This
is a Johnson County Parks & Recreation District park located in
western Johnson County between De Soto and Olathe. It is the newest
and third regional park in the District’s system. Opened in 2001
the park, easily accessible and yet secluded, encompasses 884
acres. Nestled within the park's beautiful natural setting are four
picnic shelters, a swimming beach, a marina, and 17 miles of trails
including hiking, mountain bike and equestrian trails and an
asphalt trail for walking, hiking and bicycling. All of these
caches are placed with District permission and comply with District
guidelines. Park hours are 5am to 11pm for March through October
and 7:30am to 8pm for November through February.
The Kill Creek Park entrance is located near 116th and Homestead
Lane. To get to the park, get off of Kansas Highway 10 at the Kill
Creek exit and proceed south to 115th Street. Turn right and go to
Homestead Lane. Take a left onto Homestead and the park entrance is
on the right near the crest of the first hill. The nearest parking
for this cache is the lot at Shelter No. 1. Please note that dogs
are welcome in this park, but they must be on a leash;
another cacher found out the hard way: it's a $40 fine.
If you cannot deal with
TICKS,
you might not want go into this park until winter. Where deer are
abundant, ticks are more so. However, since this cache is just off
the paved walking/biking trail, you might, with a good cover of bug
repellant, get away without an encounter. If you like the "natural
setting", you will love this park. The downside is that during warm
weather, there is always a good chance of encountering ticks.
Of course, PI, snakes and mosquitoes may also be around during warm
weather.
This cache is a painted screw-top plastic container, lots of room
for tradeables and trackables. Averaged over 300 readings, but it
was a cloudy day under a canopy. So if you get different coords
with good accuracy, please send them to us.
A micro Compass Rose geocoin for FTF.