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N 40° 16.001' W 078° 49.752' |
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Johnstown, Pennsylvania 15904 United States Near By Caches
Hidden On: 19 Sept 2007
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A pleasant 3.5 to 4 mile loop hike or a challenging mountain bike ride through the woods and hills typical to the region.
This cache hunt explores the undeveloped portions of the campus of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. The route uses portions of the Jonathan Lee Groft/Kevin William Thomas Memorial Bike Trail, the Idzkowsky Trail of the Rocky Run Nature Area, and cross-country running course to connect an eight-stage multi-cache patterned after the Mt. Nebo Excursion Geocache, http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=1015927e-45b3-4b5a-9865-424c1d77b8e7. Caches are along the trail..."park and grabs" if you're biking!! Parking is available at the track/baseball field parking area located at 40-15.988/78-49.720 and accessed through the campus (not through Met Life). The mountain bike segment of the loop will test your ability to follow a trail. This will become increasingly difficult in fall and winter, but bushwhacking will be easier at that time, when you do get off the trail. Clues of this route include infrequently placed small round silver & blue markers on trees and sprocket tooth marks on or ramps over logs fallen across the trail. The entire route is “bikeable” but is not actively maintained by UPJ as a bike trail. Numerous blowdowns require minor detours. Each stage of the hunt consists of small Tupperware containers with the coordinates/clues to the next stage, along with some additional intermediate waypoint clues. These stages are just to keep you going in the right general direction to make the trip to the final cache. Stage 4 is a good place to stop for lunch or a snack if you bring them. Each stage is subject to varying levels of muggles and flooding. Please reseal and rehide the containers as good as possible. Stage coordinates are provided only in minutes based on N40 and W78. Restrooms may be available at the track adjacent to the parking area or at the main entrance of Living and Learning Center (upper side) that you pass on the way in. You may need some of the intermediate waypoints listed below for key trailheads between clues. Be sure to pass by the pond ~100' north of stage 1 site on the way to stage 2. Pond is a popular photography site, but relocation of stage 1 pulls you away from this feature. Due to potential muggling of individual cache clues, we have created the following work-around that will allow you to skip a single stage and calculate the coordinates of the subsequent one. This will not give you the hints or intermediate waypoints to guide you on the way to the next stage. Stage 1 will still have to be there for you to get anywhere. Add the listed values below to the coordinates of the first intermediate waypoint mentioned on the preceeding clue sheet (stage 3 = coords of 1st waypoint on stage 2 clue sheet plus listed values). For one stage w/o a waypoint, use the coordinates of the stage that is missing. Stage 3 = waypoint _ coords + (-0.355/-0.328) Stage 4 = waypoint _ coords + (-0.020/-0.296) Stage 5 = waypoint _ coords + (+0.378/-0.275) Stage 6 = waypoint _ coords + (+0.357/-0.132) Stage 7 = waypoint _ coords + (+0.139/+0.066) Final = waypoint _ coords + (-0.282/+0.448) Intermediate Waypoints C -- N 40° 16.049 W 078° 50.005 P -- N 40° 15.922 W 078° 49.801 Q -- N 40° 15.891 W 078° 49.222 R -- N 40° 16.325 W 078° 49.186 T -- N 40° 15.574 W 078° 49.603 U -- N 40° 15.699 W 078° 49.482 Y -- N 40° 16.029 W 078° 49.214 Z -- N 40° 15.490 W 078° 49.533 |
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12 Jul 2009 by
Grayfinders2
(Finds: 9 Score: 42.5)
(Hidden: 4 Score: 26)
Open Log: Personal use only Disabling to check on stage 3 that someone on the other site couldn't find or wouldn't look for
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19 Sept 2007 by
Grayfinders2
(Finds: 9 Score: 42.5)
(Hidden: 4 Score: 26)
Open Log: Non-commercial use only
Listed about a year ago on the other caching site, this was intended as a mountain biking cache, but it is also a nice walk. Either lost among the flurry of clutter published about that time or the absence of many cachers up to the challenge, this site has gotten few visits. So we’re cross-listing it here to see if anyone else is looking for the adventure.
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