This cache is one of nine traditional caches necessary to find The Golden Cache. To find The Golden Cache you will need to bring a camera with a large display (e.g., a smartphone) with you when finding the nine traditional caches. Please see The Golden Cache cache entry for full information before starting your quest!
The Orange Trail at Plainsboro Preserve
With multiple trailheads surrounding the Nature Center, the Orange Trail — represented by the orange line on the trail map below — is one of the most diverse trails at Plainsboro Preserve and offers a pleasant and engaging walk along the eastern coast of Lake McCormack. The Orange Trail is unique amongst the trails at Plainsboro Preserve; it has five trailheads, it is within a stone's throw from the Nature Center, and it is the only trail on the east side of Lake McCormack. Although the trail is one of the shortest at Plainsboro Preserve (.3 mile/.5 kilometer), it offers a tremendous amount of biodiversity and is a fantastic opportunity for bird watchers.
As you walk the Orange Trail you may encounter one or more of our Discovery Stations. Designed to engage younger visitors to Plainsboro Preserve, our Discovery Stations provide a hands-on learning experience that allows children to explore the world around them in through captivating and engaging activities. You may also come across our honey hives which provide safe homes for honeybees. Locally-produced honey from these hives is sold in the Nature Center.
Don't forget to pick up a trail map inside the Nature Center before you start your adventure!
The Orange Trail at a Glance
- ENVIRONMENT: Varied; includes blueberry shrub, deciduous forest, and pitch pine
- TRAIL LENGTH: .3 mile/.5 kilometer
- TRAILHEADS: Immediately adjacent to the Nature Center
- HIDDEN TREASURES: Discovery Stations, honey hives.
About This Cache
You're looking for a camouflaged 30 caliber ammo can in a child-accessible place. Inside you'll find a log book kit, a fact card, and some kid-friendly trinkets for trading. At launch, each of the ten caches contain a limited number of themed trinkets to commemorate the new geotrail. Be one of the few to collect them all!
For the enjoyment of the Preserve and the protection of the habitat and wildlife, the following are not permitted in Plainsboro Preserve:
- Smoking (including electronic devices).
- Littering.
- Picnicking, fires, camping, or woodcutting.
- Drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- Bicycles, skateboards, or other vehicles on the trails.
- Fishing, hunting, or trapping.
- Pets and horses.
- Picking, cutting, removing, collecting, or otherwise harming any plants or animals.
- Digging holes or other forms of "landscaping".
- Swimming or boating.
- Feeding the wildlife.
- Agricultural and developed areas are off-limits.
Special thanks to JessicasDaddy for creating and maintaining the current Plainsboro Preserve geotrail.