Clippy's Cent. Cache Traditional Cache
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Welcome to our 4th cache! We placed this to celebrate our 100th find!
SVC is very special to mom, and we've spent a lot of time hiking in these woods.
This is our most difficult hide yet. Offspring wanted it to be hard. Mom wanted it to be scenic & enjoyable. Offspring won.
This involves some strenous hiking. But it is a beautiful place to hike. SVC has a great trail system (map is mentioned below). We've included our "World View" TB and swag we've picked up along our travels.
To get to the cache, there are a number of options.
You can park at the Athletic Building (1st on the right on road), and go up trail in field. Head to the Caves (yes, they are real caves) at N42.52.409 W073.13.378. To the left of cave opening, go up & over caves. Take the trail going to the right at the top of the caves. You'll go up & over the caves. (Trail going to left loops back around to the trail system). We ended up walking next to much of the trail, due to stinging nettle.
OR you can park up at the college, take the lovely path at N42.52.091 W073.13.126 Head to the Caves (yes, they are real caves) at N42.52.409 W073.13.378. To the left of cave opening, go up & over caves. Take the trail going to the right at the top. You'll go up & over the caves. (Trail going to left loops back around to the trail system)
We ended up walking next to much of the trail, due to stinging nettle.
OR you can park at the college and enter at the trail system map (mentioned above) at N42.51.930 W073.13.143
You're headed towards the "Cliff Hanger Trail"
We did the best we could with the coords, due to tree cover. There is a tower (radio? cell?) nearby.
Here's some information on the property:
The Everett Estate at Southern Vermont College is located on 371 private acres in historic Bennington, Vermont. The most significant feature of the Estate is the Everett Mansion, built as the summer home of business entrepreneur Edward H. Everett, and now the home of Southern Vermont College. The Mansion was constructed between 1911 and 1914 to be the grandest home in all of Bennington, and it certainly lived up to its reputation at an original building cost in excess of $2 million. Architect George Totten, an internationally recognized craftsman from Washington, D.C., designed the building in the style of the English/Norman feudal castles of the 14th century. The Estate served as Mr. Everett's summer residence until he died in 1929. In 1952, Everett's wife, Grace, sold the Estate to the Order of the Holy Cross for use as a novitiate. In 1974, Holy Cross exchanged properties with the Sisters of St. Joseph, and later that year, St. Joseph College became Southern Vermont College with no religious affiliation.
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