This physical cache container
IS NOT
at the posted coordinates

For the coordinates needed to locate this Duck-Walk Geocache container just click the link below and provide the key word which is the name of the town: Duck. You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

This Geocache is one of several containers of various sizes hidden near a multi-use path in the Town of Duck, NC. The Town of Duck does not allow public street parking which means a 4 hour walk or 50 minute bicycle ride along the 9 mile round trip is required to locate all 31.

Parking coordinates are provided near the center of the cache series since The Town of Duck does not allow parking along any of its roads and Town Police enforce the "No Parking" policy. There may be places to park near several cache locations along the route depending on the time of day and the total local population but none are guaranteed and permission to park there has not been granted. Please at all times be alert to nearby traffic as several caches are in a downtown business area and some are close to a very busy roadway. You should also be alert for Muggles at virtually all hours.

Please remember to close container lids and replace each in its secured position. Also, stealth is of the utmost importance here all year long and is especially essential during the summer tourist season. Keep in mind that if your search activities are observed by any Muggles (and there will be many at all hours of the day) this cache is certain to wander off.

Duck was named for the many ducks and waterfowl found here. The area just south of Currituck County was in fact once part of that northern county. After an initial settlement in the late 1600s this area remained relatively undiscovered for hundreds of years. With few residents providing only a little income to Currituck County Duck was transferred over to Dare County in the early days of the 20th century.

As the 20th century dawned the area was still of little interest to anyone other than avid hunters or fishermen and few if any local residents here were concerned about the isolation. Interest in visiting the area increased, however, after the first controlled, powered, heavier-than-air vehicle flight at nearby Kill Devil Hill by the Wright Brothers on December 17, 1903. In those days getting here was no simple task since roads were were little more than dirt and sand trails. The trip also required a ferry or boat ride before the first bridges were built in the 1920s. It was not until the late 1970s and early 1980s when NC Highway 12 was paved (including 6.1 miles in Duck) that any significant development occurred.

Please park only at designated parking locations. Town officials granted permission for this cache placement. If you enjoyed the hunt and have time it might not hurt to stop by Town Hall or the Police Department and thank them for allowing this placement.