The Mooring LbNA #9616
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jul 9, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Northville |
| County: | Fulton |
| State: | New York |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | ADK oinkers |
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| Last found: | May 14, 2017 |
| Status: | aaaaO |
| Last edited: | May 16, 2017 |
This stamp was originally placed on 7/9/2004 by TiceStamp. ADK Oinkers found the box easily following the clues below and adopted the box. Geocachers had logged in also and left trinkets in the box. Please DO NOT relist this anywhere as a Geocache!
The Mooring at Northampton Beach Campground
Address: Mayfield, NY 12117
Campground Phone: (518)863-6000
Regional Office Phone: (518)863-4545
Camping Fee: $17 Day use $6.00
Located on the northwest corner of 29 mile long Great Sacandaga Lake, this campground offers a variety of large, level camping sites, from the secluded within the tall white pines and northern hardwoods, to the openness of the sandy shoreline.
The campground offers: a Junior Naturalist program, a nature based program that encourages children to explore the surrounding environment; a large craft boat launch; a natural sand beach with guarded swimming area from mid-June to Labor Day; rowboat, canoe, and kayak rentals on the premises; and a large picnic area with pavilion. Excellent fishing and water sport opportunities.
Hours of Operation: The campground is open from early May through mid-October. The registration booth is open daily from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. The facility supervisor or assistant is on the premises at all times.
Directions: From NYS Thruway (I-90), Exit 27 at Amsterdam and follow Route 30 north approximately 26 miles. You will encounter the first of two campground entrance signs. Turn right at either sign.
Amenities: 224 campsites (some designated as accessible for the mobility impaired), picnic area with tables and fireplaces (some designated as accessible for the mobility impaired), picnic pavilion rental, hot showers/flush toilets (some designated as accessible for the mobility impaired), trailer dump station, recycling center, boat launch, sand beach, bathhouse, guarded swimming area late June to Labor Day, pay telephone, play area. Boating: Motor boats, rowboats, and canoes allowed. Rowboat and canoe rentals available. Boat launch available.
Fishing: Fish present are: northern pike, chain pickerel, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, walleye, yellow perch, rock bass, sunfish, bullhead, carp, suckers, and minnows. Hiking: Many miles of trails nearby including the Northville-Lake Placid Trail beginning in Northville and traveling approximately 133 miles ending in the village of Lake Placid. Day Use
Facilities: A picnic area, pavilion rental, and swimming beach are available. * Please take note that at facilities that offer swimming beaches, there are days which lifeguards are unavailable. For the safety of our customers, these beaches will not be open and swimming will be prohibited.
Area Attractions: Shopping, restaurants, movie theaters, and golf courses nearby.
Historic Interest: Northampton Beach Campground is located on the Great Sacandaga Lake, a reservoir 29 miles long and 6 miles at its widest point. At full pool, the Great Sacandaga Lake has 26,000 acres of surface. The lake was created by impoundment during the 1920's. Under the jurisdiction of the Board of the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District the area became flooded when the dam gates were closed in 1930. The reservoir regulates the flow of the Hudson and Sacandaga Rivers, providing a conservation pool of water, minimizing floods, providing flow at drought stages, and affording recreational boating and fishing opportunities. Development included provisions for swimming and picnicking only. The campsite area was added in 1961. Flush toilets and showers were constructed in the late 1960's.
On to the LETTERBOX This is by far one of the best campground/Day use areas in the State. You will be charged to enter so take your time and enjoy the area,activities and the sandy beach. The mooring is a traditional letterbox with log and stamp. You will need to bring a stamp pad and a pen. As you enter the campground you will need to find a site number (neo) once found you will see a trail off to the right near a creek. From the road count your pace because at twenty you will come to a T. Make a left this will bring you to a clearing the trail will continue up to the right. The trail will branch off you should head 228ยบ and follow that path for a good time (about 1/4 mile). After walking through a fairly straight and slightly uphill section lined with large pines you will pass an uprooted tree to your left. You must be very observant you are looking for a large boulder that is covered in moss (about 5 feet tall and 5 feet wide). This boulder will be on the right side of the trail. Walk right up to that boulder and find (neO hyrTit vieF) on your compass and take ten paces look on the other side and you will find what you are seeking (I learned how to make this stamp using a blacklight)......Hope you had a great time and enjoy your time here on the Great Sacandaga Lake. TiceStamp
BONUS: 'Celtic Shamrock!'
