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This cache is part of the 2021 Taconic Region Geocaching Challenge. The NYS Parks Saratoga-Capital Region and the Central Region will be hosting a similar challenge! Find 45 challenge caches in the Taconic Region and stamp your passport to earn a trackable geo-coin. Ten caches found in the Sara-Cap and/or Central Region Challenge can be used toward the Taconic Challenge. This cache contains a unique stamp which must stay with the cache. Use this stamp to mark your passport. This stamp is NOT a trade item.
Please visit http://parks.ny.gov/documents/regions/2021TaconicGeocacheChallenge.pdf to print your passport.
For park fees, directions, maps and park updates, download the New York State Explorer App to your mobile device from the Apple and Google Play stores or be sure to check the Jay Heritage Center website for updated information and a trail map at https://parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/39/details.aspx
About this cache: A merican Founding Father John Jay spent his boyhood here, on a 400-acre farm with views reaching from the Boston Post Road to Long Island Sound. The property passed to his older son, Peter Augustus Jay, in 1822. The farmhouse where John Jay grew up was razed by Peter Augustus in 1836, and replaced in 1838 by the Greek Revival mansion that dominates the site today. The property, reduced to 23 acres, is operated as the Jay Heritage Center. It is adjacent to the Marshlands Conservancy, a Westchester County wildlife sanctuary where you can explore more than 3 miles of trails and a section of the Long Island Sound shoreline.
The parking coordinates shown below are for the entrance drive. Follow the driveway to the main parking lot.
Note: The passport stamp has gone missing. If you visit the cache and there is no stamp, please write 'no stamp' and your find date on your passport. The stamp will be replaced soon.