+lostinjersey Posted April 27, 2003 Share Posted April 27, 2003 As most of you NJ'ians know I run a website based upon stuff in Weird NJ and I've placed several weird nJ geocaches (several?) I have compiled a list of geocaches based on weird NJ or which features something that might warrant being in the magazine. I'm now turning to my fellow geocaches for help. I'm aware of a few caches which have something weird along the way, but I'm sure there's more. If anyone knows of a geocache where there are ruins of houses, unusual geological features (like a face in the rocks) or an old graveyard, or even just a spooky creepy place, can you post a response here? eventually I'm going to change the link in my signature to a specific page where all of them will be listed. Note: don't bother mentioned virtuals, as I generally expect all virtuals to have something odd to be found, otherwise it wouldn't be a virtual. Thanks to all in advance for any help you can provide. My own caches (current) Palisades #5: Zabriski Point Lad's Buttons The Van Slyke Castle Palisades #6: The Library on the Old 9W Palisades #3: Robert Cadgene's Estate Art: It does the Body Good Weird CT: The Ghost Parking Lot (Connecticut) Got Milk? Highly Polished Mansion in the Marshes The Hamilton Death Rock The Downed Jet Palisades #4: John Ringling's House OTHERS: The Passaic HidawayBeavertown Clinton Road Drive and Dump Weird NJ: "Grave Yard Vultures" #17/68 White City Ruins New Years Mystery Stone House 2003 Cape May Point Lighthouse Trek Mills Reservation "Trolley Valhalla" #13/29 Carranza's Hideaway Sierra Bravo 01-Clinton Rd Sierra Bravo-05-Stone Living Room Phantasmagoria ~ ©rossr0ads Chimney Rock da/|ds0n c^chE Limpidity-4: George Washington's StairMaster Manunka Chunk Tunnels Cookoos Nest Needful Things Mopar Automotive oms-b (h|ghbrIdge) (New York) PSEG Prosecution Pyramid Mtn Roaming Cache The Mystery Cache_1 (New York) The SplitRock Splendor ! (New Jersey) Washington Ruins in the Pines We Saw A Bear Cache Weird NJ - Rolling Rock Cache What? No! We can't stop here! This is bat country! Boone Town Falls www.gpswnj.com Quote Link to comment
+Rygel Posted April 27, 2003 Share Posted April 27, 2003 I just want to say awesome job on the Weird NJ caches. I haven't been to any yet but I'm a big fan of the magazine! Just wish i could get my friends to go! They're all wimps!! Quote Link to comment
Bluehook Posted April 27, 2003 Share Posted April 27, 2003 Yo G, did ya ever check out that one I suggested? I never heard back from you on that? No good? Or what? Just wondering...I thought it was pretty weird anyway. Quote Link to comment
+lostinjersey Posted April 27, 2003 Author Share Posted April 27, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Bluehook:Yo G, did ya ever check out that one I suggested? I never heard back from you on that? No good? Or what? Just wondering...I thought it was pretty weird anyway. which one? cant recall though I've gotten some refereals of weird stuff, I cant think of any other geocaches in NJ that would be classified as weird. EXCEPT I'm sure a lot of T neigel's geocaches would qualify, but with so many I haven't looked them over extensively, also since most of his are S Jersey and are below my radar for the most part... www.gpswnj.com Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 add Lebanon Ghostly Trek to the list. I didn't know it till I found it. Guess I should have read the cache description. I STILL have "rolling rock" in my car, waiting for a good home. That would have been perfect, if my car wasn't a 2 mile hike away Tae-Kwon-Leap is not a path to a door, but a road leading forever towards the horizon. Quote Link to comment
+HartClimbs Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 Cuckoo's Nest (by the Bee-Gee's) and the nearby Hilltop are located near a very creepy and spooky area. Friends of mine who'd grown up in the area couldn't believe I'd been up there since they all had stories about the site from growing up. It just gave me the heebie jeebies - but it's worth checking out (just park behind the abandoned buildings). The parking area's creepy, but the hilltop (especially near the watertower) has this abandoned 'Andromeda Strain' feeling (for anyone who's seen the old movie). There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home. - Ken Olsen, President, Digital Equipment, 1977 Quote Link to comment
+lostinjersey Posted April 28, 2003 Author Share Posted April 28, 2003 Someone asked me if I meant geocaches where there was something already covered by weird nj, or something that hasn't yet been covered by weird nj. the answer is BOTH. if its weird I dont care if its been in Weird NJ or not. I like weird. I also thought of a few more that I know of. Dead Center Joe Mulliner's Tavern This one just jumps out at you.... What the Heck is this place These are all T Neigels caches, mostrly Pine Barrens. I mention these based on the name or writeup.... Harrisville Gas Jessie Evans Mansion Toms Grave Washington Ruins in the Pines Hampton Furnace of the Pines www.gpswnj.com Quote Link to comment
+lostinjersey Posted April 28, 2003 Author Share Posted April 28, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Mopar:I STILL have "rolling rock" in my car, waiting for a good home. how about the Holmdel IFC, which is now a park? If its one of those hideakey stones (great idea, I have one myself for just such a purpose, just hafvent found a decent cache to create out of it) then you could even leave it in a weird graveyard. I'd nominate zippy the pin heads grave. www.gpswnj.com Quote Link to comment
