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Grand Old Forest Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Allen_L: When I placed this geocache all my research indicated this and the parking were in the national forest. There wasn't a no trespassing sign at that time. I don't know if my research was wrong then, or if the national service sold it, or somebody is putting up a no trespassing sign when they shouldn't. But to be safe, I am archiving it.

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Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

For those who want a little more than a walk in a park, but not a lot more.

This area is hardly known at all. The cache was placed in high cove of huge old growth buckeyes. Some consider it the grandest old growth forest in the mountains. The buckeyes here reach 4 feet in diameter. The picture shows Robert by two of the big trees. This is not the cache location but it is close.

No equipment is required, but a walking stick was helpful for us. The hardest part will be figuring out how to get here. The topozone maps don’t show a trail but there is one. For more information you will need to read the hints. That way if you want to figure out how to get here on your own you can. But if you come the way we did to place the cache, the hike is a little over a half-mile one way and you climb about 600 ft. You will have to cross a creek. Note the trail is not maintained, can be narrow at times and there is a lot of undergrowth beside it. We only noticed one small patch of poison ivy on the trail and didn’t see any in the undergrowth near the cache. But we wore long pants just in case, and suggest you do the same. The cache is in a green ammo box. When you get to the cache, I suggest that you sit and listen, we had a beautiful day when we placed the cache, clear and cool. We rested and listened to the birds.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)