I was quite surprised to
find that there were no caches placed at this historic location.
Up, Up, and Away by FlyinV and MiniV (GCPD15) is the closest
(Exactly 64 paces away from the general parking area).
This is a small, wooded section owned by
Haddonfield Township. The provided coordinates are for Stage 1 and
will lead you to a beautiful sculpture. Take the date of the
discovery and add it to the North coordinates (example: 3813 +
XXXX) and subtract 1149 to get the North coordinates of the cache.
Take the date of the statue dedication and and it to the West
coordinates (example: 2064 + XXXX) and subtract 2273 to get the
West coordinates.
The cache is medium sized tupperware container
with a white top and a clear body. Contents include three "talking"
dinosaur books, a small chef's hat, many bugs, lizards and spiders,
one blue marble, one 120 minute phone card, & a pen and log
book.
And now a word from out
sponsor:
October 2003, a statue was erected in downtown
Haddonfield commemorating the World's First Dinosaur Skeleton
Discovery in October, 1858.The Hadrosaurus Foulkii was the first
nearly complete dinosaur skeleton found, and the first to be
mounted for public display. It sparked the start of the field of
dinosaur paleontology, and can probably be blamed for the profusion
of life-size dino statues across America.
The Hadrosaurus statue is an 8-ft. tall, 18-ft.
long bronze created by sculptor John Giannotti and commissioned by
the town. Though the dinosaur seems poised to menace sidewalk
shoppers, locals know that duck-billed Haddy was a harmless
herbivore. The Hadrosaurus is the state fossil of New Jersey! Does
your state have a fossil too? (Kids -- ask a parent.)
A plaque and stone marker commemorate the original discovery
site in nearby Hadrosaurus Park, east of Grove Street at the end of
Maple Avenue. The park is adjacent to the ravine where the bones
were discovered buried in clay-like marl deposits, along a small
creek known as Hadrosaurus Run. The site was designated a National
Historic Landmark in October 1995.
Update (12/31/06)
It is all but impossible to get a signal let
alone three satellites with my Maggie. The cords for the final
stage are close enough. But, since too many people could not find
it I will give extremely clear directions.
1. When you find my friend, the black drain pipe on the left bank
continue forward, as straight as possible,
upstream
exactly 40 paces.
2. The cache is in front of a tree. This particular tree has an old
and fading heart carved in it on the right side. I think maybe the
word love might have been scrolled at the top of the heart once
upon a time.
3. The cache sits in the hill, 5 or 6 feet in front of the love
tree and it is closely and jealously guarded by 4 (four) rocks.
There is some ivy draping over the nook so look closely.
4. If you cannot find the cache, email me and I will go out there
with you.
5. Finally, I included perspective pictures I took while standing
in front of the cache.
6. If you do not park at the Hadrosaurus National Historic Landmark
area located at the end of Maple Street, then, these directions are
null & void as they will not make any sense.
7. Please limit swag of items of a dinosaur nature.
Update (04/29/07)
I went back to the cache site, this time with
10 foot accuracy on my Magellan. I have added some important
waypoints to absolutely guarantee you will find the cache.
1. The black pipe which you can use as a reference is now
waypointed.
2. The trailhead is now waypointed.
3. You can use this information to skip the first half of the multi
if you do not want to see the hadrosaurus statue, which is only .99
miles away.
4. If you are walking upstream (away from the dinosaur shrine and
NRHP marker), the cache is on the
left side.
5. There is a picture of the trailhead. Use it.
This is the Dinosaur Shrine.
This is the Trailhead.