Dundee Mtn: Highest Kame in North Kettle Moraine EarthCache
Dundee Mtn: Highest Kame in North Kettle Moraine
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This is not your typical geocache; it is an EarthCache. Instead of looking for a “cache container” you will be brought to a geological feature.
So happy to see this EarthCache available in time for the West Bend Cache Ba$h 2009. Congratulations on earning Mega-Event Status. Gr@nny and I are proud of you, Earth Angel!
ABOUT THIS LOCATION This site is located in the Kettle Moraine State Forest – Northern Unit. To find this site, at Dundee go east on Hwy. F to a parking lot on the right side of the road (N43 38.904 W 88 10.315). Walk across the highway where you drove in and hike east to trailhead. It is a one and one half mile hike. Follow Summit Trail sign directing you up Dundee Mountain. This is now a loop (steep) trail. Note: Area is closed 11:00 PM to 6:00 AM. A state park sticker is required if you access Dundee Mountain through the Long Lake Recreational Area (near Campsite #944).
GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Dundee Mountain is a high interest point of the Northern Unit of the Kettle “Interlobate” Moraine. It is the third highest kame in the Kettle Moraine region after Holy Hill and Powder Hill. Although it does not qualify as a mountain like those in the Rockies or Appalachians, it may feel like one to some who hike it. After all, it definitely is a very large kame.
Compared to the other mountains, Dundee “Mountain” was formed in a most unusual way. It formed in a hole in the ice of a melting glacier. This hole, called moulin, would be near the edge of the glacier, and meltwater falling into it would bring whatever it was transporting with it. Thus, a moulin kame is composed of poorly sorted sand, gravel, rocks, and boulders; its conical or near conical shape helps identify it. Dundee Mountain is a fine example of a Moulin kame.
The Dundee Quadrangle topographic map by the U. S Geological Survey reveals that these glacially formed features are not uncommon in the Kettle Moraine. For example, in a southwest-northeast direction, there is a kame less than one mile southwest of Dundee Mountain, one two miles northwest (McMullen Hill), and another less than one mile further northwest (Conner Hill). Of the numerous kames in the Northern Kettle Moraine, however, Dundee Mountain has no rival.
EARTHCACHE INFORMATION Bring your camera and binoculars. To receive credit for this EarthCache please do the following requirements (enclosed text and posted signs will help you):
1. (Take ELEVATION readings) The elevation at (A) highway/trailhead is________ feet, at (B) bottom of first step (at Welcome to Summit Trail Sign) ______ feet, and (C) At the Summit sign _______ feet. The relief (difference in elevation) from A to C is _____ feet and from B to C is ______ feet.
2. On the way up, stop at the lookout area (Drumlins in the Distance sign): three things you see of interest are _________, _________, and ________. (*At the Summit, please see number 3's requirement.) As you continue on this trail, there is an ________ and an ________ on the way down. [Hint: Both of these glacial features have informational markers, and they both begin with the letter "E".]
*3.(Optional) Take a picture of your GPS at the summit between the At the Summit sign and the bench (and you/group if possible).
Send answers to me along with this EarthCache name and code.
You do NOT need to wait for confirmation from me before logging your find. Please do not make any reference to these answers in your log.
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