+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I am going to be in Baltimore late January, and am wondering if anyone can direct me to some wheelchair accessible caches please? I know there is the w/c attribute, the handicaching website and I can always run a pocket query; however, in my experience of caching abroad, oftentimes the best recommendations come from cachers themselves. So, please, suggestions ... we'll be based in the Inner Harbor area. Quote Link to comment
+avgraphics Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Watch out for "7 Ft Knoll" -- its rated as a terrain '1', although I don't really think it is. I used its terrain rating as a clue & came up empty handed. Later I read the hint in the cache listing.. I think its in a place you'd have a tough time getting to with a wheelchair. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 ..., in my experience of caching abroad, oftentimes the best recommendations come from cachers themselves. ... Very true. You may also want to look into any local geocaching organization for the area. If one exists those forums may get you in touch with locals who don't post in these forums. Good luck with your trip. Quote Link to comment
+SharpShin' Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Dorsetgal I linked this post over to the Maryland Geocaching Society Forum. Please check this link for replies. Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share Posted January 18, 2007 Hi Folks, Arriving in downtown area of Baltimore in a few days now. I checked the other site but try as I might I do not seem to be able to register properly there I am really interested in caches in the Inner Harbor area and just around there. I have seen some micros and virts, are there any lunchbox types that you can recommend please? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
+terri and billy Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Hi Folks, Arriving in downtown area of Baltimore in a few days now. I checked the other site but try as I might I do not seem to be able to register properly there I am really interested in caches in the Inner Harbor area and just around there. I have seen some micros and virts, are there any lunchbox types that you can recommend please? Thanks! I truly wish I could help. I'm from MD but have never cached in Baltimore. I will mention the problem in getting on the Md forum in a couple of minutes. Are you going to be able to do a couple of days of caching? Here for business and grabbing a few before and after meetings? Wanting some company? I could only help you identify caches if you came a couple of hours south to the middle of nowhere which is where I live and basically cache. Terri Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Hi Folks, Arriving in downtown area of Baltimore in a few days now. I checked the other site but try as I might I do not seem to be able to register properly there I am really interested in caches in the Inner Harbor area and just around there. I have seen some micros and virts, are there any lunchbox types that you can recommend please? Thanks! Not sure why you can't see it, I can without even joining the organization. Most of the replies are from late November, none since 3 December. One cacher says he's sure all the virtuals in town are wheelchair accessable. One recommends Cancer Survivors Park Cache Another recommends Little Stinker Another recommends A great shot Quote Link to comment
+robert Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Arriving in downtown area of Baltimore in a few days now. I checked the other site but try as I might I do not seem to be able to register properly there Email sent, we'll get you taken care of! Quote Link to comment
+SharpShin' Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Arriving in downtown area of Baltimore in a few days now. I checked the other site but try as I might I do not seem to be able to register properly there Email sent, we'll get you taken care of! I tried ........ Quote Link to comment
+cimawr Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 (edited) One recommends Cancer Survivors Park Cache Another recommends Little Stinker Neither of those are in Baltimore, let alone anywhere near *downtown*. The Cancer Survior cache is about 12 miles from downtown, in Towson, which is the county seat of Baltimore COUNTY. It's also not what I'd call wheelchair accessible, since the "park" is on a corner completely surrounded by streets, and there's no nearby parking. (For that matter, it's not particularly accessible, full stop - I live .85 miles from it, and have never bothered to look for it because it's too much of a hassle to get to. You have to either park in a nearby mega-mall's parking garage, and walk along a lane with no sidewalk to reach the "park", or park several blocks away in a residential neighborhood, then cross a four-lane divided street. Only way I'm ever going to look for that one is if I happen to take the dogs for a three-miler and decide it's worth my while to cross all those streets.) "Little Stinker" is a longer distance away; about 20 miles from downtown, up in Cockeysville (which is a northern suburb of *Towson*). The third cache listed is at or near the Shot Tower, which is a historic site quite near to downtown; the OP might want to try e-mailing that cache's placers, since I believe they live in the city. Edited January 28, 2007 by cimawr Quote Link to comment
+cimawr Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 The third cache listed is at or near the Shot Tower, which is a historic site quite near to downtown; the OP might want to try e-mailing that cache's placers, since I believe they live in the city. Huh. And THAT one has just been disabled because it's missing! Quote Link to comment
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