West Virginia is a 33-mile footpath running north south roughly along the border between Morgan and Berkeley Counties. The Trail offers an exciting opportunity to experience hiking on one of the great, long distance, footpaths traversing the eastern United States.

Just up this trial is Beacon Tower. Here is a pic of WVGrammy at the top of tower. Wow, what a view from up there.The second picture I took from the top as she climbed.

It is a national class recreational treasure, which provides access to some of the most remote parts of the area. Weaving through the historical Spruce Pine Hollow area, the Meadow Branch valley and the wilderness of the Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area the Trail offers glimpses of historical sites, spectacular overlooks, isolated woodlands, rock formations, a pristine lake, rushing streams and endless opportunities to see the best of the areas flora and wildlife.

The complete Tuscorora Trail is part of a 250-mile four-state, side branch of the Appalachian Trail extending from near Harrisburg, PA to Luray, VA. It was originally constructed as an alternate route for the Appalachian Trail but is now maintained for its own special qualities. The southern section of the starting in Morgan County, WV was initially called the Big Blue Trail. but in 1995 the entire trail was renamed Tuscorora. The trail runs through public property such as Sleepy Creek WMA, private property secured with easements or in some cases just “handshake” agreements and small parcels of property owned by the PATC.

THE GREAT EASTERN TRAIL Recently, a section of the Tuscorora Trail including the Berkeley and Morgan County, WV miles has been incorporated into the Great Eastern Trail. The Great Eastern Trail is a new north-south footpath entirely separate from the Appalachian Trail. It is now possible to start on the Tuscorora Trail in Morgan/ Berkeley County and walk north all the way to Maine or south to Alabama following the new Great Eastern Trail.

The Cache : Why is this regular size cache sitting in plain view a 2.5 rating? Sometimes the GPS signals are so bad in Sleepy Creek you would have to put neon on the cache to find it. It's hidden in view in a nice spot near the bottom of the large rock wall. If it had eyes it would see you, most likely before you see it. Leave the trail when you get about 160ft from cache.

Let's make caching fun for our younger generation, if you have any extra SWAG thrown it in there for the next young person who comes caching with mom and dad.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vs lbhe ba gbc, orggre tb qbja.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)