World's biggest free geocaching network
Geopaths - matching lots of geocaches
Full statistics, GPX's, all for free!
Mail notifications about new caches and logs
100% geocaching posibilities for free
You have to be logged-in in order to perform operations on this cache.
stats
This cache does not have any statistics yet
Negro Island Cache - OU085B
A traditional cache accessible by boat.
Owner: KnowsOpie
Please log in to see the coordinates.
Altitude: m. ASL.
 Region: United States > Tennessee
Cache type: Traditional
Size: Regular
Status: Archived
Date hidden: 2015-06-26
Date created: 2015-06-26
Date published: 2015-06-26
Last modification: 2016-04-06
0x Found
0x Not found
0 notes
watchers 0 watchers
1158 visitors
0 x rated
Rated as: n/a
In order to view coordinates and
the map of caches
you must be logged in
Cache attributes

Poison Plants  Snakes  Ticks  Thorns  Special Equipment Required 

Please read the Opencaching attributes article.
Description EN

Historical Negro Island is not far downstream from the public boat landing and just before reaching Kings Shoals on the way to the next public boat landing at Laurel Run Park. It is not too difficult to return to the parking area from the island by kayack unless you pass the shoals, then the water is a little swifter.

 

Historical Negro Island on the Holston river in Hawkins County, Tennessee was likely named by the Phipps family that once owned it. William Phipps willed this island to his son James in 1845. It was a tract of land that he aquired from a Margaret Surgoine, a decendant of the founders of nearby Surgoinsville, which served as a trading stop for stagecoaches and boats, the latter of which traveled down Holston River. Surgoinsville was incorporated in 1815. It was named after James Surgoins, a French Huguenot. The geocache is a camo water-proof lock -n- lock with a log book and stocked with some trade items. Some of this information was taken from this source: http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/hawkins/willphipps.html

 

Parking Area N 36° 31.460 W 082° 40.931
Additional waypoints
Symbol Type Coordinates Description
Parking area --- Parking area and boat ramp.
Log entries: Found 0x Not found 0x Note 0x All entries