msorkin Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Does any know the location of Faery Hole and Fairly Low Cave at Jenny Jump State forest, in Hope NJ? Quote Link to comment
+Cardinal Red Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Does any know the location of Faery Hole and Fairly Low Cave at Jenny Jump State forest, in Hope NJ? Not as good as GPS coords, but this is all I could find. Consider it a bump. NJ Wonder Walks Jenny Jump Caves Located in Jenny Jump State Park, these small interesting caves are a short distance from the dirt parking lot at Ghost Lake on Shades of Death Road, about 2 miles east of intersection with Hope-Great Meadows Road (County Rt. 611). Evidence of Indian occupation has been found at the Faery Hole in Jenny Jump State Park, including a few pieces of pottery and evidence of a firepit near the opening.From parking lot follow the rocky but easy trail along the lake's edge about 200 yards, then a short scramble up a steep rocky slope to the cave known as Faery Hole. About 10 feet wide and 15 feet deep, the floor is flat and the roof high enough to allow most people to stand up comfortably. A natural "chimney" in the rear of cave sometimes contains blind cave cricket. Do not harm them. Scant evidence of Indian occupation has been found here, including a few pieces of pottery and evidence of a firepit near the opening. When the cave was excavated in the 1930s by state archaeologist Dorothy Cross, thousands of mammal bones and fragments were recovered, among them the tooth of a giant beaver, now extinct. Although no established trails lead to it, the diligent explorer can find Fairly Low Cave a few hundred yards northeast of the Faery Hole. This cave faces east, about halfway up the steep rear wall of a cirque (steeply rounded area.) The cave is about 3' high x 4' wide x 160' long and contains a series of 3 or 4 very low "rooms". Standing up in this cave is not possible, and the only way to explore this cave is to crawl. Be careful of broken glass. While you're at Jenny Jump, take a stroll about fifty yards northwest of the park's headquarters to an obvious cavity in the rock outcropping. A few Indian artifacts were found here including pieces of pottery, arrowheads and indications of a fire pit. It is believed that the shelter was occupied infrequently, probably due to the lack of convenient water. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Remember that the Land of Make Believe is in Hope, and not the other way round. And, don't forget to search for the cache Beyond Hope. Other than that, I have found one cache in a cave (or mine) in Jenny Jump. Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I am moving this thread from the Geocaching.com Web Site forum to the Mid-Atlantic forum. Quote Link to comment
+J10fly Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 (edited) wow i did not know of these places up there. I might have to take a weekend hiking trip and see if there is any good places to camp for a night or 2 up there this summer. Edited March 16, 2009 by jho135 Quote Link to comment
+Flipsican Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Does any know the location of Faery Hole and Fairly Low Cave at Jenny Jump State forest, in Hope NJ? There used to be a cache called Ghost Lake's Forgotten Spirits located at the entrance to Fairy Hole Cave. N 40° 55.443 W 074° 53.692 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...36-51bffbb19be1 You can print out the directions another poster gave to find the other nearby cave. Quote Link to comment
+MountainRacer Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 There used to be a cache called Ghost Lake's Forgotten Spirits located at the entrance to Fairy Hole Cave. N 40° 55.443 W 074° 53.692 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...36-51bffbb19be1 You can print out the directions another poster gave to find the other nearby cave. Great cache, that one. Great place, too... Ghost Lake on Shades of Death Road. If you route it right, you can get there through Buttzville. Quote Link to comment
jinxeee Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 wow i did not know of these places up there. I might have to take a weekend hiking trip and see if there is any good places to camp for a night or 2 up there this summer. You can camp at Jenny Jump, they have tent sites and shelters. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests.../jennyjump.html Quote Link to comment
+J10fly Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 thanks for that link! I might check that out this summer. Wish there was a little more concentration of geocaches around the park. Any nearby areas with camping anyone knows of or somewhere else in north jersey that has a huge cache concentration around some good ole camping? Quote Link to comment
+MountainRacer Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 You can camp at Mahlon Dickerson Reservation in Morris County, and it's full of caches. Quote Link to comment
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