Welcome to the Winchester-Frederick County Civil War Trail sponsored by the Winchester-Frederick County Convention and Visitors Bureau (WFCCVB)
What better way to commemorate our area’s Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the Civil War than with a Civil War geo-trail! Come learn about our area’s involvement in the Civil War and explore all that the Winchester-Frederick County area has to offer.
This trail is comprised of 20 cache sites that are part of the Virginia Civil War Trails Program. Learn more about Civil War Trails by visiting www.CivilWarTrails.org. The Winchester-Frederick County Visitors Center is located at 1400 S. Pleasant Valley Road, Winchester, VA 22601. The Visitors Center is open daily from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., closed on major holidays.
Update 2017: This trail is now comprised of 28 caches. :)
The cache you are searching for is a daylight hours only cache.
Winchester National Cemetery
To find this cache, start at the listed coordinates. Read the monument at this location and answer the questions below to learn the location of the cache, which you will be driving to as the final location is a mile or so away
Answer the question below to fill in the blanks for the first half of the coordinates N 39 10._ _ _
How many crosses are on this monument? '
One: 011
Two: 135
Three: 224
Answer the question below to fill in the blanks for the second half of the coordinates W 078 09._ _ _
In what month was this monument erected?
July: 541
September: 396
October: 408