This cache is placed with permission. Please follow all park rules, noting that the park is open Sunrise to Sunset (no night caching, please).
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AMNHA Geo-Path Series
AMNHA: Salamander Pond
Passport: Lands Less Visited
Series: Lands Less Visited
Password: Located in the logbook
Hours: Sunrise to Sunset
Parking Options: See waypoints
A Pond Created by Change
This seasonal pond exists because of quarrying. When rock was removed from this area, a shallow depression was left behind, allowing water to collect during wetter months.
In winter and spring, the pond fills with water. During the summer and fall, it often shrinks or nearly disappears, creating a cycle that defines the habitat found here.
A Hidden Breeding Ground
During late winter and early spring, salamanders gather here to breed. Arabia Mountain is home to at least two species, including the spotted salamander and the marbled salamander.
The female deposits a clear, gelatinous mass filled with dozens of eggs. As the mass is released, it expands in the water, and the male fertilizes it shortly afterward.
These egg masses are fragile and represent the next generation of salamanders.
Please do not touch them.
View of the Salamander Pond.
A Temporary World
Seasonal ponds like this play an important role in the ecosystem. Because they do not hold water year-round, fish are typically absent, giving amphibians a safer place to reproduce.
What may look like a simple, shallow pool is actually a carefully timed environment that supports life during a very specific window each year.
In a different way, AMNHA: Endangered Plant Pits tells a similar story, showing how even the smallest, most easily overlooked spaces on the rock can support rare and specialized life.
A place shaped by quarrying now supports one of the most delicate life cycles on the mountain.
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Arabia Mountain PATH
and earn trackable prizes along the way.
The
AMNHA Geo-PATH
is a geocaching program spread along more than 30 miles of trail. Many geocaches are waiting to be discovered.
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Geocaching Adventures Passport
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Choose one of the following options to claim your prize:
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Each cache is classified in one of the following series:
• Adventure Labs
• Arabia Mountain Adventures
• Geocaching 101
• GeoTour
• Lands Less Visited
• Lithonia's Historic Hike
• Panola Mountain Pathways
• Past and Present Passages
• South River Stroll
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Tips for Hiking in the Summer Heat
Tips for Avoiding Ticks
Winter Hikes and Winter Wildlife
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