This Cache is placed as part of the Summer 2025 Taconic Region Geocaching Challenge. Find 45 challenge caches in the Taconic Region and stamp your passport to earn a trackable geo-coin. The NYS Parks Saratoga-Capital Region and the Central Region will be hosting a similar challenge, and 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 find the Geocaching Passport.
Please park in the designated parking lots and not along the road.
For park fees, directions, maps and park updates, download the New York State Explorer App to your mobile device from the Apple and Google Play stores or be sure to check the website for updated information and a trail map at https://parks.ny.gov/documents/historic-sites/OlanaCarriageRoadMap.pdf
Welcome to Olana! This was the home and studio of artist Frederic Edwin Church, who was one of the major figures in the Hudson River School of landscape painting. Olana’s 250-acre landscape is free and open every day from 8 AM to sunset. You are encouraged to explore Frederic Church’s designed landscape on five miles of carriage roads. Please note Olana is a carry-in, carry-out, tobacco-free environment. Dogs are welcome outdoors and must be leashed at all times.
This year's caches will highlight some of the more renowned paintings of Church along with a link to show you the painting. His first piece to be highlighted, “The Heart of the Andes” (1859) is perhaps Church's most famous painting that captures the majesty of the South American landscape. It can be seen at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10481 For this cache, you are looking for a small cylinder.