SLSP1: Reptilian Marvels Multi-Cache

This cache is available at all times that the park is open. But they do not want cachers cutting through the Group Site to access the area where it is hidden. Therefore Park Management requests that you check with them to see if the Group Site is booked. Either call before (910-669-2928), or visit the office before you set out to get this cache. If the site IS booked, please use the alternative access waypoint.

Quick three sssssss-tage multi to start you off on the CCC Trail at Singletary Lake State Park. It may make sense to start with this cache, conveniently named #1. The sssss-tages might leave you in a great position to then find cache #2. Cool, huh. 

At the listed co-ords, you will find a sign all about certain reptiles you can find at Singletary Lake State Park. Yes, there are four venomous snakes species who love the park as much as we do.

One of the venomous snakes is described as the heaviest snake in NC, is restricted to the SE Coastal Plain and even then seldom seen. All the questions are about this snake.

The sign uses a superlative adjective to describe this snake. If this is:

Ginormous, A=3
Magnificent, A=4
Majestic, A=5
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, A=6

The sign informs us what their main prey is. If this is:

Smaller snakes, B=6
Eggs, B=3
Rabbits and rodents, B=1
Geocachers, B=0

The sign informs us what their average length is. If this is:

42-78inches, C=0
51-69inches, C=2
Ginormous, C=3

D is simply the number of letters in the red word used in the description of this snake.

Now, go to N34° 35.3AB  W78° 26.8CD

This is stage 2. Photo hints for here, and stage 3 are in the image section or in the owner maintenance log(s) from 9/15/24.

If you see any of these nope-ropes while caching, treat with respect!

At the second stage, this is an old campsite where many geocachers were eaten by a mysterious reptile, another denzen of Singletary Lake State Park. See if you can find their remains. This will tell you where to go next.

At the third and final stage, look for a geocache.

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Singletary Lake was named for Richard Singletary, who received a grant of land in Bladen County in 1729. Since colonial times, the region surrounding Singletary Lake was settled and used for subsistence farming along its river lowlands and creek bottoms. Longleaf pines—primarily used for turpentine pitch and timber—were then prolific in the area. They were logged and used used for the production of naval stores.

Park Hours:

Permission was granted in person by the Superintendent of the State Park, Kristen Woodruff. She required a Special Use Permit. Permit is under "Robert Maile, North Carolina Geocachers Organisation, #45-7".