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 - Bee Tree Preserve
BeeTree Preserve is 263 beautiful acres of forests, fields, streams and wetlands located just 25 miles north of Towson in northern Baltimore County. Acquired by a group of generous and forward-thinking families, the eight parcels of land that became BeeTree Preserve were donated to Towson Presbyterian Church in 1965. Named for Beetree Run, a trout stream that meanders through the property, BeeTree Preserve's natural beauty and resources have welcomed visitors and inhabitants — both animal and human — for hundreds of years.
BeeTree Preserve not only offers miles of scenic trails for your use but many other facilities as well. Two open air pavilions (one with a fireplace), men's and women's restrooms, a large play field, and Adirondack shelters for camping are available for church, scout, school, business or family gatherings. Additional facilities are planned to make your visit to BeeTree Preserve as comfortable and delightful as possible.
The final is located less than a quarter mile from the given coordinates, but you must gather some information at this location and one other before you can determine the final's coordintates. You'll be looking for information in order to find the values A through E and J through N.
N39 AB.CDE W076 JK.LMN
Park at the posted coordinates. Immediately to the southwest, you'll find a small cemetery. Look for concrete markers about 5-6" square set in the ground at the corners of the cemetery. Find the two marked 1-1 and 1-17. Count the number of headstones in that row. You should have a two-digit number.
D and K both equal the second digit of that number
M equals the first digit of that number
E and L both equal the second digit minus the first digit.
Near the cemetery parking area, you'll find a trailhead for the Red (and later the Orange) trail. A short hike, mostly downhill, will bring you fairly close to two bonus caches. Alternately you could drive to the next information gathering location and pass up the bonus hides, but why would you do that? Head toward the waypoint for the Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail. To the left and right after you cross the bridge, look for brown signs with white lettering.
The one to the right gives the distance to the PA line.
J = the value of either digit in that distance
The distance to Freeland will give you the values of A and B.
A = twice the number before the decimal
B = the digit after the decimal
Just to the left of the Bee Tree Road sign is another brown and white sign. On its penultimate line is an information telephone number.
C = the last digit in that 7-digit number
N = the first digit in the same number
If you hiked down, you can now take any of the trails back up to where you left your car at the cemetery. And if you have the time and desire, you can pick up the bonus caches now. One is only 300 or so feet away. But don't get distracted, you have the coordinates now for the actual CAM cache, but you haven't found it yet.
There are two other options in the way the information is gathered. The first is to drive to stage 2. Gather the necessary information there. Find the nearby bonus cache. Then drive up to the parking area and find the necessary information there. You can walk one way to find the bonus cache and walk the other to find the CAM cache. Option two is to park one vehicle at stage 2 and then you only have to walk one way.
The cache is beneath an unnatural pile of sticks at the base of a standing tree and next to a fallen tree. You may only search for this cache from during daylight hours. Groups larger than 10 should reserve time with the church.
