This multi-stage cache is designed to be interesting and easy.
The first stage takes you to a winter home of the Bald Eagle.
They can be seen from late November through March. A good time to
visit is the last weekend in January when telescopes are setup to
watch the great birds. Stop in the visitors’ center, watch boats go
through the locks and take in the view of Starved Rock. To get
there, go to N41 19.503 W88 59.161. (The visitor’s center closes at
5 P.M.)
Take note of the diameter of the object on display. Take the
diameter and add it to N41 19.565 W88 54.707. Add the number to 565
as 565 + diameter and 707 as 707 + diameter. For example, if the
diameter were 10 you would have N41 19.575 W88 54.717.
The second stop takes you to Buffalo Rock State Park, where you
can see three Buffalo. (As well as a number of other man made
critters.) A mining operation left the land bare for a period of
years before it was restored in an interesting way.
Take the number of years the land was bare and add it to N41
19.663 W88 54.759 to go to the final stage of the cache which has
been relocated to meet DNR requirements.
The cache is a clear, medium size container.
1. Geocache is placed on Department managed property with
permission.
2. Do not place the following items in the Geocache: Food items,
inappropriate, offensive, or hazardous materials.
3. It is the visitor’s responsibility or orient themselves with
policies and rules pertaining to this Department managed site.
Links to info on the area;
http://www.flocktotherock.com/events.htm
http://www.illinoisraptorcenter.org/eagle.html
Adopted by Cache-Hounds from Bob Wilson