As you make your way across the parking area (a “pavement”) to this cache, notice the rock formation below you. The vertical cracks seen in this limestone are called joints. Joints are solutional features that are formed as acidic rainwater slowly dissolves the rock. An extensive, flat stretch of limestone is called a limestone pavement; when joints are pervasive throughout this surface, they are referred to as “grykes,” while the blocks of limestone that they isolate are called “clints.”
Enjoy this quick and easy find before you start your John Boyd Thacher State Park caching adventure! Please bring a pen.
This cache is not part of the 2018 NYS Parks Saratoga/Capital District Regional Geocache Challenge. It has placed for your geocaching pleasure. Enjoy!