This 60 foot tall monument stands on top of Dunbar's Knob at an elevation of 2480 feet. It is visible from seven counties, three states, and from over 50 miles on a clear day.
Park at waypionted parking coordinates and start your trek up on the paved path across the street. If gates are closed heading up the path, just go around them on the foot paths. This cache is only available during daylight hours. Visitors are always welcome to hike up to the monument, but NO NIGHT CACHING IN THIS AREA IS ALLOWED. While the path is paved all the way to the top, the hike up is steep and long and can be strenuous, hence the terrain rating.
Thousand of Sunday School children donated their dimes for years to fund the construction of this steel monument. It weighs 55 tons and it's concrete base weighs 183 tons. It was erected on August 26, 1950. At night it is bathed in glowing spotlights, shining as an inspiration for communities miles away as it's light contrasts against the dark silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. The view from the monument is amazing on a clear day.
LOGGING REQUIREMENTS:
1. Post a photo of yourself or GPS device with the monument.
2. Find the USGS benchmark near the monument (GZ coords are at the benchmark). Please message me the name of the town above the left pointing arrow on the benchmark and the year inscribed below the arrow.
Do not post your answers to the questions in your log, please message me.
Hope you enjoy this area as much as I always have!
Congratulations on mtx69 on the First to Find!
Virtual Rewards 3.0 - 2022-2023
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between March 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 3.0 on the Geocaching Blog.