River Run Trail and the old hidden lettered Rock.

Before you start the Maine State Parks GeoTour, pick up a Maine State Parks Passport at a Maine State Park or Historic Site - available during the summer season. At each official Maine State Park geocache, stamp your passport with the geocache stamp.

Vaughan Woods State Park was started when the Vaughan family donated 165 acres of land in South Berwick to the State of Maine “to create a forever wild sanctuary for birds and beast” listed as such in their deed. So what makes this special; the White Pines and Eastern Hemlock trees now a second growth forest in southern Maine, these trees tower over the several miles of trails along the Salmon Falls River, over a hundred years in age. In order to feel the history and see the beauty one must visit the river’s edge and view the Hamilton House of 1789 and imagine the early years of colonial ships sailing up and down trading goods from faraway lands. This geocache site is the perfect spot to find both peace and treasure at the park.

The bedrock you will find along this site is 500 million years old, and you will be standing and search on this very location for the geocache, the same location that Native Americans would hunt and fish and hide their own cache of goods. Once the earth cooled and the glaciers advanced carving the surface of the earth and rivers formed and you now can stand at this very location if you find the geocache.

Vaughan Woods Memorial State Park
Established 1964

Vaughan Woods Memorial State Park is a 165-acre forested tract along the scenic Salmon Falls River. The park includes picnic facilities and hiking trails through old-growth stands of pine and hemlock. Vaughan Woods can be found by traveling south on Route 236 from South Berwick. After about 1 mile, turn right onto Brattle Street, and then turn left onto Old Fields Road. Watch for the Vaughan Woods entrance on the right. Telephone: in season (207) 384-5160; off season (207) 624 6080

Those willing to take exploring Maine State Parks to a higher level are invited to participate in the Maine State Parks Geo Tour! With eight geocaches to find, you have “Another Way to Play at Maine State Parks & Historic Sites!”

HOW TO PLAY:

1. Obtain a Maine State Parks Passport from any Maine state park or historic site (or use your existing passport).
2. Using the coordinates, find as many Maine state parks geocaches (during normal park hours of 9 a.m. to sunset and between mid-May and Sept.) as you can! The hidden, water-tight containers will be clearly marked as official Maine State Parks Geocaches.
   Hint: caches are only located at the following Maine State Parks:
   • Allagash Wilderness Waterway
   • Aroostook State Park
   • Cobscook Bay State Park
   • Colburn House State Historic Site
   • Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site
   • Mount Blue State Park
   • Vaughan Woods State Park
   • Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park
3. Sign the logbook inside each container, and stamp your passport with the unique stamp from that park’s geocache.

Learn More about Maine State Parks and Historic Sites:

go to:

• Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
• Maine State Park GeoTour Page