This cache is part of the ten-county Allegheny
GeoTrail project. It contains a special stamp to be used in
your GeoTrail passport, which you'll want to obtain before setting
out to find the cache. Please do not remove the stamp! Get your
passport stamped at 6 or more AGT caches within a county, and get a
FREE geocoin representing that county. There are ten different
coins to collect, plus a bonus 11th coin if you get all 10
counties. Click the logo for more information!
Start this cache off with a driving tour around the Laurel Viewing
loop to see some great natural examples of Pennsylvania's state
flower, the Mountain Laurel. Then park at the pavilion (restrooms
of the portable type are available) and enjoy the secluded beauty
of this area while hunting for the cache.
The cache is a .30 cal ammo can and is hidden just a few paces off
of the Tolliston Loop trail. Please Tread Lightly!
Now for some history of this area: it was originally cleared for
farming by the Tolliston Family in the 1800's (hence the trail's
name). You can still see old stone foundations in the cache area.
The land was too rocky and sandy, so farming did not pan out. The
land was bought by National Fuel Gas, which, along with PA
Forestry, set up the Laurel Viewing Area. This area was home to the
PA Laurel Festival for a few years, then acquired by Matson Lumber,
who today helps maintain the area in cooperation with PA DCNR
Bureau of Forestry. Find out more at the information kiosk near the
trail head.