Hike length: 1 mile
The Mooring at Northampton Beach Campground
Address: Mayfield, NY 12117
Campground Phone: (518)863-6000
Regional Office Phone: (518)863-4545
Camping Fee: $17 Day use $6.00
Located on the northwest corner of 29 mile long Great Sacandaga Lake, this campground offers a variety of large, level camping sites, from the secluded within the tall white pines and northern hardwoods, to the openness of the sandy shoreline.
The campground offers: a Junior Naturalist program, a nature based program that encourages children to explore the surrounding environment; a large craft boat launch; a natural sand beach with guarded swimming area from mid-June to Labor Day; rowboat, canoe, and kayak rentals on the premises; and a large picnic area with pavilion. Excellent fishing and water sport opportunities.
Hours of Operation: The campground is open from early May through mid-October. The registration booth is open daily from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. The facility supervisor or assistant is on the premises at all times.
Directions: From NYS Thruway (I-90), Exit 27 at Amsterdam and follow Route 30 north approximately 26 miles. You will encounter the first of two campground entrance signs. Turn right at either sign.
Amenities: 224 campsites (some designated as accessible for the mobility impaired), picnic area with tables and fireplaces (some designated as accessible for the mobility impaired), picnic pavilion rental, hot showers/flush toilets (some designated as accessible for the mobility impaired), trailer dump station, recycling center, boat launch, sand beach, bathhouse, guarded swimming area late June to Labor Day, pay telephone, play area. Boating: Motor boats, rowboats, and canoes allowed. Rowboat and canoe rentals available. Boat launch available.
Fishing: Fish present are: northern pike, chain pickerel, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, walleye, yellow perch, rock bass, sunfish, bullhead, carp, suckers, and minnows. Hiking: Many miles of trails nearby including the Northville-Lake Placid Trail beginning in Northville and traveling approximately 133 miles ending in the village of Lake Placid. Day Use
Facilities: A picnic area, pavilion rental, and swimming beach are available. * Please take note that at facilities that offer swimming beaches, there are days which lifeguards are unavailable. For the safety of our customers, these beaches will not be open and swimming will be prohibited.
Area Attractions: Shopping, restaurants, movie theaters, and golf courses nearby.
Historic Interest: Northampton Beach Campground is located on the Great Sacandaga Lake, a reservoir 29 miles long and 6 miles at its widest point. At full pool, the Great Sacandaga Lake has 26,000 acres of surface. The lake was created by impoundment during the 1920's. Under the jurisdiction of the Board of the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District the area became flooded when the dam gates were closed in 1930. The reservoir regulates the flow of the Hudson and Sacandaga Rivers, providing a conservation pool of water, minimizing floods, providing flow at drought stages, and affording recreational boating and fishing opportunities. Development included provisions for swimming and picnicking only. The campsite area was added in 1961. Flush toilets and showers were constructed in the late 1960's.
On to the LETTERBOX This is by far one of the best campground/Day use areas in the State. You will be charged to enter so take your time and enjoy the area,activities and the sandy beach. The mooring is a traditional letterbox with log and stamp. You will need to bring a stamp pad and a pen. As you enter the campground you will need to find a site number (neo) once found you will see a trail off to the right near a creek. From the road count your pace because at twenty you will come to a T. Make a left this will bring you to a clearing the trail will continue up to the right. The trail will branch off you should head 228ยบ and follow that path for a good time (about 1/4 mile). After walking through a fairly straight and slightly uphill section lined with large pines you will pass an uprooted tree to your left. You must be very observant you are looking for a large boulder that is covered in moss (about 5 feet tall and 5 feet wide). This boulder will be on the right side of the trail. Walk right up to that boulder and find (neO hyrTit vieF) on your compass and take ten paces look on the other side and you will find what you are seeking (I learned how to make this stamp using a blacklight)......Hope you had a great time and enjoy your time here on the Great Sacandaga Lake. TiceStamp
BONUS: 'Celtic Shamrock!'
Hike length: 1 mile