The cache has a puzzle element. Once you find the cache, you will have to find the answer to a question, to open the padlock.
**please read the area about parking. The easiest access to this cache is to park in the boat launch area. Park hours are from Sunrise to Sunset.
When I was young, we rented shelters near the playground at Gosnold Hope Park every year, for family cookouts. When I was grown, I came to know and love Gosnold as the place I took my kids for their rec league sports like football, cheerleading and soccer. As a grandparent, before the pandemic, we visited the newly renovated playground once a week. Through the pandemic of 2020, all of the playgrounds were closed, so we took to walking our dog on the trail near the boat ramp. This is a beautiful park with many improvements over the years.
Here's your history lesson:
Gosnold's Hope Park was named for Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold, who was second in command of the Jamestown Expedition. That expedition established the first permanent English colony in the New World in 1607.
When Capt. John Smith prepared his 1612 map of Virginia, he designated the eastern side of the Peninsula, encompassed by the Back River and Poquoson, "Gosnold's Baye" in honor of his traveling companion. The word "hope" is the old English name for bay or inlet.
When Hampton acquired land and planned a park overlooking Back Bay, the Hampton Historical Society proposed it be called Gosnold's Hope Park. In 1964, Rep. Thomas N. Downing dedicated the park and called Bartholomew Gosnold "a man who did as much as any other for the pioneer colony at Jamestown and whose name is now memorialized as it should be."
Once you locate this cache, which is a camo'd plastic ammo box, The combination to the lock is the number that is stamped on items to show they are Sterling Silver. Or, if you're a country music fan, you need to know the hours Dolly Parton used to work .
This cache is placed with the permission of Hampton Parks, permit number 09092025-65.
The cache is at the posted coordinates.