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
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Cache Description: Clermont State Historic Site was the Hudson River seat of New York's politically and socially prominent Livingston Family. Seven successive generations of the family left their imprint on the site's architecture, room interiors and landscape. Robert R. Livingston, Jr. was Clermont's most notable resident. His accomplishments include: drafting the Declaration of Independence, serving as first U.S. Minister of Foreign Affairs, administering the oath of office to George Washington, negotiating the Louisiana Purchase and developing steamboat technology with Robert Fulton.
Stop here and take a moment to read about happenings at the park.
Please take care with the cache and replace log and stamp as found. NOTE – The stamp here is a mini, stamp with care. BRING A PEN. And please, no trade items for this cache.
NO NEED TO LEAVE THE PAVEMENT – This cache blends in well and is handicapped/wheelchair accessible