Geocaching is a high tech treasure hunt game played world wide. Nine official Geocaches are hidden along the trails of Arunah Hill. Use a GPS to get to the listed coordinates, use a little curioity, and you will soon find the treasure. The Geocaching tradition is to take a trade item, leave a trade item, and sign the log book, then re-hike the geocache as you found it for the next preson to enjoy. There are ten caches hidden on Arunah Hill.
For details on Geocaching and to get started, see the web site http://www.geocaching.com
To decrypt hints, use the following key:
Decryption Key
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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)
The Arunah Hill Caches
| BILLY FARRINGTON TRAIL |
| Author |
Alberio |
| Hidden |
5/17/2009 |
| Type |
Traditional |
| Size |
Regular |
| Difficulty |
1.5 out of 5 Terrain: 3 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest) |
| Coordinates |
N 42° 27.122 W 072° 58.594 |
| Additional Hints |
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| A large Tupperware container, just off the white blaze Farrington Trail at Arunah Hill. No Dogs allowed on the property. A short way up the Farrington trail, past the stone wall on one of the steeper sections of the trail. The trail is usually in good shape but the ice storm of December '08 did a number on parts of the trails. The Boy Scouts have been busy clearing trails, so the terrain rating should drop one they do there magic. You can continue up the trail to Billy's Log, Raven's Perch, and Poet's Rock caches. |
| BILLY'S LOG |
| Author |
Alberio |
| Hidden |
5/17/2009 |
| Type |
Traditional |
| Size |
Regular |
| Difficulty |
1.5 out of 5 Terrain: 3.5 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest) |
| Coordinates |
N 42° 27.202 W 072° 58.705 |
| Additional Hints |
Va n jryy ebggrq ybt |
| Halfway up the Farrington Trail. Large Tupperware container. Trail still has damage from the Dec '08 ice storm. Terrain rating will be a 2.5 or 3 once the Boy Scouts finish their trail maintenance. Wildlife seen in this area. |
| RAVEN'S PERCH |
| Author |
Alberio |
| Hidden |
5/17/2009 |
| Type |
Traditional |
| Size |
Regular |
| Difficulty |
2 out of 5 Terrain: 3.5 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest) |
| Coordinates |
N 42° 27.238 W 072° 58.842 |
| Additional Hints |
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| Just off the Farrington Trail, about 15 yards from Raven's Perch Lean-to. Trail is still showing the damage of the Dec '08 ice storm. The local Boy Scouts have been clearing trails, the terrain rating will be 2.5 once they finish. Piliated Woodpeckers seen in this area. Just past the lean-to, the Piliated Path (red blaze) can be picked up to get to the Poet's Rock cache. |
| POET'S ROCK |
| Author |
Alberio |
| Hidden |
5/17/2009 |
| Type |
Traditional |
| Size |
Regular |
| Difficulty |
2 out of 5 Terrain: 3.5 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest) |
| Terrain |
3.5 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest) |
| Coordinates |
N 42° 27.398 W 072° 58.794 |
| Additional Hints |
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| Short way off the red blaze Pilated Path trail. No dogs allowed at Arunah Hill please. The Pilated Path suffered significant damage during the Dec'08 ice storm. The Boy Scouts have cleared sections, but bushwacking around cache area is required for now. Terrain Rating will improve once work is complete. |
| LAND'S END |
| Author |
Alberio |
| Hidden |
5/17/2009 |
| Type |
Traditional |
| Size |
Regular |
| Difficulty |
2.5 out of 5 |
| Terrain |
2.5 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest) |
| Coordinates |
N 42° 27.515 W 072° 58.774 |
| Additional Hints |
Rnfl svaq arne gur cebcregl znexre |
| Part of a series of caches along the trails at the Arunah Hill Natural Science Center. Just off the red blaze Pileated Path trail where it meets the Amanda Trail and Klondike Connector. No dogs allowed at Arunah Hill please. The Pilated Path suffered significant damage during the Dec'08 ice storm. The Boy Scouts have cleared the trail, but some of the blazes were on trees that are now rotting logs so it might take a little effort to stay on the trail. Can continue on from Poet's Rock to get this one, past the summit. If you come that way be sure to stay on the Pileated Path. The Amanda Trail / Klondike connector still is not completely cleared after the December '09 ice storm and may require some short bushwaking if you come in or out that way. This cache marks the edge of Arunah Hill property, please respect our neighbors. |
| MISSLE RANGE |
| Author |
Alberio |
| Hidden |
5/17/2009 |
| Type |
