I Love Daylight Saving Time!
Unless you are a farmer, you should too. Exchanging eight months of later sunlight for an hour of sleep on one night is well worth it in my opinion. For working stiffs, it give us an hour extra after work to play outdoors with our kids, take a bike ride, or go geocaching! The Monday after the end of DST is very depressing for me. Leaving work already dark outside was a bummer.
So let's rejoice in the shifted daylight at the Stone Living Room in Norvin Green State Forest. If you have never been here, it is well worth the trip. From the parking it is a short (~20 mins) but steep (~300 ft ) climb. There is a grouping of four geocaches on this trail system that you can also grab before the event, should take about an hour or so and you will end up right at the event if you plan it correctly. Hopefully the mild winter will keep the trails free of snow or ice.From there, you will have a great view of the sunset over the distant hills then should have enough light to get down safely as sunset is officially at 7:00 PM EDT on that day.
From the West Milford parking, walk a few hundred feet east to get to the red trailhead. Take that a short distance to the blue trail. From the Norvin Green parking, take the blue trail directly across from parking. Each lot holds about 10 cars.
More Daylight Saving History then you care to know
Time zones were introduced by the major railroad companies in 1883 to resolve confusion and avoid train crashes caused by different local times. As the United States entered World War I in 1918, the government delegated time zone supervision to the federal organization in charge of railroad regulation—the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC). The new concept of DST was also overseen by the ICC to assist in the war effort. Initially introduced by Germany during the war to conserve fuel and power by extending daylight hours, the United States soon followed suit.
After World War I, DST was nationally abolished but allowed to continue on a state-by-state basis. As a result, confusion and collisions caused by different local times once again became a transportation issue. In 1966, the Department of Transportation was founded to serve as a “focal point of responsibility for transportation safety” and given regulatory power over time zones and DST. DST was implemented uniformly across the nation, with dates for the twice-yearly transitions set by law. This still holds true today. With the exception of Arizona and Hawaii, every state must continue to observe DST.
In 1986 Congress enacted P.L. 99-359, amending the Uniform Time Act by changing the beginning of DST to the first Sunday in April and having the end remain the last Sunday in October. These start and end dates were in effect from 1987 to 2006. The time was adjusted at 2:00 a.m. local time.
By the Energy Policy Act of 2005, DST was extended in the United States beginning in 2007. As from that year, DST begins on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November. A number of bills have been passed by one chamber or the other of Congress to eliminate or keep DST year-round including last year but have not become law.
Geocache Identification Permit Approval Number:NGSF2023022201
Permit Expires on:2/22/26