GCZHE3 CMP-Three Creeks Confluence Trail (Traditional Cache) in Ohio, United States created by Trail Jogger

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My sincere apologies to "smrslt" who reported being stung while pursuing this cache.

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Hidden : 11/25/2006

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Three Creeks Metro Park was named for the confluence where Alum Creek, Big Walnut Creek and Blacklick Creeks join in a 1,050-acre park that offers 15 miles of trails that parallel the stream corridors as they wind through forests, fields, prairies and wetlands.

The Trailhead to the Confluence Trail

Three Creeks Confluence
The details of Three Creeks Metro Park can be found on http://www.metroparks.net/default.aspx. Please review this website for information about park hours of operation and review the associated detailed map of the park. Trail maps are also available within the park. The cache was placed at the best location possible for viewing this rare natural phenomenon. Park at the Confluence Trails Area parking lot off Bixby Road and head out along the Alum Creek Greenways Trail. As soon as you cross the large bridge over the creek and come upon the first rest stop on your right, look for the Confluence Trail. The cache site is found about one hundred yards back along this trail near the creek(s). This cache was specifically placed to cause cachers to take a short hike along first a paved and then a dirt trail to view the confluence itself, a unique photo opportunity. The cache itself is a 5x8x3” camouflaged plastic container with logbook and pen and has room for small trade items. This Columbus Metro Parks CMP-Three Creeks cache is placed with the permission of park management using Permit Number GCP14-0002-06, a requirement for metro park caches. I recommend that you bring a camera with you when doing this cache. Dogs and bicycles are permitted on the paved trail although they are not on the Confluence Trail. After completing this cache, enjoy a 10.2 mile round trip hike/ride north along the paved Alum Creek Greenways Trail, a 5.6 mile round trip hike/ride east along the paved Blacklick Creek Trail, or go fishing in the Heron Pond. A 15 mile ride free from vehicle traffic makes for a great family caching event. If you enjoy this greenways trail ride, then you would also enjoy the new greenways trail in Pickerington Ponds park just east of here.

The cache location is upstream of the confluence by 649 feet and up an embankment in a traditional hollow tree hide. Time from car to cache is 10-15 minutes along a well-maintained trail. Only 20 feet of very light off-trail bushwacking is required near the cache site. (You can bicycle to the Confluence trailhead and from there it is only a 3-minute walk.) Watch for deer along the Greenway and Confluence trails on the way to the cache, especially after a rainfall. In seasons when area creeks and rivers are running high I would not advise going for this cache as the trail would likely be too muddy or wet to follow. Otherwise, in nicer weather, this is an excellent cache due to the location near the confluence!

Other caches in my Columbus Metro Parks series include CMP-Glacier Ridge, CMP-Slate Run, CMP-Blendon Woods, CMP-Pickerington Ponds, CMP-Three Creeks, CMP-Blacklick Woods, CMP-Sharon Woods, CMP-Highbanks, CMP-Chestnut Ridge, and CMP-Prairie Oaks.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jrfg bs pbasyhrapr, hc rzonaxzrag, vafvqr onfr bs gerr.

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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)

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