Park in Grafton’s main lot by the beach to access this cache nearby.
Visit this easy “park & grab” cache for a view of a soggy but significant spot. This wetland dries up each summer, which is likely when you are seeing it, but in Spring, it is full of amphibian friends. Wood frogs, yellow spotted salamanders and other creatures take advantage of this fishless habitat to lay their eggs in relative safety. The risk here is not predators-- it’s the unpredictability of the season’s rains. A dry spring will spell death for the amphibian eggs, but one full of rain may make a bumper crop of froglets! Some tiny yellow spotted salamanders’ larvae could be swimming by your feet, but someday they will be 10’ of polka dotted salamander power. Appreciate your local puddles!
This cache has been placed as part of the New York State Saratoga/Capital District Regional Geocache Challenge. There are 72 geocaches hidden within 18 state parks and historic sites in this park region, and geocachers finding 45 or more will be eligible to receive a 2018 Schodack Island State Park commemorative and trackable geocoin. If you are interested in taking the challenge, you can pick up a geocache passport at any of the participating parks and sites or download it at www.nysparks.com