We Kame, We Saw, We Conquered
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cache
by ClickChik
Hidden:
5/7/2007
Size:
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Difficulty: 
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(1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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This Earthcache takes you to the top of a kame, Hart's Hill,
located in Hart Park in Round Lake, Illinois. The climb is steep
but worth the view once you are up on top.
What is a kame? It is an irregular shaped hill consisting of mostly
sands and gravels. They can form a couple different ways. Either
material is deposited in crevasses that occur in the glacial ice or
off the edge of the glacier forming a delta. Melt water choked with
sediment flow on top of the glacier and as the water flows it
washes away the lighter sediments leaving behind sands and gravels.
Once the glacial ice melts back from the area, these mounds of
sands and gravels are exposed.
This particular kame occurs in the Valparaiso moraine that is found
covering much of the western half of Lake County, Illinois. This
moraine, area where glaciers stabilize for an extended length of
time, also includes a variety of other glacial features the most
obvious are the kettle lakes. Round Lake is named after one of
these kettle lakes.
Aside from being recreational areas, kames can also serve as sand
and gravel resources. Many of the local gravel pits owe their
existence to kames.
To log this earthcache you need to do the following:
1. Email me the name and location Lake County's most famous kame
that is also the highest point in Lake County, Illinois.
2. Take a picture of yourself with the larger of the two signs at
the top of Hart's Hill. If you are by yourself, take a picture of
your GPS with the sign clearly in the background.
3. Please determine the elevation difference between the Warming
House/Concession Building near the base of the kame and the base of
the sign at the top of the kame where you took your picture. Please
email this along with the answer for question 1, do not post it in
your log.
Permission for this earthcache is granted by the Round Lake Area
Park District. Please follow all the rules posted.
Park is open from Sunrise to Sunset. During the winter the sledding
hill may be open in the evening. Please contact the RLAPD at
847-546-8558 during their normal business hours for specifics.
Their office hours are Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-8:00 PM and Saturday
9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Sunday the office is closed.
For more information about Earthcaches visit www.earthcache.org
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Decryption Key
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(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)
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 October 21 by psychovw (274 found)
Maze around the goose droppings, got confused by a cache near by, and took a pic. It wasn't until after I left the Kame that I figured out how do to the elevation and hiked back up the hill.
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| September 5 by Wrongway Junebug (3526 found)
out with marble guy, Lions Fan and 08rocklady. nice hike and loved the view. Marble guy will send email. TFTC
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| September 5 by Marble Guy (3522 found)
out with wrongway junebug, lions Fan and 08rocklady on this Earthcache. email sent soon. TFTC
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| September 5 by 08rocklady (740 found)
Enjoyed a day of caching with Marble Guy, WrongwayJunebug and Lions Fan. This was a long walk up to the top. Email to follow. TFTEC
[view this log] | September 5 by Lions Fan (745 found)
Found it with 08rocklady, Marble Guy and Wrongway Junebug. TFTC
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Current time: 11/21/2009 12:37:57 PM
Last Updated: 10/21/2009 9:01:11 PM
Rendered: From Database
Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
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