Dawn to Dusk only!
Lancaster County Concervancy dedicated the High Family Nature Preserve in September of 2025. Hopefully you will enjoy this addition to their growing collection of preserved land.
You will need to travel to the Trail Markers that the Concervatory has placed showing navigation directions as your waypoints. Include the actual color of the trail you are on and the small squres (if any) showing the route to take to get to another trail for your count. You will find anywhere from 1-4 total colors on each trail marker.
This one shows 2 colors, actually traveling on the Yellow trail, and that it leads to the Red trail (small square).
There should be no need to keep this cache page open. Gather the number of colors as you pass the posts while navigating to the other caches along the path.
When this cache published, no trail map appears in Geocaching, or other hiking sources, so I've included the map from the Concervacy's web page. I marked the waypoints, the other caches along with the path to follow (travel in a clockwise direction).
If you are trying to get the other caches in the Preserve, don't spend too much time at Diabase Boulders. If at first you don't succede, move on to the rest which are much easier, then after finding this mystery cache, go back to give Diabase another shot.
Proceed to the first waypoint, This is the same starting point for the multi cache Only Archery Allowed.
Looking at the Trail Marker, how many trail colors are indicated?
If 1: A = 7
If 2: A = 1
If 3: A = 4
If 4: A = 9
No cross country bushwacking!
Proceed to the second waypoint. Looking at the Trail Marker, how many trail colors are indicated?
If 1: B = 4
If 2: B = 7
If 3: B = 0
If 4: B = 2
Proceed to the third waypoint. Looking at the Trail Marker, how many trail colors are indicated?
If 1: C = 9
If 2: C = 6
If 3: C = 3
If 4: C = 2
Proceed to the fourth waypoint. Looking at the SouthWest Trail Marker, how many trail colors are indicated
If 1: D = 3
If 2: D = 0
If 3: D = 4
If 4: D = 2
Final location is N 40° 10.8AB′ W 76° 35.8CD′
Cache is near the trail.
Link to the trail map of the High Family Nature Preserve
Cache placed with permission, and in accordance of the additional restrictions of the Lancaster County Concervancy.