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i'm new to benchmarking and checked out some near me today. I found one listed that is impossible to legally get to but has an interesting history. I will share what i know about it. First this is the benchmark page: http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.asp?PID=FZ1697 The mark is located in Pilot Mt. state park in North Carolina. Many of you may have seen this or heard of it on "The Andy Griffith Show". Many years ago it was private land and had a toll road to reach the top. A prominent knob was at the top and the only way to get to it was climb some wooden stairs. In the late 60's it became a state park and the stairs were removed due to safety concerns. It is illegal to attempt to climb the knob today. The benchmark is located on the very top near the center of the knob. I guess I could log it by taking a photo of the knob but to get one of the mark would be impossible to legally do

Greetings all NC geocachers I've been doing this for a year and placed 2 caches last spring. One in Hanging Rock and the other in Pilot Mt. Both removed by rangers. I got so discouraged i quit for a while. Just now getting back into it and another cache located just yards from the boundries of Pilot Mt. state park has vanished. Dont know if the rangers got it or not. This cache was placed by an unknowing person and Hawk took it upon himself to relocate it outside of the park and inform the rangers. Dont get me wrong i'm not upset at the rangers, but this is getting silly. They want us (the general public) to visit the park. The more visitors they have the better they look in the eyes of the people that fund them. What better way than geocaching to help promote more visitors to the park system. It cost them nothing! It is harmless if caches are placed responsibly. And increases traffic into the park. I'm not going to let this one get me down, there are plenty of caches out there to find. But, I have found myself visiting NC state parks less lately. I just might boycott them all together until we get a reprise. Shame too since I can see Pilot Mt. from my front porch.