Utica Distrct Park offers a surprise outside of the sports fields and picnic pavilions. The Snook Family farmed this land for over 150 years, and their home and many farm buildings remain standing or have been restored. The Parks department has worked to make this an educational opportunity about early agriculture in Frederick County. Please take your time to walk these areas and get a feel for how this family worked and lived on this land.
For this cache, you'll visit three signs around the farmhouse - the house is plainly visible from the main park road. Answer the following questions, put your words together in a single string (no spaces), enter that into the checker, and you'll be rewarded with the final coordinates for this letterbox cache.
Start your tour at posted coordinates with the "Snook Family Farm" sign.
Question1: What is the 6th building mentioned that still survives? (two words)
Next you'll find a sign with information about the "Snook Farm Smokehouse".
Question2: What material is used primarily in construction of this smokehouse? (two words)
Finally, find the sign titled "Snook Family & Farmhouse":
Question3: In what style was this home built? (two words)
This is a letterbox cache - the stamp and inkpad are NOT trade items - please leave them in the container when you are done, and replace everything as you found it.
You can validate your puzzle solution with
certitude.
General Notes:
Utica District Park offers places for a variety of outdoor activities such as baseball/softball, sand volleyball, horseshoes, playgrounds, soccer, tennis, pickleball, basketball, multi-purpose fields, hiking trails, picnic areas and shelters, as well as the Snook Family Farm Agricultural Center.
Park Hours are 8am to 10:30pm.
NO PARKING OR DRIVING ON GRASSY AREAS. Drive and park only on paved or designated/park-directed areas, and obey all speed limit signs.
Pets allowed only if attended and on a leash of 9 feet or less.
Watch your footing carefully as you leave groomed areas - there are groundhog or fox holes, poison ivy, and old wire fencing in various non-managed areas.
Other park use rules can be found online or at signboards in the park.
Placed with permission of Frederick County Parks & Recreation.