Soon before the trail becomes a little more gory, you might find a rock that tells a story.
It isn't huge but its technically a boulder. You can't even lift it to your shoulder.
This cache established by a Cumming Nature Center employee. We have permission to place.
Nature Center admission is $5 for non-members and FREE for members. Caches are only accessible during Cumming Nature Center's open hours: 9am-4pm Wed - Fri; 9am-5pm Sat & Sun. Enjoy the nature center's bathrooms and displays while you're here!
Send the answers to the questions to the cache owner:
1- Are the scratches on the rock generally going in the same direction, or various directions?
2- Can you guess what caused the scratches
3- Can you figure out whether this rock is metamorphic, igneous or sedimentary?
Geology Lesson:
There are three main types of rocks, organized by how they formed. Our bedrock in the Finger Lakes Region is sedimentary, which means that any igneous or metamorphic rocks found here were either carried here by glaciers many years ago, or brought here by humans, and humans don't usually leave boulders in the woods.
If this rock was sedimentary, it would be quartz sandstone, and it would look like sand all clumped together. See photo.
If this rock was igneous, it would mean that it came from volcanoes or underground magma. We would know this because it would have big, randomly arranged crystals like granite, holes in it like pumice, or it looks like colored glass, like obsidian.
If this rock was metamorphic, it would be quartzite, which is a metamorphic rock that used to be quartz sandstone! It was created when sandstone underwent extreme heat and pressure. It would look almost like sandstone that got baked. See photo. All photos from geology.com
Sandstone 
Quartzite
Glaciers have covered our entire region in the past. They carry rocks and other sediment, which can scratch rock, making scratches called 'glacial striations'. You can model this by moving a piece of sandpaper on a bar of soap. We can see many other signs of glaciers in our region such as U-shaped valleys, hanging valleys, drumlins, etc.
You can find more information at geology.com