Access to the trail is on Railroad Avenue off of Route 715 near
Tannersville. Park at N 41° 02.167’ W 075° 20.529’. There is a
small gravel parking area on the side of the road with enough room
for about 3 or 4 cars. There is a sign nearby that states hikers,
horses and bicycles are allowed, however, if using a bicycle, there
are some areas along the trail with lots of scattered rocks and
leaves and there are also a few logs/downed trees across the trail.
(The No Trespassing sign you see near the beginning of the trail
pertains to ATV's and motorized vehicles. Hikers and bicycles are
allowed as long as you stay on the trail in this section.)
Hiking distance (one-way) to the cache location is 2.0 miles.
(Your GPS may show 0.94 miles from the parking to the cache
location, but the trail goes around the mountain making the
distance longer). The trail is an old railroad grade and is fairly
level. There are a few low spots on the trail where water or ice
can collect and these areas may be muddy after heavy rains. The
majority of the trail has a terrain rating of 2, but if it's very
wet and muddy, the terrain rating will be closer to a 3.
Stay on the main railroad grade trail and do not take any
intersecting trails. The railroad grade trail is also marked by
blue paint spots on the trees. The cache container is a rubbermaid
water container and original contents include a logbook and several
geocoins. The inside of the container is considerably smaller than
the outside - so there is not alot of room for trades.
This cache is named "End of the Line" as it is near the end of
the trail just before the Big Pocono State Park boundary. If you
continue down the trail another few hundred feet, you will come
across a giant boulder blocking the trail and have come onto
property owned by Camelback Ski Area.
This is cache #7 in the WB&E Trail series. Cache #1 and cache
#3 are also located on this part of the WB&E Trail. Cache #2
has been moved and is 5 miles to the east (See "DERAILED - The
Displaced WB&E Cache"), and caches #4,5,6 are located on the
other side of the mountain in State Game Lands #38.
Note: About 1-1/4 miles from the Riday Gate trailhead, you will
come to a large open area. This is the site of the old WB&E
Tannersville Railroad Station. Unfortunately, there are no remains
of the bulding left. I have posted pictures of the area.
This geocache has been placed with DCNR permission.
