COMPLETION FORM HOW TO PLAY THE GAME FIND YOUR PATH If you have 45 stamps, CONGRATULATIONS! Pick up a Taconic Region Geocache Challenge Passport at a participating park or historic site office or download a copy You have completed the from www.parks.ny.gov 2018 Taconic Region Geocaching Challenge. Go to www.geocaching.com to get the coordinates for each GEOCACHE cache in the challenge, and then plug them into your GPS Name:___________________________________ Unit or download the app. Go to each of the participating parks and historic sites. Geocaching Nickname:_____________________ When you find each cache, sign the logbook and look for CHALLENGE Address:__________________________________ the unique stamp in each cache to stamp your passport. You may take or trade items in the cache, but leave the stamp behind for other cachers! Phone: _________________________________ May 28—November 11 When you find caches at a park or historic site, feel free to Email:____________________________________ stop by the park office and let us know how it went. We love to see your photos! Share your photos on either How long have you been geocaching? geocaching.com or on our Facebook pages. 2018 Taconic Region New cacher < 1 year When you have successfully stamped your passport with 45 of the total caches, you will be eligible for a highly collecti- ble, unique and trackable geocoin. Bring your completed 1-5 years > 5 years passport to any park listed on the entry form before No- vember 11, 2018 (Veteran’s Day). Staff will verify that you Where did you hear about the Taconic Region Geocache have completed the challenge and you will receive your trackable geocoin. Challenge? Expand your travels and visit the Saratoga and Central Re- gion. Find any 10 caches in the NYS Parks Saratoga-Capital NYS Parks Website/Facebook at a State Park District and or the Central Region Geocache Challenge and they will count toward your goal of 45 caches in the Tacon- www.geocaching.com Other: ic Region Geocache Challenge! Do you own a NYS Parks Pass? yes no If yes, was the Geocache Challenge the reason for your Taconic Region Parks and Historic Sites purchase? yes no Have you completed a NYS Parks Challenge Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park (845) 225-7207 Clermont State Historic Site (518) 537-4240 in previous years? yes no Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park (914) 245-4434 James Baird State Park (914) 698-9275 Treasure Hunt Would you be interested in volunteering to place caches John Jay Heritage Center (845) 452-1489 for next year’s NYS Parks Challenge? yes no John Jay Homestead State Historic Site (914) 232-5651 Lake Taghkanic State Park (518) 851-3631 Fun for Everyone! Would you be interested in volunteering with NYS Parks Mills-Norrie State Park (845) 889-4646 for other events? yes no Olana State Historic Site (518) 828-0135 Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park (914) 965-4027 Verification and coins available at: Franklin D. Roosevelt Rockefeller State Park Preserve (914) 631-1470 State Park, Lake Taghkanic State Park and Walkway Over Staatsburgh Historic Site (845) 889-8851 the Hudson State Historic Park. Taconic Outdoor Education Center (845) 265-3773 Date:____________ Taconic State Park - Copake (518) 329-3993 Taconic State Park – Rudd Pond (518) 789-3059 Park Representative:_____________________________ Walkway Over the Hudson (845) 834-2867 parks.ny.gov ENJOY THE GREAT OUTDOORS C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 CF1 CF2 CF3 CF4 Clarence Clarence Clarence Clarence IN NEW YORK STATE PARKS Clermont Clermont Clermont Clermont Clermont Clermont Fahnestock Fahnestock Fahnestock Fahnestock CF5 CF6 CF7 CF8 CF9 CF10 FDR1 FDR2 FDR3 FDR4 Clarence Clarence Clarence Clarence Clarence Clarence Franklin D. Franklin D. Franklin D. Franklin D. Fahnestock Fahnestock Fahnestock Fahnestock Fahnestock Fahnestock Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt The Taconic Region of NYS Parks is FDR5 FDR6 HH1 HH2 HH3 HH4 HH5 JB1 JB2 JB3 excited to host its first Geocaching Franklin D. Franklin D. Hudson Hudson Hudson Hudson Hudson James James James Challenge. Encompassing acres of Roosevelt Roosevelt Highlands Highlands Highlands Highlands Highlands Baird Baird Baird trails, campgrounds, beaches, golf courses, lakes, valleys, historic JB4 JB5 JB6 JHC1 JJH1 LT1 LT2 LT3 LT4 LT5 sites, waterfalls, and stunning James James James John Jay John Jay Lake Lake Lake Lake Lake views, we welcome you to come Baird Baird Baird Heritage Homestead Taghkanic Taghkanic Taghkanic Taghkanic Taghkanic discover and explore our parks and Center the great outdoors. LT6 OCA1 OL1 OL2 OL3 OL4 OL5 OL6 PMH1 RSPP1 Be one of the first 100 people to Lake Old Croton Olana Olana Olana Olana Olana Olana Phillips Rockefeller collect 45 out of the 78 hidden Taghkanic Aqueduct Manor Hall State Park caches in the Taconic Region and Preserve receive the 2018 limited edition, highly collectible trackable geocoin. RSPP2 RSPP3 RSPP4 RSPP5 RSPP6 SMM1 SMM2 SMM3 SMM4 SMM5 You may even visit the Central or Rockefeller Rockefeller Rockefeller Rockefeller Rockefeller Staatsburgh Staatsburgh Staatsburgh Staatsburgh Staatsburgh Saratoga/Capital Regions to collect State Park State Park State Park State Park State Park Mills Mills Mills Mills Mills up to 10 stamps toward the Taconic Preserve Preserve Preserve Preserve Preserve Mansion Mansion Mansion Mansion Mansion Region Challenge. SMM6 SMM7 SMM8 SMM9 SMM10 TSP-C1 TSP-C2 TSP-R1 TSP-R2 WL1 All of our caches will take you to an Staatsburgh Staatsburgh Staatsburgh Staatsburgh Staatsburgh Taconic Taconic Taconic Taconic Wonder interesting area of our parks and or Mills Mills Mills Mills Mills Lake historic sites, and give you a little Mansion Mansion Mansion Mansion Mansion taste of history or environmental WL2 WL3 WL4 WL5 WL6 WOTH1 education. Wonder Wonder Wonder Wonder Wonder Walkway While you are geocaching, take Lake Lake Lake Lake Lake Over the some time and enjoy all that these Hudson parks have to offer. You and your Sara-Cap/ Sara-Cap/ Sara-Cap/ Sara-Cap/ Sara-Cap/ Sara-Cap/ Sara-Cap/ Sara-Cap/ Sara-Cap/ Sara-Cap/ family will understand why New Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central York’s Hudson Valley is a great Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region place to be. Please, remember to take only pictures and leave only footprints. www.parks.ny.gov .