LNP: Explore the Preserve Multi-Cache
LNP: Explore the Preserve
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Cache is not at the listed coordinates. At final location is a small lock-n-lock container. Re-hide as found completely out of sight. The Preserve closes at 10PM. Do not search for the cache during closed hours. A permit is required to place geocaches in the Preserve.
While the starting point is close to the road, there is no public parking here. Please use one of the Preserve parking lots.
When you arrive at these coordinates, you will be looking for a colorful sign on a small building with year on it. From left to right starting with “A” give each numeral a letter through “D” and use the following to calculate the location of the cache:
N43 05.(A+3)D5 W089 25.(B-2)4C
Please remain on the trails as you travel from point A to point B. The cache is within 3 feet of the trail. Since this cache is right along the trail which is frequently used, please use stealth in retrieving and replacing the cache. Make sure it is out of sight of passing muggles.
Now as you hike to the final location, there are some interesting features you may observe which are the whole point of bringing you here.
The first is the Eagle Heights Community Gardens. It was established for the residents of Eagle Heights, UW family housing, and the Madison community to have an opportunity to participate in gardening activities. The Eagle Heights Community Gardens is one of the oldest and largest community gardens in the United States. It brings together a diverse community representing many countries and over 60 languages. From spring plantings through the fall harvest, this is a bustling place. To learn more visit
http://www.eagleheightsgardens.org/.
Another feature is the Art Kiln. It is a single-chambered wood fired anagama kiln used by students learning a traditional Japanese method for firing and glazing ceramics. Several times a year students come out here to fire the kiln to finish projects.
In the same area is the Anthropology Department’s simple earthen kiln. At this kiln students fire ceramics while learning ancient technologies. After creating the ceramics, they are buried in the adjacent pit. Later the ceramics are excavated and analyzed to learn and observe the weathering process resulting from burial. Please do not disturb anything in this area as there is active research happening here.
Very close by is the Biocore Prairie that was formerly an agricultural field. The restoration of this prairie is part of an intense laboratory for students as part of a four-semester honors sequence at UW-Madison. The restoration began in 1997 and is a long term project. In addition to the honors sequence for students, it also serves as a lab for other courses, independent research projects, service learning and collaborative research and teaching efforts with other UW-Madison programs. The field being restored to prairie is 11 acres and has proven a challenging restoration effort given the decades of weeds that grew here; however, students continue to battle the weeds and replace them with a variety of prairie species.
As you continue your journey, there are a couple different trails you can take. One of those trails will yield an outstanding vista of Lake Mendota. Stop and enjoy the view in these peaceful surroundings. You might even want to enjoy a picnic lunch with this view. Just make sure you take all of your trash with you. There is another trail you could take instead and you may encounter the Masons’ Stone Pile. While most recently others have decided to pile some of the stones in interesting formations right along the trail, there are more in the woods, including a large red stone that was the corner stone of the old UW Law Library. If you look closely you may see some of the mason work done on these stones. They have not been dumped here, but are in storage in case they are needed for repairs of similar historic structures on the campus.
You are getting closer to the cache location. The last feature to point out is the Second Point Woods. Long time residents know Frautschi Point as Second Point. It was renamed to Frautschi Point after the Frautschi family donated the land in 1989, thus making the Lakeshore Nature Preserve a possibility. These woods; however, have retained the name Second Point. Originally this was a small wooded area surrounded by agricultural fields. Over the last half of the twentieth century, those fields have filled in with woody vegetation. The area with the larger red oaks shows the original parts of the Second Point Woods.
Permission for placing this geocache was granted by Cathie Bruner of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve. Anyone wishing to place a geocache in any of the UW-Madison natural areas must apply for a permit and comply with all rules and regulations for placing a cache. The UW Arboretum prohibits the placement of any geocaches within its boundaries. Permit information and additional information regarding the UW-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve can be found at http://lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/.
If you seek this cache, please remain on the trails at all times. As you have learned above there are a lot of ecologically sensitive areas as well as research areas they are protecting. The staff does monitor geocaching activity and if they see areas being damaged as a result of geocaching, they will require the geocache be removed. Your geo-dogs can also accompany you on this adventure, but they must be on a leash under your physical control at all times. Please cache in and trash out any trash you encounter along the way to help keep this area clean. The preserve closes at 10P.M. and you should not attempt to find the cache during closed hours.
Free parking for Lakeshore Nature Preserve visitors is available at two locations. It is limited to three hours or less.
Additional Hints
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