Presque Isle is a 3,200-acre sandy peninsula that arches lakeward
into Lake Erie. The neck of the peninsula is attached to the
mainland about four miles west of downtown Erie. The park creates
Presque Isle Bay, an important Great Lakes shipping port. Presque
Isle is also a National Natural Landmark. Because of the many
unique habitats, the peninsula contains a greater number of the
state's endangered, threatened and rare species than any other area
of comparable size in Pennsylvania. Presque Isle also is a major
recreational landmark for about four million visitors a year. For
more info on Presque Isle try DCNR PA State Parks or Preque
Isle.org.
Now onto the cache information...
NOTICE...
I am now supplying the final coordinates which makes this a
regular cache. There is construction going on in the area and some
of the numbers may be hard, if not impossible to gather. The posted
coords are still for parking but the cache is located
at...
N42 09.400 W80
06.066
First you need to know that the cache is
not at the posted coordinates above. That is just the
starting point. You will need a kayak or canoe to reach all of the
spots as motorized boats are not permitted in the lagoons. If you
don't own either one of these, or can't borrow one, then you can
rent one at the Presque Isle Canoe and Boat Rental. This rental is
next to the boat launch at the Lagoon Picnic Area near the starting
point. This entire area is located a short distance past a bridge
just North of the Perry Monument parking lot.
You will have to make 5 stops along your journey to find numbers
for the final cache which is a green ammo box. The entire search
will be between 3 & 4 miles of paddling on a round trip from
the starting point to the final cache and then back. Please use
discretion when searching for the final cache when other boaters
& fisherman are around. Please leave the cache container just
as you found it. The final cache is easy to find to allow you to
enjoy the experience even more.
You should have no difficulty getting satellite reception due to
zero tree coverage.
The final cache is located at these coodinates...
N42 09.AB0 W080
0C.DE6
Use the following to replace A,B,C,D, & E
above.
Stop 1 - N42 09.702 W80 05.803
B - Take the number on the Bird
House here, add both digits together, and subtract 1.
Stop 2 - N42 09.592 W80 05.901
A - Count the number of panels on
the SW end of the Metal Structure found here (next to the cement)
Do not count the corner piece.
Stop 3 - N42 09.332 W80 06.260
D - Count the number of boat
tie-offs found here minus 2.
Stop 4 - N42 09.503 W80 06.777
C - Count the number of round cones
on the tower that you can see from this postition. Add 4 to how
many cones you count.
Stop 5 - N42 09.559 W80 07.109
E - Count the number of pipes that
come down from the ceiling of the middle section of bridge found
here and add 2. There are 5 total sections.
Now go get the cache!
