Welcome to Spar Hill Farm! A few important points about the site are emphasized first, but please read ALL of the preserve rules and regulations below before proceeding to this cache:
- Spar Hill Farm is, in fact, open daily from dawn to dusk, despite the NO TRESPASSING signs you might notice at the entrance to the preserve. These signs refer to the abandoned structures on the property, not the trail network or parking area. Rest assured, you will not be towed, ticketed, or sued for exploring the preserve as long as you park at the designated parking area and obey all rules.
- Stay on maintained trails until you reach GZ, where you may need to lightly bushwhack only a short distance to access the cache. Please vary your route to avoid obvious geotrails from forming.
- This cache can be accessed by following preserve trails. That said, trails are maintained but are not blazed or signed. Please familiarize yourself with the map below before heading out to GZ. There is no kiosk or map currently on-site to assist you. In this case, the quickest (and safest) path from Point A to Point B is NOT a straight line.
- Dogs are permitted, but must be kept on leash AT ALL TIMES.
- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU ENTER ANY OF THE STRUCTURES ON THE PRESERVE! Tetanus, mesothelioma, rabies, death, and/or trespassing charges are just a few of the afflictions you may come to acquire by disobeying this policy.
- You will need to skirt a short distance down the northern side of this quarry pit to access this cache. It is a bit techincal, but you should be fine with a bit of caution and finesse. YOU DO NOT NEED TO TRAVEL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT. MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU SHOULD AVOID SCALING THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE QUARRY, AS OLD APPLIANCES, MACHINERY, AND OTHER JUNK HAS BEEN DUMPED INTO THE PIT BY VARIOUS LANDOWNERS OVER THE YEARS.
*Cache placed with permission from Kennett Township*
How many people does it take to hide a geocache? In this case....let's see...carry the two....divide by pi.....uh.....that would be 11. This year, on International Geocaching Day, 84.6% of the total number of delinquents that comprise cachingcrew6, LawFunTimes, and Sirpapu collaborated to enrich the brand spanking new preserve that is Spar Hill Farm's landscape with some bland stanking new geocaches. This particular cache was placed to highlight the two feldspar quarries for which the farm was named. Feldspar was mined in these quarries and transported to Toughkennemon for milling in the 1800s. Today, you can poke around the site and discover not only feldspar, but spectacular samples of mica, quartz, and garnets as well. While you are encouraged to explore the site, I would be remiss to suggest that you remove anything from it. Please be careful and enjoy this hidden gem (pun absolutely intended)!