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Traditional Cache Horseshoe Hideaway
A  cache by DCexplorer, Really I'm Not Lost, & FireGeek       Hidden: 8/10/2003  
Size: Size: Regular (Regular)      Difficulty: 2 out of 5      Terrain: 5 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)

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In Wisconsin, United States

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This cache is located on Horseshoe Island, off of the coast of Peninsula State Park in Door County, Wisconsin.

Of all the islands visible from Peninsula's scenic overlooks only one, Horseshoe Island, is actually part of the park. It lies about one mile north of Nicolet Bay.
Norwegian immigrant Ole Larsen reportedly traded a few pounds of tobacco for the island in the 1850s. In 1888, the Folda family purchased Horseshoe Island for $500. They built an impressive summer lodge, Engelmar. When the State of Wisconsin established Peninsula State Park in 1909, E.F. Folda negotiated a selling price of $5,000 and a life estate for himself as well as his wife and sister, but they never received payment.
Horseshoe Island is accessible by boat or by walking in winter. Visitors can also canoe or kayak, with rentals available locally. The Engelmar Trail, a one-mile rustic path, meanders the circumference of the island. The astute visitor may detect the foundation of the Folda's lodge, a root cellar, and openings where gardens once thrived.
A pit toilet is available. Visitors must carry out their own garbage. Camping and fires are prohibited.

Too many caches in Door County are located on busy roads, or places where there's lots of people. I wanted to place a cache off of the beaten path.

Horseshoe Island is part of Peninsula State Park. There is no public transportation, so you will have to get to the island somehow, either with a boat in summer, or skiing/snowmobiling in winter. There is a boat dock available, but if full, you may have to moor it and swim/wade ashore. Horseshoe Island harbor is pretty deep, so most boats are OK. Closest boat launch is in Nicolet Bay, but a park sticker is required to park/launch inside the park. Beware of treacherous ice in wintertime, though, especially on a snowmobile.

Other than pit toilets and a fire ring, there are no amenities on the island. Didn't see any water faucets or pumps. There is no overnight camping on the island itself, but you can moor offshore overnight.

There is a hiking trail that follows the perimeter of the island, and the cache is located off of this trail a few dozen yards.

The cache is an ammo can. Once you're on the island, it's not too traumatic to reach, so little ones should be OK, but strollers will not work.

As you may guess, this isn't a cache I can keep a close eye on, so if something is amiss, let me know.

Mini-Spoiler: The cache is located in a fairly typical fashion, such as under a fallen log, or in a tree's base, or any of the normal cache hiding spots. Nothing too sinister about the actual placement.

If you don't have a boat, rentals are available in both Nicolet Bay in the park, or in Ephraim.
Nicolet Bay is the closest departure point to Horseshoe Island.

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no campfires no quads no motorcycles no bikes available in winter snomobiles allowed may require swimming kid friendly boat required dogs allowed blank blank
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 November 1 by fortuna 3 (1 found)
Found this one by sheer luck. Heard about it from a friend. Didn't realize there were gps coordinates that would take me right to it, as I had not visited this website. Seems like it is alot more fun to look without the cheats, although it took me 5 hours to stumble on it. It is a ruggedly delightful island and it was a pleasure to explore the whole thing. There are remains af a private owners retreat from 1900, and a little cemetary.The only clue he gave me was "it's in a stump" There are 1 million stumps, 7 million burrs and 9 million spiders on this uninhabited, windswept little island.
The cache itself was kind of boring as there wasn't much left in it. I intend to return this weekend and liven it up. I live here and still have a boat in the water in Ephraim for a little while yet, so it might be more interesting for the next cacher.
Thanks so much for a very fun experience....

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here tiz

 September 22 by dgoebel (78 found)
Kayaked out with first time cachers Jerry and Terri, walked the island perimeter trail first, loved the views and walk, found the cache, took outdated Camp Snoopy tickets (we're from MN).
TFTC

[This entry was edited by dgoebel on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 9:47:20 PM.]

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 September 19 by andygrafenauer (12 found)
We rented a kayak and found this cache today. Great spot.

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 August 24 by wlzgarmin (118 found)
Rented a canoe and visited the island on a nice day! Hiked the trail around and my son was the first to spot this one- TFTC!

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 August 13 by ho11ywood885 (101 found)
This one was really neat!! Don't make the same stupid mistake I did....this place is really wild and overgrown, and when I left the boat I was so excited about the cache I forgot to hit my "mark waypoint" button on my GPS. When I finally found the cache I didn't know which way the shore was!! Luckily I had other Pen. State Park locations programmed in and was able to go in the general direction and find the beach!! Thanks for a great challenging cache!!

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Current time: 11/22/2009 7:14:25 AM
Last Updated: 11/3/2009 5:01:38 PM
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