The Pine Tree State GeoArt series will take you on a short trip not far from Stratton. The road is passable by most cars, but bikes and e-bikes are fine too. There is also about a mile or so of walking. Each cache will highlight something interesting about Maine.
Angel Falls
Would you believe there’s gold in western Maine? The water in Mountain Brook, after pouring over Angel Falls, feeds into the Swift River about five miles downstream of the falls. If you took Route 17 to get here, you may have spotted gold oriented tourist attractions or even a few people panning for gold in the Swift River, which runs beside the highway. Most of the gold found in Maine comes from places
in streams where gold has weathered out of bedrock and accumulated in the sediments. But the people who dug this hole weren’t looking for gold—it was sand that they were after. Glacial deposits, like this one, are “gold mines” for these construction materials
Source: Natural Heritage Hikes by Kelly Finan
If Angel Falls feeds into the Swift river, the cache is at: N 45° 11.304′ W 70° 21.541′
If Angel Falls feeds into the Snake river, the cache is at: N 45° 11.316′ W 70° 21.516′