This Cache is placed as part of the 2023 Taconic Region Geocaching Challenge. Please see FA 1 for details on the series. This is a challenge cache. It contains a stamp for the passport which is not a trade item. It is to remain in the cache.
Please park in the designated parking lot and not along the road.
About this cache:
This Cache is placed as part of the 2023 Taconic Region Geocaching Challenge. Please see TSP-CF 1 for details on the series. This is a challenge cache. It contains a stamp for the passport which is not a trade item. It is to remain in the cache.
Please park in the designated parking lot and not along the road.
About this series:
Welcome to Fahnestock State Park! These 15 geocaches (10 challenge, 5 bonus) will take you on a virtual tour of some of the state parks and historic sites in the Taconic Region. We recommend completing the series in order, with numbers 1-10 of the challenge geocaches. The bonuses will be interspersed throughout. You may also want to read the descriptions of FA04 — Lake Taghkanic State Park, FA09 — Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park, and FA10 — Fahnestock State Park, before beginning.
James Baird State Park is situated on farmland once owned by James Baird, a contractor and engineer whose firm constructed the Lincoln Memorial. In 1939, James Baird donated the 590 acres of land to New York State under the stipulation that it be known as James Baird State Park. Work began on the park and golf course in 1940. Construction continued intermittently during World War II and the James Baird State Park Golf Course was officially opened in 1948. Nationally renowned golf architect, Robert Trent Jones designed a scenic, fairly flat 18-hole golf course on this large tract of farmland in Pleasant Valley. To golfers' delight, the par 5, 13th hole is one of the most challenging in the Hudson Valley. In addition to the golf course, the park now also boasts a driving range, pro shop, clubhouse and a snack bar at the 1st and 10th holes. (https://parks.ny.gov/parks/101/details.aspx)
Geocache container is a bison tube. This is a bonus cache. There is no stamp for your passport in the geocache for your passport.