Tunnel Hill Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

GEO.JOE: I had intended to replace this cache but as I have given it more thought not every cache needs to stay active as long as this cache has been around. It has had a good run but hopefully someone else comes along to highlight this area.

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Hidden : 3/6/2004
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is placed along the Tunnel Hill State Trail at Tunnel Hill IL.

Access to the cache is by an easy .60 mile walk from the Tunnel Hill parking/access area on a converted Rail-to-Trail day-use (hiking/biking)trail. The cache can not be reached by wheelchair bound cachers but the trail is suitable for wheelchair travel.

At one time, the rumble of freight cars reverberated through the narrow tunnel at Tunnel Hill. Today, the railroad is gone and the route known as Tunnel Hill State Trail remains. For more than 50 years after the railroad was built, the tunnel was longer than 800 feet, but when a portion of the tunnel collapsed in 1929, the landmark was shortened by 300 feet. Now 543-feet long, it is the only tunnel on the trail. The tunnel is located 1/4 mile south of Tunnel Hill on the trail toward Vienna.Tunnel Hill State Trail stretches for 45 miles from Harrisburg to Karnak, The trail at Harrisburg begins in flat farm country. At New Castle, the old railroad bed enters the Shawnee National Forest, remaining there for roughly half of the trial's length. By New Burnside, it's among bluffs, and south of Vienna it passes through a lush wetland. At Karnak, it emerges from the Cache River State Natural Area's ancient cypress-tupelo swamp.

For more information :
http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/Landmgt/PARKS/R5/tunnel.htm

Important Notice:
1. Geocache is placed on Department managed property with permission.
2. Do not place the following items in the Geocache: Food items, inappropriate, offensive, or hazardous materials.
3. It is the visitors responsibility or orient themselves with policies and rules pertaining to this Department managed site.


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[On a silver platter] Haqre gur ynfg obhyqre

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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