One of my work sites is in Southwest Philadelphia, and while there are not too many caches in that immediate vicinity, this one is pretty close by. I actually have driven within a block of it several hundred times while traveling between my work sites in Rosemont and Philly, and had no idea this was here.
This cache is located in Sycamore Park, which is a little park just over a block behind the Lansdowne Theater. The biggest (literally) feature of the park is an immense sycamore tree, estimated to be about 380 years old, which dates it to William Penn's time.
This tree is huge. It's either the second or third largest tree in the state, and considering how rural most of the state is, I was shocked to find it in such a developed area. The trunk is 22 feet in circumference, and the tree is 129 feet tall.
I took a picture with my "cell phone" (I use the term loosely - work provides me with a phone, though I think if rotary cell phones were an option, that's what I would receive)
The cache itself was pretty straightforward, and took all of a minute to find. This location is less about the cache and more about the incredible piece of nature about a block off the beaten path. I highly recommend checking it out if you're in the area.
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