Caches In Lancaster Sc Area

[+Haffy]

Hello all,this Yankee from Maine is planning a trip this coming week to Lancaster SC for a couple of weeks and I was wondering if there were any special caches within an hour or so that I should be checking out? I would be interested in any historical or nature caches. Thanks haffy6 Also anyone be interested in showing this Yankee how they cache down south?

[+Eswau]

You should be able to get to Charlotte, NC from Lancaster SC within an hour. Bunches of caches around Charlotte. At the moment none I recall seem to be very historical or nature related (though many are in very nice wooded areas where nature is abundent). Search for Charlotte caches on the NC state page and hopefully someone else will be able to suggest some good ones.

 

Enjoy your trip,

Eswau

[+E = Mc2]

Also an hour's drive from Lancaster is Columbia, SC, where there are many x many quality caches available. You could spend the better part of the day just doing the dozen or so caches in Sesquicentennial State Park. One of my all-time favorites, SesquiTrivia, is located there, BTW. Should you decide to do that one, I would recommend that you decode and read the hints before you leave the house. There are some links to very important information there.

 

Sesqui has a lot to offer, especially if you like to hike around looking for Geocaches (versus drive up, jump out, and log). Be aware, though, that most, if not all, of the South Carolina State Parks charge a small fee for daily admission (yes, you can usually come and go). Sometimes it is cheaper to get the annual pass if you plan on doing a lot of caching in the parks.

 

I would strongly recommend that you bring your 100% DEET with you, as ticks and chiggers are prevalent in the state almost all year-round. Spending a couple of weeks scratching is not my idea of a good time. Also, you may want to bring your hiking stick, pole, or some such to poke around with, as pine needles are the predominant forest floor-covering. After a couple of days, the needles do such a good job of camo that the caches just disappear. I've been hard-pressed to find some of them when I was standing less than 2 feet away!