In 1993, the Town of Boulder Junction began it's Bike and Hike Trail program, by building this segment from downtown Boulder Junction, to the North Trout Lake campground. A cooperative effort by the town, and the WI Department of Natural Resources, it became regularly used and widely known.
Built narrower than today's silent sports trails, the Hwy M South trail is still a very important section in the many miles of trails that now cover this area.
Known as the "Boulder Flats", one could actually see mighty Trout Lake from the town after the logging era had left this section with nothing but stumps.
Now lushly regrown, thousands of cyclists, joggers, hikers, and skaters enjoy the rolling, forested trail as it winds southward from our friendly town.
The cache is located at an intersection of the current trail and a former railroad grade, where lumbermen would skid the massive pines to meet the trains...trees that would build the homes of Milwaukee and Chicago.
The Geocache Notification Form has been submitted to Sonja Margitan at Trout Lake Headquarters of the Wisconsin DNR. Geocaches placed on Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource managed lands require permission by means of a notification form. Please print out a paper copy of the notification form, fill in all required information, then submit it to the land manager. The DNR Notification form and land manager information can be obtained at: (visit link)