Located in three towns, this forest contains 1,000 acres including 180 acres of ponds, swamps, and wetlands. It is the probable site of a Native American village prior to colonial settlement and later was acquired to obtain granite for canals and factory foundations. The forest has six miles of trails offering hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling. Hunting is permitted in season.
There are two waypoints to locate prior to calculating the final location, where the cache resides. The first two waypoints blend in with the (Natural/as-is) current landscape of the park. The first coordinates will take you to an object that has the necessary information to answer (W and T) of the equation(s) below. Answering these equations accurately will give you the coordinates to the 2nd waypoint, which will point you in the right direction of the final cache location. A pocket calculator may be helpful in verifying the exact coordinates.
Answering each equation gives you each coordinate respectively:
N42*xx.xxx ---) calculate xx.xxx below
W71*yy.yyy ---) calculate yy.yyy below
Key:
/ = divide
* = multiply
xx.xxx= (33881.85/W)
W= Price of the 'T' in 1909 (U.S.D)
yy.yyy=(T*1.1208)
T= How many horses would it take to give the 'T' the same kick?
Since this park is quite large, be sure to bring some extra GPS batteries, and remember to mark the coordinates of each trail heading and intersection you cross. It's quite easy to get lost in this park if you stray from the main trails and do not have descent bearing. A map of the park can be obtained
here.
**Note, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 to view this map. This program can be obtained from the following URL:
AdobeAcrobat
Where this park spans across three towns, there are numerous entry points to begin this hunt.
For the more advanced cachers looking for a decent caching challenge, park at the following (recommended) starting location:
(It's a bit longer, but definately a more challenging trail accessible route. Entrance is located just off West Meadow Road in Lowell immediately after the Wang school):
N 42° 39.073'
W 71° 20.989'
The easiest (most direct route) with respect to this cache is at Trotting Park Rd. park entrance:
N 42° 39.386'
W 71° 22.251'
!Cachers note!
Hunting is permitted in this park as well as many other State Parks in Massachusetts. In my many numerous times at this park, I never crossed paths or witnessed any hunting...
Use discretion during popular hunting seasons such as (Waterfoul and Deer) and wear appropriate bright colored clothing if caching during these times. For additional details such as hunting dates surrounding certain seasonal species and other relavent information, see the following site:
MassWildlife
Since there is so much this park has to offer, if anyone stumbles across anything interesting, log the waypoint coordinates and include in your post.
**The cache container is a green military style ammo box.
For those who have completed the original Beaver Point cache, waypoint 3 was not incorporated into the original.
Thus, a potential new find exists...
Good Luck and Happy Geo-Hunting!!!
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