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Savage Forest-Margroff Traditional Cache

Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

THE COORDINATES HAVE CHANGED:

N 39° 38.367 W 079° 17.197

Please Stay On The Hard Packed Gravel Roads.

Cache is located in the Savage River State Forest, Garrett County, Maryland.

You can drive nearly to the site, which is in a wooded area.

Please Stay On The Hard Packed Gravel Roads.

You can also have a great mountain bike approach to the cache.

At about 2800 feet altitude there is a Great view.


This part of the Savage Forest is called Margroff Place. Get there by taking highway 219 to Accident, and go east on Accident/Bittenger Road (intersection N39 37.733, W 79 19.204). Turn on to the dead-end Fratz Road (N39 37.538 W 79 18.233) and take it up to the top of the ridge, entering the Savage Forest.

If you will bike, park at the first gas head (39 37.803, 79 17.489). Biking can be done easily on gravel roads, or with more effort on singletrack.

Margroff Place has some of the best bike singletrack in the state. The numerous gas pipelines are for an underground natural gas storage facility, but they really don't detract from the trails and the views.

This cache was placed as a spur-of-the-moment inspiration. Since it was adopted by Marshall they have returned to verify the coordinates and to improve the container. The cache intially has a flashlight, a compass, and some dog toys.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur Juvgr Pna vf nobhg friragl svir srrg sebz gur rqtr bs gur pyrnevat. Qbag yrg vg fghzc lbh. Ab arrq gb frnepu snegure vagb gur jbbqf. Vs lbh qb qevir pybfre gb gur fvgr, cyrnfr fgnl ba gur uneq cnpxrq teniry ebnqf gb tnf jryy urnq 39 38.395 k 79 17.137 AB FZBXVAT?

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)