Poison Plant Alert Dogs Allowed
Parking Lat: 40.27.990 Long: 79.45.165 ~
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Please be aware that several people have
mentioned POISON IVY in the area of the cache. We hid the
cache in October and didn't notice any at the time.
Click for Map of Parking, Cache, and
Benchmark (click the Get Directions "To here" from the MapPoint
map to get parking directions)
Medium sized map works the best.
This cache is a BONUS cache. You not only get to search for the
cache, you will also pass the INDIAN Benchmark in Boyce park. Once
you locate the benchmark you are not far from the cache. The
coordinates for the Indian Benchmark are.
N 40 27.869 W 79 45.233
Here is the benchmark you are looking for.
The description of the
Indian Benchmark is:
DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1903 (DHB) ON MIDDLE ONE OF
THREE CONSPICUOUS HIGH PEAKS ABOUT 0.5 MI E. OF CENTER (TRESTLE
POST OFFICE), ON LAND OF MR. ABERS, WHO LIVES ON W. SIDE OF HILL.
HILLTOP IS STONEY AND COVERED WITH SMALL BUSHES AND VINES. STATION
MARK-- MARBLE POST 33 BY 6 BY 6-IN. SET 30 IN. IN GROUND, IN CENTER
OF TOP OF WHICH IS CEMENTED A STANDARD TRIANGULATION DISK AND
AROUND WHICH IS PLACED A PILE OF STONES.
Don't forget to log your find of the Benchmark also!
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Benchmarks
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