This is an educational multi-cache presenting the Beaver Loop Boardwalk in Kitsap County's Newberry Hill Heritage Park (NHHP). You will find information at the posted coordinates which will help you determine the final cache location.
According to the Friends of Newberry Hill Heritage Park website, "This project had been stuck for several years because we could not find a safe, cost effective, environmental design that would satisfy all stakeholders. The first design was to be a pier post design using Diamond Footings. The engineer helping us was worried about lateral shear and wanted us to us a lot of galvanized material. WDFW and the Suquamish tribe were opposed to that. A second design was scrapped because WDFW was opposed to concrete being placed in a wetland. Karl Erickson came up with the old school, tried and true, Gabion Footings supporting a girder and truss design, wooden boardwalk.
Once we began excavation for footings, we discovered an old Corduroy Road, and a narrow gauge rail bed had been buried in the wetland. The center gabion ended up being 10 feet tall with six feet of it below grade to find soil that would support it. This design would give us the strength we needed on the guardrails and tread to meet equestrian requirements, as well as hikers and mountain bikers. Cedar beams were placed on one foot centers and capped with a waterproof membrane.
This project was funded by donations and grants at a total cost of about $5000.00. The very first donation was from the Back Country Horsemen; the geo-tech report by Shawn Williams WNEK Engineering; the gabion baskets Kitsap County Parks (brush picking proceeds); Quarry Spalls and 2-4 minus, Keith Asbury. Thanks to Silverdale Rotary, Back Country Horsemen, and NHHP Stewards for financing this project. Thanks to Paul Larsen (NK Steward) and his brother for milling the salvaged cedar logs to make the stringers. Thanks to Arno Bergstrom for saving the cedar logs for us during road building operations. Volunteers from the Navy and CK Schools participated in finishing the approaches and hauling rock. We are 99% complete, and once the Hoof Grid is in place will be done. The boardwalk is open for use."
The coordinates for the cache container and log are at N 47 38.ABC W 122 45.DEF.
A = The Parks and Recreation phone number is 36A-337-535F.
B = The Kitsap County logo shows the year 18BD.
C = The red RESCUE Locator at the NHHP Blue Gate is NHC6.
D = The Kitsap County logo shows the year 18BD.
E = From the information provided above, this was design number _ ?
F = The Parks and Recreation phone number is 36A-337-535F.
Bring your own pen!