Monongahela River 5X5 Water Trail
Cache Specific Information:
For the location of this final mystery you will need to keep your eyes open for information given while you enjoy the water trail. All I can give you is, "This is the F I N A L cache!"
Water Trail Information:
This series of caches is designed to help those who geocache accomplish something that most geocachers haven’t been able to do yet. If you are able to successfully complete this series of 26 geocaches you will have found 5 Traditional, 6 Mystery, 5 Wherigo, 5 Multi and 5 Letterbox caches.
NOTE: If you plan to complete this series in one trip you may want to plan ahead by solving the five puzzles and visit the first stage of the five multicaches, and check out the five wherigo before getting on the water. You will not need to paddle upstream for any caches if you do it correctly.
However to complete the Alpha-numeric segment you will need to head up stream from the launch to get 1-3.
I have listed the parking areas, launch and takeout locations for the water trail in each cache description to prevent clogging up the map with repeat waypoints.
Parking and Launch: N 39° 28.883 W 80° 08.438
Mid-series Kayak Takeout: N 39° 31.778 W 80° 07.280
Prickett’s Fort Boat Ramp: N 39° 31.095 W 80° 05.500
Final take-out Parking: N 39° 31.070 W 80° 05.540
The Monongahela River is a beautiful, slow-moving, deep river. You should expect some boat traffic, especially on weekends. Please wear a lifejacket and follow all boating rules and regulations regarding the vessel you are using for this water trail. Non-motorized vessels, such as kayaks and canoes, do not require any special registrations in WV.
To complete the trail in a day, you will need to start at the public launch in Fairmont and conclude at Prickett’s Fort State Park. I have also added a mid-series takeout should the trek take longer or prove to be more than you are up to. The complete water trail is approximately 7 miles long. Give yourself about 7.5 hours by kayak. Should you choose to use the mid-series location as a take-out point please be courteous in your parking location selection while you are on the rive by using an out of the way location.
Be safe, have fun.
