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 There are two
different sides to Door County today. There's the over-crowded
and overpriced touristy Door County, and the harder to find,
secluded, undeveloped Door County. In placing my Door County
caches, I try to expose people to the more hidden,
underexposed, yet still fascinating areas. While not the most
difficult cache to get to in Door County (that would be my own
Horseshoe Hideaway) The Gardner Swamp Wildlife Area is an area
often overlooked by the typical visitor.
The wildlife refuge
is 1,112 acres, all state owned, between Brussels and Sturgeon Bay.
Principal wildlife include deer, waterfowl, ruffed grouse, rabbits
& raccoons. Recreational activities (in addition to
Geocaching!) include birdwatching, canoeing, berry and mushroom
picking and hunting.
I orginally planned
to place this cache smack dab in the center of the swamp, adjacent
to the creek that runs through the swamp, but concluded that it
would be too difficult to for the average Geocacher to reach, so I
made it far easier by placing at the current coordinates. There are
many roads that dead-end into the swamp, so I won't tell you which
one is closest to the cache. A clue to the oblivious: a swamp may
have water and mosquitos. HOWEVER, the entire wildlife area is not
swamp, and there is even an elevated walkway. Good
luck! |