Ny Caches

[+Falcon Loader]

I'll be heading to NY (Long Island) in the early May time frame.

Any good caches there I should investigate?

 

Thanks

[+PeachyPA]

Maybe you should post this in the Northeast Forum which covers NYState.

[+mtn-man]

Yeah, I'll move it there. I've done some good ones out there. You will get lots of good suggestions from the group in the NE forums.

[+JMBella]

What part of the Island?

[+BlackBuck]

This area is my Favorite to hike aroundhere You can put a real nice loop together in this region theres even a hill! Are you with the 106 th?

Edited April 2, 2005 by blackbuck

[+JMBella]

I had a really comprehensive reply all done covering the entire island. Then my browser crashed before I could submit it. Now I'll wait to see where he's going.

[avroair]

What sort of caches are you looking for?

 

1) neat little spots

2) quick grabs or interesting virtuals

3) nice hikes

 

4) rugged mountainous terrain - oh, wait nevermind it's flat.

 

Long Island has some excellent caches, but it is a big island so, Like JMBella said, what part are you visiting...

[+Team Bam Bam]

It's probably worth the trip over to New Jersey for the higher quality of the caches. But there are probably some great guard rail micros just waiting to be found on the island.

 

Enjoy your trip.

[+JMBella]

It's probably worth the trip over to New Jersey...

 

Enjoy your trip.

If you can stand the smell.

[+BlackBuck]

It's probably worth the trip over to New Jersey...

 

Enjoy your trip.

If you can stand the smell.

I think if you live someplace long enough you don't notice the smell anymore

[+GPS_David]

Is this for one day or several days? Drive thru or do you want to make a day of it?

 

with only 20something caches under my belt, I can only give you details on what I have done but you can make a day of hiking in the area of Bethpage State Park and then south into the Massapequa Preserve. Ditto on the West Hills County Park.

 

Post what area and what types of caches you are looking for and the local experts can give you more information than me.

 

Dave

[+scott9282]

Look for caches by JerryMonkey. He has an evil mind and you can spend the better part of a day trying to figure out what he wants. But the "aha" moments when you find the caches are worth it.

 

West Hills park is loaded with caches, as is the Greenbelt trail as GPS Dave stated. Basically there are caches all over the island, just pick a spot and do a zip code search and you'll get a bunch of hits.

[+Worf's Pack]

I had to work at ISP the last 2 days did a few Cat in the Hat caches that I liked . The bay and beaches are the highlights of LI. The rest of the place is just the Burbs.

[+BlackBuck]

I had to work at ISP the last 2 days did a few Cat in the Hat caches that I liked . The bay and beaches are the highlights of LI. The rest of the place is just the Burbs.

Four park and grabs and hes an expert on the area!

[+Worf's Pack]

Born and raised on LI Escaped when I was 18.

[+BlackBuck]

I thought there was nothing here when i was 18 also and couldnt wait to get out!!(1980)The longer I stay the better I like it,there are more parks and trails now than twenty years ago and they're much better maintained.The long island greenbelt, Rocky point ,Sarnoff preserve,Smith point and montauk to just name a few.

[+Worf's Pack]

You might be right. I left in 78. Still have a bunch of family there. I did like the caches

that I've done this time. I did some others a few months ago. But growing up I spent most of my time on bay's, inlets, and beaches. Those I think are the things that make LI different from other places.