Welcome to the British Fort at Crown Point!
Beginning in 1759, it took more than 3,000 carpenters, masons and soldiers four years to complete construction of the British fort.
As you look around from the cache coordinates, you’ll see the officer’s barracks on your left and the soldier’s barracks on your right, with the first floor window openings and door openings that allow you to see inside and imagine the great fires in those large fireplaces, on both the first and (what was) second floors. In 1773, a chimney fire started in the soldier’s barracks. It spread through the log walls to the powder magazine, causing an enormous explosion that destroyed the bastion wall.
The cache container is a small lock-and-lock, hidden right in the middle of it all.
This cache is part of the 2023 New York State Saratoga/Capital District Regional Geocache Challenge! The stamp inside this cache is part of the game, and it is not a trade item – please do not take the stamp. There are 72 geocaches hidden within 18 state parks and historic sites in this park region, and geocachers finding 45 or more will be eligible to receive a 2023 Mine Kill State Park commemorative and trackable geocoin. If you are interested in taking the challenge, you can pick up a geocache passport at any of the participating parks and sites or download it at www.nysparks.com.