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 cache: Here you are at the bridge formerly known as the Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge. Built as a double-track railroad bridge, it was completed on January 1, 1889. With a total length of 6,767 feet, it was for a short time the longest bridge in the world. The bridge was taken out of service on May 8, 1974, after it was damaged by fire. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 and was designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2009. But how did it get to be a NY State Park???
You are looking for a unique container.