This Cache is placed as part of the 2023 Taconic Region Geocaching Challenge. The NYS Parks Saratoga-Capital Region and the Central Region will be hosting a similar challenge. Find 45 challenge caches in the Taconic Region and stamp your passport to earn a trackable geo-coin. Ten caches found in the Sara-Cap and/or Central Region Challenge can be used toward the Taconic Challenge. This cache contains a unique stamp which must stay with the cache. Use this stamp to mark your passport. This stamp is NOT a trade item.
Please visit 2023TaconicRegionGeocacheChallenge.pdf (ny.gov) to find the Geocaching Passport.
Please park in the designated parking lot and not along the road.
For park fees, directions, maps and park updates, download the New York State Explorer App to your mobile device from the Apple and Google Play stores or be sure to check the Hudson highlands State Park website for updated information and a trail map at: https://parks.ny.gov/documents/parks/HudsonHighlandsTrailMapNorth.pdf
This cache is located at the Dennings Point section of the Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve. The point, which at the time was an island, was visited by Henry Hudson on his first voyage in 1609. The island was part of the Rombout Patent, given to colonists Gulian Verplanck and Francis Rombout after it was bought by the British colonial government in 1682. In 1709, the Southern part of the patent, which included Denning’s Point, was sold to Roger and Madam Brett who later sold the point to Jacobus de Peyster.
About this cache: You are looking for a LnL type container near the Clarkson University, Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries building.