Purchased by Polk County in 1997, this property is part of the Lake
Wales Ridge Ecosystem and contains numerous threatened and
endangered plant species. Habitat includes Ancient scrub, lakeshore
and small stream, cutthroat seep and oak hammock. Wildlife that may
be observed includes gopher tortoises, Florida scrub lizards and
wading birds. Do sign in at the information board in the parking
lot near the trailhead, and note that you're there to geocache.
Polk County's Environmental Lands Program is receptive to caching.
Signing in shows that you appreciate this. Please be respectful of
this property, its vegetation & wildlife.
This geocache is a part of the Trek Ten Again
in 2009 program. Participation in that program, while a lot of fun,
is not required to log this cache here. Trek Ten Again in
2009 marks the second year of the Friends of the Parks
Foundation’s call to explore the outdoors in Polk County.
Five new nature trails have been added to the program’s
original ten trek locations throughout Polk County. Each nature
trail includes geocaches with a self-inking stamp like the one
you’ll find in this cache for validating your visits to at
least ten of the featured trails. You can choose which ten trails
you visit, and of course you may trek all 15!
New game cards, which participants stamp and return to be entered
into the year end prize drawings, will be available at libraries,
OUTPOST 27 cache and at the five guided hike events. Validated
game cards must be received by mid October 2009 (date TBA) to be
eligible for prize drawings and a certificate of completion. Trek
Ten Again in 2009 maps and other information about each of the
featured nature trails may be downloaded from the Friends of the
Parks website. Check out our
Profile for more details.
This cache was placed with the assistance of
the
Florida
Geocaching Association