SunCrushNJ Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 Well thanks to the 20th issue of WNJ. You can now add these to your list also: The Historic Burlington County Prison Museum will take you right to the front door of the haunted prison. Lawyer Lane Prison The "RObin Hood of the Pine Barrens article about Joe Mulliner this cache shuld take you right into his area. Joe Mulliner Caught at Washington Tavern This is anothe Joe Mulliner one too. The Grave of Joe Mulliner Just thinking of what i knew was out there from the 20th issue!! Now is that good enough to get an issue #6 of WNJ???? What do u say TEam Gwho??? " The Sun rises up to shine glorious light on to her fellow geocachers as does her MIDDLE finger! " J/K !!!! [] Quote Link to comment
+Rygel Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 I just picked up issue 20 last night. I see Mark & Mark will be in Bridgewater in May doing a talk I may swing over there and check it out. I saw them in East Brunswick a few years back. Quote Link to comment
+The BeeGees Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 quote: HartClimbs posted April 28, 2003 06:33 AM Cuckoo's Nest (by the Bee-Gee's) and the nearby Hilltop are located near a very creepy and spooky area. Friends of mine who'd grown up in the area couldn't believe I'd been up there since they all had stories about the site from growing up. It just gave me the heebie jeebies - but it's worth checking out (just park behind the abandoned buildings). The parking area's creepy, but the hilltop (especially near the watertower) has this abandoned 'Andromeda Strain' feeling (for anyone who's seen the old movie). I was just thumbing through the latest issue (WNJ#20)and found something to add to the creepiness of this cache. It seems that a Verona couple was hiking in the area last August and stumbled upon a human skull. Former patient or recent murder victim? You decide. Needless to say I had to update my cache page with a picture of the skull. Quote Link to comment
+nikcap Posted May 1, 2003 Share Posted May 1, 2003 This is a awesome thread! Here are a couple we've place, but have recently archived. In an Old Stone Giddy-Up We've also replaced the Chimney Rock cache If your looking for abandoned buildings and cars in the woods, there's: Lake Loop Feature Cache Abandoned Cache You'll find a neat scene with an abandoned car on you way too Western Stream View (stick to the trail) Did you catch all of the cache near Sandy hook? While you're near the shore, don't forget Earth Startion Zebra, once you know the history, you'll really appreciate it. Head here from the back and you visit a Nike missle base too. Other items in the works. We'll be having a tribute to the Griggstown Cow as featured in WNJ #20. Also, a little history lesson on turn-of-the-century movies and the NJ railroad will take place at the site of the Juggernaut in Sayerville. Talking about abandoned train items. The Historical Lakehurst Railroad Tour, and Stationary Cache, and Pennys on the tracks, and don't for get to check out near- by Alice's Restraunt, any place on Apple Pie Hill is weird. The last item on our list is: The Price of Freedom. [This message was edited by Team Ekitt10 on May 01, 2003 at 07:25 AM.] Quote Link to comment
+Desdinova Posted May 1, 2003 Share Posted May 1, 2003 While not all that wierd if you are going for the cars and stuff abanonded in the woods yo cant beat Bottom of Lake Passic II a few older than me in there. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted May 1, 2003 Share Posted May 1, 2003 quote:While not all that wierd if you are going for the cars and stuff abanonded in the woods yo cant beat Bottom of Lake Passic II a few older than me in there. I like the tires that were dumped there so long ago, they now have fully mature trees growing through them. It's funny seeing a 40 ft tall oak with a tire around its base. "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues" -Abraham Lincoln Quote Link to comment
+lostinjersey Posted May 2, 2003 Author Share Posted May 2, 2003 quote:Originally posted by HartClimbs:I have a book titled _Off the Beaten Path_ written by William and Kay Scheller that bills itself as a 'Guide to Unique Places' within NJ. I havent picked it up yet but theres a relatively new book called NJ Curiosities. It sounds like a Weird NJ special Issue. Muffler men, roadside oddities and lord knows what else. I took some advice from someone at the weird nj party & checked out some used book stores. Got some books about the iron bogs, batsto, the J.D., field trips and interesting & historic NJ, trips & treks: a guide to outings in NJ, discovering NJ, plus a 5 foot long folding map of bergen county like you see on the wall at the police station. AND THAT WAS JUST ONE BOOK STORE! If anyone knows of any good books on weird or unusual stuff in Nj lemme know here. as good a folder as any to talk about that. www.gpswnj.com Quote Link to comment
+lostinjersey Posted May 6, 2003 Author Share Posted May 6, 2003 THE LIST SO FAR I have compiled all the suggestions here & those received by email (thanks T Neigel) and added the page to my website. It will now be the featured link in all my posts. Thanks for all the help I received, and if you have any new additions, please feel free to post them! www.gpswnj.com Quote Link to comment
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