Glen by the Maury Traditional Geocache

Buena Vista, Virginia's Glen Maury Park contains 315 acres of scenic woodland with a campground, an Olympic-sized pool and lots of recreational activities. Each summer the park hosts the renowned Maury River Fiddlers' Convention.

Buena Vista largely owes its existence to Benjamin C. Moomaw, who founded the town of Green Forest here in the late 1800s. With the arrival of railroads and the discovery of iron ore, the city of Buena Vista was established in 1892.

Glen Maury Park sits astride the ridge overlooking Buena Vista from the opposite side of the Maury River. The park is the centerpiece of a wide variety of recreational activities in the region, including golf at the adjacent Vista Links, Fridays in the Park summer concert series, the annual Maury River Fiddlers' Convention, the Nothin' Fancy Bluegrass Festival, the Buena Vista Labor Day Parade (a Virginia political tradition), and annual Beach Music Festival & Car Show.

Geocaching has also become a popular activity in the park, and there are several nearby hides in addition to the trail cache.

The cache is a standard ammo can at the listed coordinates.

This cache is part of a series. The Gems of Rockbridge Geocaching Trail has been developed as part of an Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grant to enhance the gateway communities along the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway. The grant funds projects that promote sustainable tourism and enhance the local community while protecting the area's natural beauty and cultural heritage.

The Geocaching Trail consists of 10 strategically placed caches highlighting the natural beauty and cultural heritage of Rockbridge County. The first 200 geocachers who complete the trail will receive a commemorative coin featuring the Gems of Rockbridge Geocaching Trail on one side and the 75th Anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway on the other side.