Old barn foundation - Oquaga Creek State Park Traditional Cache

This Cache is placed as part of the 2016 New York State Park Central Region Geocache Challenge. There are 70 geocaches hidden within 20 state parks and historic sites in this parks region, and geocachers finding 40 or more will be eligible to enter their names in a drawing for valuable prizes. The first 100 people to find 40 or more caches will receive a special geocache challenge coin. If you are interested in taking up the challenge, you can pick up a geocache passport at any of the participating parks and sites or download it at www.nysparks.com

NYS Parks Saratoga - Capital Region will be hosting a similar challenge!!  10 caches found in the Sara-Cap Region Challenge can be used toward the Central Challenge (and visa versa)!

Be sure to check each park or site’s unique web page for possible trail maps and other facility specific information. www.nysparks.com

Be sure to bring a good old fashioned GPSr with you, as many of our beautiful State Parks/ Historic sites have limited or no cell service!!!

This cache contains a unique stamp which must stay with the cache. Use this stamp to mark your passport. This stamp is NOT a trade item. Some of the items in the cache are park souvenirs and do not need to be replaced with a trade item.

Located on the Western portion of the park, this undeveloped area was, as much of the surrounding lands, part of a homestead and farm - as evidenced by the old stone foundation you will find here.  Currently there are no MAINTAINED trails out this far - (there is a marked trail in the vacinity of GZ, pink logger flagging tape in the thicker under growth... this will become the future route of a maintained trail). Be advised, THERE IS NO CELL SERVICE out here.  Bear sightings are also not unheard of, so take precaution by making noise (singing, 'bear bells', etc) as you hike out here.  There are plans to make a trail system out here by the end of 2016, at least a rudimentary one.... for now, enjoy the bushwack! THIS IS A TOUGH HIKE. TAKE PRECAUTION. NO MAINTAINED/GROOMED TRAILS. SOME SIGNIFICANT BUSHWACKING AND STEEP TERRAIN. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.