You have found your awesome next adventure! Thank you for joining us for the “Visit Centre County” GeoTour as we show you some of our most favorite caching locations to include state parks, beautiful vistas, and historical points of interest! Our team of GeoTour planners have worked very hard to put together various cache types to keep the GeoTour interesting and challenging; however, no geocache should be beyond a 3/3.5 for terrain or difficulty! We are pleased to show you around our County and hope that you will enjoy the GeoTour and complete your passport to collect your custom GeoTour Geocoin (minimum number of caches required to receive coin)!
If you will be caching with some young ‘uns, we have a Jr. Geocaching Passport available for children, 12 yrs. and under, with a special prize for their hard work too! Caches will be marked as “family-friendly” and should correlate to the Jr. Geocaching Passport.
Download your “Visit Centre County” GeoTour passport and/or your Jr. Geocaching Passport or pick-up paper copies at the following coordinates: N 40° 48.879; W 077° 51.274 (Happy Valley Adventure Bureau). You’ll return your passport to the Happy Valley Adventure Bureau when complete and collect your prize if you meet the minimum requirements!
The “Visit Centre County” GeoTour is brought to you by Centre Region Parks and Recreation, the Happy Valley Adventure Bureau, and Groundspeak, Inc. We are pleased that you’ll be joining us in Happy Valley soon! Bring on the Adventures!
Site Information
You are standing at the Foster Joseph Sayers Dam, a flood control measure meant to help manage flood water downstream where the Bald Eagle Creek meets the West Branch of the Susquehanna River.
This dam was named in honor of Private First Class (PFC) Foster Joseph Sayers who gave his life in battle, receiving the Medal of Honor posthumously.
Please visit the interpretive signs here to learn more about PFC Sayers as well as the construction of this dam and the benefits the lake brought to the area which became Bald Eagle State Park.
There is no need to bushwack to the final location. Cachers can stay on paths, trails, or the open meadows to access the cache container. Please do not trespass across any fenced areas. This area is open dawn through dusk year-round.
Be sure to bring a stylus with you! To get to the final coordinates, please answer these questions. Solve for: N 41° AB.CDE W 77° FG.HIJ
A – Private First Class (PFC) Foster Joseph Sayers gave his life in what year? Subtract the 4th number from the 3rd number.
B – On PFC Sayer’s unit crest, how many stars are there?
C – What is the first number of Sayer’s Division as part of the Third Army?
D & E – What is the date of the day Sayer’s gave his life in battle? Substract 1.
F – In what year was the dam completed? Subtract the third number from the fourth number.
G – In what year did Tropical Storm Agnes hit? Use the third number.
H – How many river basins are part of the Baltimore District Boundary? Subtract two.
I – How many feet above flood stage did the West Branch of the Susquehanna River flood in Williamsport in 1936? Add these two numbers together. Subtract one.
J – How many feet long is the dam? Add the first and third number together