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 placed in the Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site in Fort Hunter, NY. The site is open from sunrise to sunset daily. The Visitors Center is open May 1st-October31st - closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
In order to construct the Schoharie Creek Aqueduct, the line of the canal had to be adjusted as it approached Fort Hunter. There was a “bump” made to move the location of the aqueduct in order to assure more sound footings for the piers, as well as to maintain the original canal as a “feeder” that would supply water into the system. The Schoharie Creek was the largest supplier of water into the canal system in the eastern section.
This is the Eastern Wing Wall for the Schoharie Creek Aqueduct. The Aqueduct was completed in 1842 by Contractor Otis Eddy and based on the design of John Jervis. Put into use starting in 1845, the aqueduct served the canal until the Mohawk River was canalized and opened as the Barge Canal in 1916.