Welcome to Coshocton County, Ohio, home of Historic Roscoe Village, the Horse-drawn Canal Boat Ride, and the Three Rivers Wine Trail. To introduce you to some of the history and beautiful sights of our county, we created The Coshocton County Ring Geotrail. We have 300 beautiful ring-themed geocoins (“The One Ring to Rule Them All”) available for cachers that complete the trail. See the image gallery for a look at our coin.
We are hiding a total 45 caches in “Three Rings for the Elven Kings” -- Narya (Ring of Fire), Nenya (Ring of Water), and Vilya (Ring of Air). Details for each ring can be found below. To earn your coin, find any 15 caches (note: you must find a minimum of three caches in each ring), sign the physical log, and record the Ring word inside the cache on your passport. Once you finish, find the One Cache to Rule Them All then return your completed passport to the corresponding drop off location (see below) to claim your coin.
THIS CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES. There are two ways to locate the container:
THE EASY WAY
Locate CCR #02: Bilbo Baggins (GC9RZNC) and CCR #10: Frodo Baggins (GC9RX79) and obtain one-half of the coordinates affixed to the lids of both caches.
THE HARD WAY
The cache can be found at:
N canaphae° mîn eneg . odog tolodh tolodh W tolodh mîn° leben tâd . leben enephae
This cache exists independent of our rings. You are looking for a small lock-n-lock container hidden in a mysterious way. Permission for the placement has been granted by J. R. R. Tolkien.
All cache coordinates were determined using waypoint averaging (100 points) on two different GPS receivers. While we worked to ensure the accuracy of our coordinates, please keep in mind that factors such as tree cover or signal "bounce" may come into play. Different receivers may result in different readings. Please carefully rehide each container where you found it. Many of our cache locations are open to the public and we want to maintain the integrity of each hide for all geocachers to enjoy. Thanks and have fun!
To get started, obtain a map passport, which identifies the caches located in each of the three rings. You can get yours by visiting the Coshocton Supply Co. or the Coshocton County Visitors Bureau website. Map passports will also be available for pickup at the hotel headquarters (see below).
Location: Coshocton Supply Co.
Website: https://www.visitcoshocton.com/
Address: 432 North Whitewoman Street (Roscoe Village)
Telephone: (740) 622-4877
Open daily 10 A.M. - 5 P.M.
Location: Coshocton Village Inn
Address: 15 North Water Street
Telephone: (740) 622-9455
Days/Hours: Available any time
The Coshocton County Ring Geotrail consists of 45 caches in three rings:
CCR #01: One Cache to Rule Them All (note: special end cache not associated with any specific ring)
Narya (The Ring of Fire)
Boundaries: Coshocton west to Nellie (via US-36) then south to West Bedford/Tunnel Hill (via CR-79 and CR-541) then south to Adams Mills (via CR-60 and OH-16) returning to Coshocton (via OH-16)
CCR #02: Bilbo Baggins
CCR #03: Lembas (Elven Bread)
CCR #04: Flame of Anor (Secret Fire)
CCR #05: Barrow-downs
CCR #06: King Edward's School
CCR #07: Camp to the North
CCR #08: Bilbo's Birthday Party
CCR #09: The Shire
CCR #10: Frodo Baggins
CCR #11: Two Towers
CCR #12: Fire of Orthanc
CCR #13: Farmer Maggot
CCR #14: Stone-troll
CCR #15: Party Tree
CCR #16: Samwise Gamgee
Vilya (The Ring of Air)
Boundaries: Coshocton west to Warsaw (via US-36) then north to Blissfield (via CR-60) then east to Keene (via CR-341, CR-25, CR-405, OH-83) then north to New Bedford (via CR-204 and CR-643 then east to Baltic (CR-651) then south to Fresno (via OH-93) returning to Coshocton (via OH-93 and US-36)
CCR #17: Legolas
CCR #18: Luthien (Tinuviel)
CCR #19: Grimwood Lumber Camp
CCR #20: Bridge of Nargothrond
CCR #21: Beren Erchamion
CCR #22: Gollum
CCR #23: Smaug
CCR #24: Bell (Goodchild) Gamgee
CCR #25: Galadriel
CCR #26: Boar of Everholt
CCR #27: Seat of Seeing (Seat of Amon Hen)
CCR #28: Saruman
CCR #29: Athelas (Kingsfoil)
CCR #30: Rivendell
CCR #31: Fellbeast
Nenya (The Ring of Water)
Boundaries Coshocton east to West Lafayette (via US-36 and CR-93) then south to Plainfield (via CR-93) then south to Maysville (via CR-93) returning to Coshocton (via CR-83 and OH-16)
CCR #32: Aragorn
CCR #33: King of the Dead
CCR #34: Bamfurlong
CCR #35: Adso's Camp
CCR #36: Tom Bombadil
CCR #37: Paths of the Dead
CCR #38: Mordor's Flag
CCR #39: Sauron
CCR #40: Ents
CCR #41: Crebain
CCR #42: Minas Morgul's Army
CCR #43: Brego
CCR #44: Gandalf
CCR #45: Council of Elrond