Hidden caches and mysterious code were something familiar to Major General Philip John Schuyler, who operated an elaborate spy network throughout the American Revolutionary War. Schuyler had his own methods and a customized code for transporting secret messages through enemy lines, past political opponents and through the many hands letters traveled through to arrive at their destination.
Schuyler Mansion is the historic home of both Major General Philip J. Schuyler and his wife, Catharine van Rensselaer Schuyler (her girlhood home was Crailo). The Georgian Mansion was built between the years 1761 and 1765. The Schuyler family lived in the home from 1766 – 1804. The front of the house faces the river. The back area contained a Dutch Barn (west of the parking lot), a fenced- in compound area with a kitchen, nursery and office (military and farm), and the necessary (about where the parking lot is now) and a large ornamental garden to the south and south west of the mansion. Read the interpretive signs along the pathway to learn more!
\ This cache will be available during open hours - generally 8:30am-5pm.
This cache has been placed as part of the 2019 New York State Saratoga/Capital District Regional Geocache Challenge. The stamp inside this cache is part of the game, and it is not a trade item – please do not take the stamp. 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 2019 Moreau Lake 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.