Wilburn Farm and the now-collapsing farm house are believed to date back to the late 1800s. The farm was abandoned during the great depression of the 1930s. In 1953 it was purchased by Ross Wilburn who repaired the house, built the pond, and built a horse barn. DeKalb County acquired the farm in 2000, and it became part of the Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve. The Nature Preserve opened the farm to public access in 2010.
A more detailed history of the farm is in the cache. Please leave the history information sheet in the cache when you depart.
Parking is available is off Evans Mill Road. From the parking area, take the bike path to the trail head. The trail is marked by vertical orange stripes on trail-side trees. Stay on the trail until you reach the end of the dam. Then follow your GPSr to the cache.
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Cell service will be limited in various areas on the AMNHA Geo-Path. If you are using your cell phone, you can download the cache info to your phone and travel the trails using the offline mode.
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This nature preserve, like other Georgia woodlands, has ticks during all but the winter season. Take precautions that include wearing a hat, a long sleeve shirt, and long pants with legs tucked into socks. Wear light colored clothing for ease of spotting ticks, especially deer ticks that are the size of a pin head. Use bug spray with the chemical DEET and especially spray around the ankle area. Additional info for tick prevention measures.
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Come explore the Arabia Mountain PATH and earn trackable prizes along the way!
The AMNHA Geo-PATH is a geocaching program spread along the entire 30+ miles of the Arabia Mountain PATH hike/bike trail. We have over 60 geocaches just waiting for you to find.
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See additional waypoints for parking coordinates, points of interests and trailheads.
Each cache is classified in one of following series:
Arabia Mountain Adventures
Lands Less Visited
Lithonia's Historic Hike
Panola Mountain Pathways
Past and Present Passages
South River Stroll
Download the passports to collect the passwords:
Geo-Path Passport
Lands-Less-Visited Passport
Past and Presents Passages Passport
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