Geocaching

If you love the outdoors, high-tech equipment and adventure then the hobby of Geocaching is for you!  Here at CBEC we have over 20 caches to find so spend the day with family, friends or co-workers, bring lunch and explore the various habitats of the Chesapeake Bay.  To find all about geocaching go to www.geocaching.com

CBEC Partners in Geocaching

The Military Association of GeoCachers (MAGC) is an organization of US military (past and present), their families, friends and allies who mix technology with outdoor adventures to find geocaches around the world.  Being military, their home is where the government sends them and as such, the local MAGC chapter (The Beltway Bandits) partnered with CBEC as a way to give back to the community.  Each spring the MAGC has a Cache In Trash Out (CITO) event at the center as a way of promoting bay restoration through geocaching.  The MAGC has established and maintains numerous cache sites at CBEC, both traditional and Earth caches.  For more information on MAGC go to www.militarycache.org

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) branch that develops and maintains the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) is called the National Geodetic Survey (NGS).  The purpose of this system is to define with the highest possible accuracy, latitude, longitude, height, scale, gravity and national shorelines throughout the United States.  This in turn provides the foundation of accuracy to reliable transportation, communication and defense systems, boundary and property surveys, land record systems, mapping and charting, public utilities, coastal zone management, natural resource conservation and scientific and engineering applications.  NGS also does research  to improve collection, distribution and use of spatial data.  The precise nature of this system has lead to the development and refinement of technologies available to the public, including Global Positioning System (GPS) surveying techniques.  Find out more at www.ngs.noaa.gov including access to its data base www.ngs.noaa.gov

CBEC Cache Coordinates

Cache the Center  (sm)  2/2                                                GC19FC7
N 38’56.894   W 76’13.692

Mature Loblolly  (med)  2/2                                                  GC19F8E
N 38’56.712    W 76’13.761

Daniel’s Lookout  (sm)  2.5/1.5                                            GC19FC1
N 38’57.102    W 76’13.774

Hood Point  (med)  1.5/2.5                                                  GC19GZJ
N 38’56.628     W 76’14.008

Realm of The Fae – The Isle of Mist  (med)  1.5/1.5              GC1PFEW
N 38’56.981     W 76’13.423

Duck, Duck, Goose  (med)  1.5/1.5                                      GC1PQ3W
N38’56.807     W 76’13.729

Just Off Discovery Lane  (med)  1/1.5                                   GC1PNNZ
N 38’56.910     W 76’13.976

Green Matter  (reg)  1/1.5                                                   GC1PFX8
N 38’56.761     W 76’13.952

Not What It Seems  (med) 3/2                                            GC1PQ6N
N 38’56.959     W 76’13.806

Eye of Newt  (micro)  3/2                                                     GC1PFC9
N 38’56.870     W 78’13.897

SSB Trail  (reg)  1.5/1.5                                                      GC22AM6
N 38’57.144     W 76’14.024

Listen to The Birds  (reg)  3/2                                              GC19Q4D
N 38’57.101     W 76’12.710
Co-ords are for the main gate to CBEC. Drive along the rd to the sign for Loblolly Plantation – take a set of co-ords at the sign then:  add .016 to N, & subtract .012 from W. Now hunt the cache. GPS signal will bounce a lot here so use your geosense.

MAGC:Hidden In Plain Sight (lg)  2/2.5                                 GC1VWD0
N 38’57.315   W 76’14.057

Realm Of The Fae - The Enchanted Forest  2/1.5                   GC22AM6
TH:  N 38° 56.966 W 076°13.114

A Visit To Jurassic Park  (reg)  1.5/1.5                                  GC2HBV7
N 38'57.043  W  076'14.000

A Little Loopie  (reg)  1.5/1.5                                              GC26G8K
N 38° 57.008 W 076° 13.671
TH:  N 38’56.939  W 76’13.733

FLAMING - O Philippe  (micro)  3/2.5                                    GC26Q92
TH:   N 38° 56.705  W 076° 14.017
WP1 – N 38’56.884   W 76’13.914
WP2 -  N 38’56.829   W 76’13.861
WP3 – N 38’56.831   W 76’13.780
Go through Aviary area via WP1 then WP2. On the outside of gate go R. Follow trail til it T’s then go L. Follow straight trail PAST Green Matter - GC1PFX8 (N 38’56.761  W 76’13.952) until you come to a cross trail. Go R. Follow this cross meadow trail to Trail Head.

Everlasting Invertebrate  (micro)  1/5                                   GC2F835
N 38’57.375  W  076’14.246

Crabby Cache   (small) 3/5                                                 GC2F84K
N 38’56.897   W 076’14.190

Life on the Edge    (Earth cache)                                      GC19WY9
N 38’56.966  W  076’13.282

Mouth of the Snake  (micro)  1/5                                        GC1XC2P
N  38'56.748  W  076'13.575

Geodetic Markers

Site 1:                                                       N 38°56.969’                 W 076°13.089’

Site 2:                                                       N 38°56.663’                 W 076°13.779’

Site 3:                                                       N 38°56.810’                 W 076°13.034’

Site 4:                                                       N 38°57.127’                 W 076°14.036’

Site 5:                                                       N 38°57.122’                 W 076°13.755’

Site 6:                                                       N 38°56.851’                 W 076°14.124’

Paulas:                                                      N 38°56.884’                 W 076°13.931’

Commemorative Marker:                             N 38°56.898’                 W 076°13.755’