GC1QVFD The Crooked River #1 (Traditional Cache) in Ohio, United States created by Madison J. Dog

This cache has been archived.

W8TTS: Well, this series has had a real good run of 4 years. And, I want to give a big thanks to all who searched for these. My hiking buddy, Madison J. Dog, do to a hip problem, can no longer go on the hikes to take care of these. Thereby taking some of the fun out of them. So, I'm going to Archive them, and open up the area so that others can place cache along this great river, and the hike and bike trail that follows it.

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Hidden : 5/9/2009

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The Crooked River at Munroe Falls.

DO NOT "bush whack" off the Hike & Bike Trail. Stay on the H&B Trail until the cache is due South of you. You will see a path through the trees. Follow that path into the open field. Watch for groundhog holes.

This cache is in the woods (what else) is located in Munroe Falls, near the Cuyahoga River, off the Metro Hike & Bike Trail. But, is on City of Munroe Falls property.

Stay on the H&B Trail until the cache is due South of you. You will see a path through the trees. Follow that path into the open field. Watch for groundhog holes.

Bring your own writing stick.
And, please put it back just as you found it. Thanks.
And, the area could use a little CITO.

The Cuyahoga River, which in the Iroquois language means "crooked river" and is most famous for being "the river which caught fire", begins it's winding journey in Geauga County and 85 miles later empties into Lake Erie at Cleveland, about 35 miles west of it's headwaters.

This winding journey takes the river south towards Kent, Munroe Falls, and then to Akron, where it turns sharply North and flows through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. It then flows through the southern suburbs of Cleveland and finally at Cleveland it empties into Lake Erie.
Munroe Falls is located where State Route 91 crosses the Cuyahoga River, and the river is flowing west. There use to be a dam here, but it was removed to improve the flow of the river. A cache, Munroe's Ripple, was placed close to this one, dedicated to the removal of the dam in 2007.

The best parking spot is at Brust Park, just north of the river on Rt. 91.

Congratulations to Tara16 for the First To Find!