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The Great Stone Face Traditional Cache

Hidden : 10/25/2006
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This is located in the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park in Pilot Hill, California.
It is less than a mile from the parking area on the main trail.

In keeping with the story theme started by "Little Bo Peep" nearby.
I am naming this cache after the story by Nathaniel Hawthorne called The Great Stone Face.
When I was hiking to find "Little Bo Peep" I found this rock that looked to me like a Stone Face.
Can you see it?

The Great Stone Face

This is a low hanging fruit cache. It is intended to be an easy find.

The cache is a rectangular Rubbermaid 1.2 qt (1.1 L) size "B" container (as seen above).
You will not have to move anything to retrieve this cache.
In fact you should be able to see it from the right angle but it is camo'ed for the hiding place.

Trailhead and parking for Cronan Ranch are available in the vicinity of N 38° 49.621, W 120° 59.353.

The American River Conservancy have an online Trail Map for the Cronan Ranch area.

Please log your find or no find online so I will know how the cache is doing.
If you feel my coordinates are off please post your coordinates with your log.
So I can make adjustments if necessary.

No more boring log entries.
Hey folks how about leaving a log entry that tells me something about finding this geocache or about your day of geocaching? We are all guilty of the old cut and paste but how about something more than "Good cache TNLNSL TFTC" on 10+ caches in one day? We cache owners like to hear about your experiences. It gives us a feeling of being there when we can't be, how the cache is doing, and it lets us get to know you in a virtual kind of way. That doesn't mean it has to be long just not boring.
Remember the cache owners and anyone with a watch on the cache will read your log, how about making it interesting.
We Thank You.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)