Traditional |
| Size |
Regular |
| Difficulty |
2.5 out of 5 |
| Terrain |
2.5 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest) |
| Coordinates |
N 42° 27.310 W 072° 58.685 |
| Additional Hints |
Abar lrg. Znlor nsgre gur SGS |
| Just off the clearing off a yellow blaze path. Tupperware covered with a bit of camo tape. Take the Arunah Hill driveway off Trouble St. PMissiles Ready to Launchark at the lower lot and follow the gravel road to the clearing. Road to the clearing is passable with high clearance vehicles during dry weather, but is not passable in winter or after heavy rains. The cache is hidden in a area where the trees have snagged some Estes rockets when kids misjudge the wind. As a matter of fact, I found a nosecone on the ground and parts of a parachute up in a tree nearby. |
| WOODPECKERS DELIGHT |
| Author |
Alberio |
| Hidden |
5/16/2010 |
| Type |
Traditional |
| Size |
Regular |
| Difficulty |
1.5 out of 5 |
| Terrain |
3 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest) |
| Coordinates |
N 42° 27.394 W 072° 58.636 |
| Additional Hints |
N/A |
| Camo covered tubberware canister in an area where woodpeckers are having fun with a couple of nearly dead trees. Nearly 300 foot bushwack from the Klondike Connector / Amanda trail. Some blowdown from old storms, but if you pick you path carefully it shouldn't be too bad. Probably best to return straight to the trails to continue to other caches. No dogs allowed on Arunah Hill. Park at the below location and complete the loop in either direction. Cache between "Igloo" below and "Klondike Bar" above. "Missle Range" is nearby but is not on this trail loop. Its best reached by going to the clearing from Dogleg Corner, then look of the short trail to "Missile Range". |
| KLONDIKE BAR |
| Author |
Alberio, CaChevy & Finder of All Things |
| Hidden |
5/15/2010 |
| Type |
Traditional |
| Size |
Regular |
| Difficulty |
1.5 out of 5 |
| Terrain |
2.5 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest) |
| Coordinates |
N 42° 27.492 W 072° 58.659 |
| Additional Hints |
N/A |
| Camo covered tubberware canister in an area where woodpeckers are having fun with a couple of nearly dead trees. Nearly 300 foot bushwack from the Klondike Connector / Amanda trail. Some blowdown from old storms, but if you pick you path carefully it shouldn't be too bad. Probably best to return straight to the trails to continue to other caches. No dogs allowed on Arunah Hill. Park at the below location and complete the loop in either direction. Cache between "Igloo" below and "Klondike Bar" above. "Missle Range" is nearby but is not on this trail loop. Its best reached by going to the clearing from Dogleg Corner, then look of the short trail to "Missile Range". |
| IGLOO |
| Author |
Alberio |
| Hidden |
5/15/2010 |
| Type |
Traditional |
| Size |
Large |
| Difficulty |
1.5 out of 5 |
| Terrain |
2 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest) |
| Coordinates |
N 42° 27.228 W 072° 58.549 |
| Additional Hints |
N/A |
| A very large cache container, a genuine Igloo. Will hold large trade objects,but not necessarily heavy items. Either the first or last of a loop of caches on the Arunah Hill Natural Science Center property. Parking suggested at the below coordinates, though if the driveway to the hilltop is open you can drive pretty close to this one. It's just a few yards off the White Trail. You probably don't want to bushwack from the small parking lot. |
| ARUNAH'S STOP ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD |
| Author |
Alberio |
| Hidden |
5/16/2010 |
| Type |
Traditional |
| Size |
Regular |
| Difficulty |
1.5 out of 5 |
| Terrain |
2 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest) |
| Coordinates |
N 42° 27.064 W 072° 58.504 |
| Additional Hints |
N/A |
| Tubberware style canister behind a stone wall along Trouble Street. Back in the 1950's the property was Arunah Bartlett's farm. Arunah was know to befriend escaped slaves and help them on their way to Canada and freedom. A bit of a walk from the below parking cooridinates. Also accessable from Trouble Street, though please respect neighbors.. The below parking is near the trailhead for the Farrington Trail and the start of a loop that will take you to 8 caches. The barn and all trails are part of the Arunah Hill NSC. The Arunah Hill Natural Science Center is a non-profit dedicated to the study of science and nature. On any given clear night, you might catch astronomers from all over New England enjoying star gazing under dark skies from the top of the hill. Turn off your flashlight and ask, they'll show you wonderful sites in their telescopes! |
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