Pleasant Night In Spruce Forest (Night Cache) Mystery Cache
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Pleasant Night In Spruce Forest (Night Cache)
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This cache is NOT at the posted coordinates! This is a NIGHT CACHE that begins at the entrance to the Spruce Forest Truck Trail. The posted coordinates are the entrance to the Truck Trail, a good place to park. From the posted coordinates follow the Truck Trail approximately 100 yards to a sign on the left side of the road (N 42° 12. 973 W 079° 32.645), look to the woods, a variety of reflectors on trees will take you to your search area. The way out is also marked.
Spruce Forest Truck Trail is located just off of Brodt Road in Mt Pleasant State Forest near to where the Fred J. Cusimano Overland Trail crosses Brodt Road. For those not familiar with the area, Brodt Road runs sort of parallel with Route 430 and can be accessed from Route 430 between Mayville and Sherman, by either Dinsbler or Beck Roads.
From the posted coordinates follow the Truck Trail approximately 100 yards to a sign on the left side of the road. You will not be able to read the sign from the direction you are approaching but it is marked with reflective tape and is at the coordinates (N 42° 12. 973 W 079° 32.645), look to the woods, a variety of reflectors on trees will take you to your search area. Doubled reflectors mean a change of direction (but NEVER a complete turn around - those reflectors behind you are meant to lead you out). When you see a cluster of reflectors, it means you are in the cache area. This area is no more than 20 feet from the tree thus marked. The way out is also marked.
Nothing is quite so dark as the woods at night. Walk with care. This cache hunt should be done with appropriate shoes. No flip-flops or sandals! Nighttime cache hunts are by their nature slower and more watchful hunts than daytime ones. Please hike carefully and be mindful of obstacles that in the daytime would be easily identified: logs, stones, dead branches (including those at or near eye level) and uneven terrain.
All night caches share the same equipment requirement: a good flashlight. A strong LED flashlight (MAGlight makes a nice product) with fresh batteries and maybe some to spare in your pocket is recommended. Holding the flashlight at eye level so that you get the maximum “back flash” from the reflectors is the best technique – most fire-tacks and reflectors are made to directly reflect light. If you hold your flashlight too low, you will not benefit from the reflection coming back at you, or the tacks will appear dim.
This cache was designed to be a night cache. Please don’t spoil the fun for yourself by hunting in the daytime. Snow will make this a difficulty of 5 or more - this area really gets dumped on in the winter and the Truck Trail is not Plowed. Also, being that this cache is on State land make sure that you check local hunting seasons, (big game hunting comes in mid November to early December) hunting is not restricted on this land. This should not be a problem because hunting is only permissible from sunrise to sunset and you will be caching after sunset. Enjoy this beautiful area.
The cache is a 54 OZ/1.6L Lock & Lock plastic storage container filled with goodies. Please trade fair!
This cache is less than 1 mile round trip and will probably take you about 30 minutes to complete.
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