This is one of 12 caches placed for CAM 2020. You are required to find the nine physical caches and have your choice for number 10. It will be between 2 virtuals and a wherigo.
If you find all twelve, you will receive a special icon to download and put on your geocaching profile. Each location was picked specifically to give cachers a taste of the state and show you its beauty. By combining all of the caches, you'll be able to see why Maryland is truly "America in Miniature". We hope you enjoy them!
CAM 2020 – Deep Creek Lake State Park
Deep Creek Lake State Park is located in Western Maryland’s Garrett County. The park encompasses over 1,800 acres and adjoins Deep Creek Lake Natural Resources Management Area and its 3,900-acre man-made lake. Deep Creek Lake State Park lies just west of the Allegheny Front on a large plateau known as the Tablelands or Allegany Highlands. Its location at the southernmost end of Meadow Mountain places it west of the Eastern Continental Divide and within the Mississippi River watershed. The park gets its name from the lake, which was a hydroelectric project, constructed on Deep Creek in the 1920's by the Youghiogheny Hydroelectric Company. The Deep Creek Lake State Park Complex also includes Sang Run State Park and the Youghiogheny Wild River Natural Environmental Area.
Follow the short trail at kiosk by parking waypoint or walk up campground road to trailhead. Follow the Indian Turnip Trail which is orange blazed. BEWARE of mountain bikes on the trails as there could be many and fast.
The cache is a white ammo can under a large rock about 15 feet by 10 feet. Hike about 100 feet past a large fallen tree that is angled across the trail. The large rock is about 300 feet North in the open woods. You may only search for this cache from sunup until sunset.
