Edinboro Lake Cache Multi-Cache

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Wiest: I went out today to check up on this one. It's gone. And not even one find...

It's too far out of the way for me to keep this one up. Sorry to say goodbye.

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Hidden : 4/7/2003
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A multi-cache taking you around the town of Edinboro, PA to find clues that will lead you to the cache located near the lake. Ì!uC



The Edinboro Lake Cache is a multi-cache designed to introduce you to some of the interesting parts of the Edinboro area. Like MsKardiac’s Waterford Tour cache (from whom I got this idea), I grew up in this area and have many wonderful memories of this small resort/college town and its surroundings. I hope that you will enjoy your time here, taking some time to relax and have fun along the way. You will discover some of the history of the area as well as experiencing several views of Edinboro Lake. The cache will take you about 60 minutes to complete, unless you tarry to enjoy the sites.

Toward the end of this description are two encoded coordinates. The first one is for the parking area from where you will hike to the cache. The second is the cache coordinates. The following clues will give you numerical answers that you can substitute in both of the encoded coordinates.

The above posted coordinates are for the location of one of the local landmarks…the Crossroads Dinor. This dinor was originally a trolley car, part of a two-car train. At one time it hauled coal to the Edinboro Normal School and transported milk back to Erie from the area dairy farms. It was also used for passenger service of the Northwestern Electric Service Company line between Erie and Linesville. After the closing of the line, this car was set on the corner where it is today, and opened for business as a dinor in 1929. If you’re hungry…stop in!

Your first clue to the cache location is found by discovering the number of the trolley car. Substitute the third digit of that number for the “A” in the cache coordinates.

From this point, head south on Route 99 (Erie Street) until it takes a slight bend to the left at the Edinboro Hotel.

SIDE TRIP. If you have time for a short side trip (and have a youngster with a fishing pole), make the right turn just past the large Edinboro sign, then a hard left, so that you pass the Edinboro Hotel on your left and drive down toward the bridge. You can park on the right side of the road just before the bridge. Get out of your car and walk down the driveway on the left side of the road just before the bridge. You are at Mallory Run, a stocked fishing area for the kids…open only to those 12 and under to try their luck below the Edinboro Lake dam. When the lake is high, it is fun to watch the water come pouring over the dam and run down Conneautee Creek (which eventually runs into French Creek near Cambridge Springs). Years ago a mill was located on this spot, which was the reason that the Conneautee was dammed to create Edinboro Lake.

From Mallory Run, go back up to Route 99 (at the big Edinboro sign) and turn south at the Edinboro Hotel. (Interestingly, at this point Erie Street on your left becomes Meadville Street to your right.) Proceed until you reach an intersection with a traffic light. Turn left on East Normal Street and proceed .2 miles to the intersection with High Street. The white building on the southeast corner of the intersection is the oldest building on the campus of Edinboro University. Recently renovated and back in service, it was the first building erected for what was at that time called the Edinboro Normal School. It is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Factoid: It was originally built in 1857 at a cost of $3,200. The renovation project cost was a whopping $2.4 million! Your tax dollars at work!) You can learn more about the renovation project at this link. Locate the large sign on the lawn in front of the building which tells its name. The sum of the letters in the first word on the sign, plus 1, can be substituted for the letter "B" in the code. The sum of all three words on the sign, divided by 3, can be subbed for the letter "D" in the code.

From here, continue east on East Normal Street about .1 mile until it ends at a T. Turn left and drive to the next intersection (Rt. 6N / Waterford St.). Turn right at 6N and drive about .3 miles east. On your left you will note a white picket fence surrounding the Goodell Gardens & Homestead. This is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to create an education-oriented botanical garden and arboretum on the 78-acre Goodell family farm by emulating the Goodell family passion for gardening and horticulture. Goodell Gardens & Homestead features a Welcome Center, which includes an orientation exhibit about the Goodell family and the gardens, and the Goodell family's Heritage Garden. The two acres surrounding the two houses and three barns includes over 400 trees and shrubs representing 64 different species. Additional gardens will be added to the site over time. The telephone pole located about 40 feet east of the Goodell driveway has three separate numbers on the pole. The first digit in the bottom number (a two digit number) substitutes for “C” in the cache coordinates.

Now drive back into Edinboro, travelling west on 6N. At the intersection with US Rte. 99, turn right and head north until you get to the lake. Park just past Mike Onda beach on the west side of the road. Your next stop is at N41 52.780 W080 07.951. These coordinates will take you into the old cemetery overlooking Edinboro Lake. Don’t worry about the “No Trespassing” sign, as it is a public cemetery and the sign is meant to keep out the vandals who have damaged many of the tombstones inside. My brother is the cemetery caretaker and has confirmed with me that geocaching visits are not a problem. The coordinates will take you into the Culbertson family plot. The Culbertsons were among the founding families of Edinboro and they started one of the first mills in the county (near the dam where you may have stopped earlier if you took the side trip). Your goal here is to find the name of the Culbertson who served in the Revolutionary War. There are two Revolutionary War markers in this area…you want the stone that is furthest north (and the only one that is readable). The number of letters in the first name on the tombstone substitute for the “E” in the coordinates.

Return to the 99/6N intersection in Edinboro and turn right. Rt 6N is named Plum Street in Edinboro. Drive west .4 miles, turning right just before the Edward Jones Investment office. Enjoy a leisurely drive around the west side of Edinboro Lake. This is the area known as “Lakeside,” primarily a summer resort. As you make a gentle turn to the left, following the edge of the lake, you will come to a recreational complex. You will have a boat launching area and a beach on your right, and a children’s playground on your left. If you’ve got little ones with you, find a parking spot and let them have a few moments in the playground…it’s a very nice one and a favorite of kids for miles around. Or you might want to take advantage of the nice sand and spend some time relaxing on the beach after a fun swim in Edinboro Lake. Your next coordinate substitution comes from finding the name of the person for whom this beach gets its name. The number of letters in his first name takes the place of the “F” in the coordinates.

Congratulations! You now have everything you need to zero in on the target. Here are the coordinates. Substitute the numbers you have discovered for the letters in the coordinates:

Parking coordinates: N41 5F.CD4 W080 08.CE9

Cache coordinates: N41 CA.ED7 W080 0B.F6C

If you brought a small fishing boat, kayak or canoe, you can attack the cache by water! Simply put in here at the boat ramp and away you go! This would be a fun way to go and I’ll be interested to see if anyone takes this route.

However if you are a landlubber, let me give you some directions to ease possible frustrations that may come from the honeycomb of streets that can get you deadended if you try to drive straight to the cache from here. Go back along the lake the way you came to the intersection with 6N (by the sub and bagel shops). Turn right and proceed west to the intersection where the Agway store is on your right and the church is on your left. Take Angling Road (note that there is no street sign at this intersection), which continues straight ahead at the point where 6N curves off to the left. Continue on Angling for .7 miles until you reach Walters Street. From here, you’re on your own.

The cache is located very near a park operated by Washington Township (where you may want to have a picnic and do some fishing if you brought some chow, a pole and some bait with you). The cache is about .2 miles from the parking lot. You will find a foot path that will lead you fairly close to it. Use the path or you’ll be bushwacking your way through some thick underbrush! The path can be quite wet & muddy during wet weather, so be prepared with good boots if you come during that time of year.

The cache is a camo covered lock-n-lock container. Bring your own pen/pencil to sign the log.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jura uvxvat sebz gur cnexvat ybg, gnxr gur genvy gung yrnqf gb gur yrsg (rnfg) fvqr bs gur cravafhyn.

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)


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