ASP Cycloramic View EarthCache

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Hidden : 9/29/2016
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:


Cattaraugus County
Enjoy the wonders that abound within these Enchanted Mountains.


EARTHCACHE REQUIREMENTS
Each cacher must send his/her own answers BEFORE logging a find. Enjoy the journey (learning adventure) as well as the destination (smiley earned). Remember to take only pictures and leave only footprints. To get credit for this Earthcache, complete the following tasks:

1. MESSAGE :-) or EMAIL …. What landscape feature is visible today, but not in 1927?

2. MESSAGE :-) or EMAIL …. Beginning at the Administration Building, travel around the lake observing the landscape features. ... a. Identify the direction you observe each of the mentioned landforms. ... b. Describe the feature that most closely matches the 1927 illustrated cyclorama.

OPTIONAL - Please respect the time and effort involved in finding and creating this earthcache by adding A B C to your log.

A. Post a picture at or near the posted coords. This picture is your log signature verifying that you were at the earthcache.

B. JOURNEY OF THE MIND ... Science explains what we observe. Relate (in your own words) something you found interesting in the reading. This adds to your learning adventure and your log.

C. JOURNEY OF THE HEART ... Art shares our personal experience of what we see. Share something special you found on site, and why it is special to you ... prose / story / poem / picture. This is a memorable addition to your log and will make other hearts smile.

Permit ALL 400

CYCLORAMA

In the book published 1927, if the visitor "chooses a spot exactly east of the pump he will find himself at the very center of the cyclorama." By turning 360° the various landscape features of the park are observable.



LANDSCAPE FEATURES 360°

KNOLL - small hill or mound
Three Sisters - rounded knolls
The top is knoll-like due to the resistant Oswayo formation. It is more resistant to weathering and erosion than the underlying Cattaraugus shales.

MOUNTS - Generally speaking mounts are less steep and not as high as mountains
Mounts - Seneca / Onondaga / Cayuga / Redjacket
The region of Allegany State Park was an extensive flat-topped plateau with flowing rivers eroding valleys. This region is now maturely dissected resulting in the various mounts.

BENCH - long, relatively narrow strip of level or gently inclined land that is bounded by steeper slopes above and below it
The Salamanca Bench is a distinct platform on the flanks of the mounts resulting from differential erosion of the sedimentary rock layers.

LAKE - a large body of water surrounded by land
Red House Lake is a 110 acre man-made lake created in 1929 by the damming of Red House Brook.

BENCHMARK - survey markers indicating elevation above sea level
Benchmark at Headquarters in 1927 - Elevation 1475' and is the uppermost limit reached by the lake waters which covered lower Quaker Run Valley. NOTE: We did not find this benchmark nor is it listed under "nearby benchmarks".

RESOURCES
A Popular Guide to the Geology and Physiography of Allegany State Park by A. K. Lobeck Published 1927
http://www.summitpost.org/is-it-a-peak-mount-or-mountain/606421

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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)


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