This Cache is placed as part of the 2024 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 the Taconic Region webpage to print your passport. https://parks.ny.gov/documents/regions/2024TaconicRegionGeocacheChallenge.pdf
For park fees, directions, maps and park updates, download the New York State Parks Explorer App to your mobile device and check out the details for each park.
About this series: Can you name the Hudson River Bridges?
The northernmost Hudson River crossing in the Taconic Region, the Rip Van Winkle Bridge is a 5,041 ft cantilevered and suspended deck trusses bridge that opened in 1935 at a cost of $2.4 million. The bridge carries NY 23 across the Hudson, connecting Greene and Columbia counties.
The bridge is named after the 1819 short story of the same name by Washington Irving, which mentions Hudson and Catskill. (Source: NYSBA.ny.gov)
About this cache: You are looking for a small LnL in unique camo.