This Cache is placed as part of the 2016 New York State Park Saratoga/Capital District Regional Geocache Challenge. There are 76 geocaches hidden within 18 state parks and historic sites in this parks region, and geocachers finding 40 or more will be eligible to receive a commemorative, unique, and trackable geocoin. The first 100 people to find 40 or more caches will receive a special geocache challenge coin. If you are interested in taking up the challenge, you can pick up a geocache passport at any of the participating parks and sites or download it at www.nysparks.com New for 2016 – NYS Parks Central Region will be hosting a similar challenge!! 10 caches found in the Central Region Challenge can be used toward the Sara-Cap Challenge!
This cache contains a unique stamp which must stay with the cache. Use this stamp to mark your passport. This stamp is NOT a trade item. Some of the items in the cache are park souvenirs and do not need to be replaced with a trade item.
Welcome to Moreau Lake State Park! This is a very historic area of the park – the site of a little community of four cottages and the Imperial hotel that came to be known as Cottage Park. It was built to serve visitors and dam construction employees during the building of the Spier Falls Dam from 1900 – 1903. At the time the Spier Falls Dam was the world’s fourth largest dam and the largest hydroelectric dam. The hotel burned to the ground in 1930, and the stone wall that surrounded the settlement can still be seen today from the cache location. Enjoy!