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.
This cache is hidden in the backyard of Crailo State Historic Site. Parking is on the street - take the path alongside the house to the gardens in the back! The house is open for tours at the top of each hour from 11am - 4pm from now until October 31st! The house is open Wednesday - Sunday, closed on Monday and Tuesday! This year take a tour of this fantastic property!! The exhibits are world class and the staff is the best!
Treasures are found behind the old Dutch house named Crailo (Crow’s Wood) by the van Rensselaer’s.
The yard, surrounded by a garden fence with a gate, was once about 1500 acres, but is now just one.
Archaeologists have found a cobblestone courtyard, wampum beads and arrow heads, but you are
looking for something made from organic material that rarely lasts under the ground for 300 years.