Just in time for the Memorial Day weekend! The final to the NJCC: North Jersey Checkpoint Challenge series is the May 2009 cache of the month. The puzzle to solve to find the cache is intended to take geocachers on a tour of Northern New Jersey (loosely defined as north of Interstate 78) while finding caches placed by members of the Northern New Jersey Cachers (NNJC). On the tour, we hope you will find Northern New Jersey an interesting and beautiful part of our great state…read on for details.
Hidden around North Jersey are 26 checkpoint caches. Cache names are based on a phonetic alphabet using mountain names since North Jersey is the mountainous region of the state. To complete the challenge you must visit and log each of the 26 checkpoint caches. The 26 checkpoints do not have to be completed in any particular order and have no special logging requirements. However, you must adhere to posted park hours - after hours caching is not permitted.
Hidden within the 26 checkpoint caches are the numbers to be used to determine the coordinates to the North Jersey Checkpoint Challenge cache and parking.
FTF gets a $20.00 Fuddruckers gift card (it is not in the cache - mblatch has it).
Requirements to log this cache:
1.) You must have first visited all 26 checkpoint caches, regardless if you are able to assemble the full final coordinates beforehand.
2.) You must include in the log for this cache the dates you found each of the checkpoint caches: e.g Aconcagua – 5/12/09, Blanc – 5/14/09, etc.
The caches in the series include:
NJCC: Aconcagua
by CondorTrax in Lewis Morris County Park
NJCC: Blanc
by Raritan in Engelwood Boat Basin in Engelwood Cliffs, NJ
NJCC: Carrauntoohil
by GerIRL in Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Area
NJCC: Denali
by ThirstyMick Richard W. DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst, NJ.
NJCC: Everest
by Team Divi Divi in High Point State Park
NJCC: Fuji
by slukster in Laurel Hill County Park in Secaucus, NJ
NJCC: Greylock
by GanandPap in Wood Dale County Park in Woodcliff Lake, NJ.
NJCC: Huascaran
by veganfreaks in Worthington State Park in Columbia, NJ
NJCC: Ismoil Somoni
by briansnat in Splitrock Reservoir in Rockaway Township, NJ.
NJCC: Jura
by jrsyjane in Stokes State Forest in Branchville, NJ
NJCC: Kilimanjaro
by Moya Crew in Mahlon Dickerson Reservation in Jefferson
Township, NJ.
NJCC: Logan
by mag-man in Pequest Trout Hatchery and Natural Resource Education Center in Oxford, NJ.
NJCC: Matterhorn
by Sue&Barry in Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, NJ.
NJCC: Nanga Parbat
by weathernowcast in Laurelwood Arboretum in Wayne, NJ.
NJCC: Olympus
by old navy in Frelinghuysen Arboretum in Morristown, NJ
NJCC: Puncak Jaya
by MaitreMind in Merrill Creek Reservoir in Washington, NJ.
NJCC: Quogir
by Packanack in Ringwood Manor in Ringwood, NJ
NJCC: Rainier
by Resolution in Greenwood Gardens/Old Short Hills Park/ South
Mountain Reservation in Millburn, NJ.
NJCC: Stanley
by klizich in Wawayanda State Park in Vernon Township, NJ.
NJCC: Turquino
Harry Dolphin & Andy Bear in Weehawken Waterfront Park and Recreation Center in Weehawken, NJ.
NJCC: Usborne
by Bear Mom Scouter along Shades of Death Road in Independence Township, NJ
NJCC: Vinson Massif
by Aroxx & Jazz Hands in Wawayanda State Park in Vernon, NJ.
NJCC: Weisshorn
by yankeepride in Union Furnace Preserve in Union Twp, NJ.
NJCC: Xanthe Montes
by mblatch in Kittatinny Valley State Park in Andover, NJ.
NJCC: Yu Shan
by EagleTrax in Schooley's Mountain County Park in Washington Township, NJ.
NJCC: Zugspitze
by PolskiKrol in Palisades Interstate Park in Alpine, NJ.
