Geocache Description:
11% of the roads in Harford County are dirt or gravel. The county refers to them as "earth" roads. For more information see GCA82N9.
These various caches take you around Harford County to "experience" these roads from the past.
Cache Description:
The cache is a small magnetic nano.
Directions:
Day Road is North of Dublin and East of 136 in Harford County, near Broad Creek Scout Camp. Reach Day Road from 136 off of Robinson Mill. Or you can turn onto Day Road from Castleton Road. If you travel this route, most of Day Road is paved.
Historical Fact:
The first macadam road in Harford County was built in 1898. Macadam is a method of binding together broken stone and stone dust under pressure, using quantities of water to seal the mass together.
A wealthy man in Churchville named William Woolsey left $60,000 in his will to build 5 roads.
Churchville to
1. Bel Air
2. Havre De Grace
3. Aberdeen
4. Darlington
5. Calvary Church
Only the road to Bel Air was completed as money ran out.