The cache is located in the Crow Creek WMA. In the summer, you will encounter bugs, ticks, thorns and weeds. In the winter you will encounter hunters, so wear blaze orange if attempting during this time. Please cache safely and to your abilities and obey the posted hours. Bring a trash bag with you to collect any garbage along the trail and do your part to keep this place clean.
IMPORTANT: READ THIS! To access this cache you will need to cross Crow Creek. It may require wading depending on the water level. See the waypoint for one possible and relatively shallow spot. However, if you choose to cross there, I would strongly suggest you not cut straight north, instead follow the treeline for a bit. There are no trails on this side of the creek and there is a dry creek bed that is completely obscured by the tall matted grass. I know this because I fell in! It's about a six foot drop and you could seriously injure yourself if you land wrong. If you do cross the field use extreme caution and take a walking stick to check the ground ahead of you. Do not attempt to access this cache via the Mount Joy Mobile Home park, that is private property.
Challenge Requirements:
The cache is at the posted coordinates. You may sign the log at any time, but to post a "found it" log you must meet the requirements of the challenge. To qualify you have found the oldest cache in five (5) states. (It's not likely, but if you've found an OLDER cache in that state than the current oldest, that has since been archived, that counts and is awesome!)
Per Groundspeak guideline 2.12.6, the QCAC member placing this cache (hempmage) qualifies for this challenge with finds on 10 state's oldest caches.
Here is a list of the current oldest caches by state:
Thanks to andGuest for finding an error with Virginia's oldest!
Alabama GC126: Trussville Civitan - Alabama's First Cache
Alaska GC68: Centurion Guards
Arizona GC57: Geocache
Arkansas GC1B: Gorilla Stash
California GC5B: Phil's Memorial Cache (Oldest CA. Cache)
Colorado GC18: Tarryall
Connecticut GCE4: Another Brick in the Wall
Delaware GC10A: dElAWare 7{1}
District of Columbia GCDE1: Capitol View
Florida GCFA: Christmas Cache
Georgia GC1D: Beaver Cache
Hawaii GC23: Geocache
Idaho GC25: Camels Prairie Stash
Illinois GC28: Beverly
Indiana GC93: Indiana's First
Iowa GC162: Maltese Goldfinch (Re-resurrected)
Kansas GC30: Mingo
Kentucky GC39E: Tom Sawyer
Louisiana GC763: Wild Azalea Cache
Maine GC128: The Fort Williams Cache
Maryland GC1FD: Jusef's Cache
Massachusetts GC74: First Mass
Michigan GC35: Power Island
Minnesota GC9FF: Alvin's Phone Line
Mississippi GC90: Bonita Lakes
Missouri GC37: Missouri's First - Watts Mill
Montana GC493: Missouri Headwaters or GC492: Fairweather
Nebraska GC943: GO BIG RED
Nevada GCF9: XKD-380
New Hampshire GC9E: NH #1 - Mines Follies
New Jersey GCC8: gerbiL cacHe
New Mexico GC190: Open Space letterbox 6
New York GC39: The Spot
North Carolina GC70: Octopus Garden
North Dakota GC551: The Buck Stops Here!
Ohio GC2DBE: ancient lake OR GC31A: Shawnee Lookout Cache (Due to the ongoing controversy regarding Ohio's oldest, I'll accept either of these. Read the description on Shawnee for more info. The checker will not accept Shawnee, so if you're using it just let me know in your log.)
Oklahoma GC272: Where Eagles Roost
Oregon GC12: GC12 5/12/2000
Pennsylvania GC184: State Game Lands #109
Rhode Island GCEC: Brenton Point
South Carolina GCF4: Modoc Stash
South Dakota GC87F: Campcache
Tennessee GC132: LPS001
Texas GC62: Tombstone
Utah GC3B: Potters Pond
Vermont GC86: Vermont 1
Virginia GC175: Burke Lake Park
Washington GCCD: Geocache
West Virginia GC3F0: Rich Creek Riches
Wisconsin GC3B1: Pike Powder Hike
Wyoming GCD7E: Bridger-Teton Cache