GC3W5ZB Grabill - A Friendly Little Town #2 (Traditional Cache) in Indiana, United States created by jmd615

This cache has been archived.

jmd615: I am archiving this cache because of a number of complaints from parents that geocachers are driving too fast down their street. The cache cannot be accessed from the street in question (it's a dead end), but the geocachers don't know that until it's too late. I edited the cache page to tell geocachers NOT to use that street, and I provided coordinates to the parking lot of the park where the cache is located, but the problem of speeding cars continues. In the interest of the children in the neighborhood and to show that some geocachers ARE responsible, I have decided to archive this cache.

GC3W5ZB ▼

A cache by jmd615 Message this owner

Hidden : 9/10/2012

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Cache is located in the friendly little town of Grabill

A short hike thru a nature area - BYOP (it's a nano)

To show respect to the neighborhood, DO NOT access this cache from Walker Mill Court. Parking for this cache is located in the parking lot at the Jack R. Harris Park. Parking coordinates are listed on this page. Thank you!

Located in the Jack R. Harris Park in Grabill is a nature area with a concrete walkway that winds thru a Tall Grass Prairie Landscape, an Emergent Wetland Landscape, and a Native Woodland Edge Landscape.

Tall Grass Prairie Landscape
The Tall Grass Prairie is a natural area where you will find native grasses and forbs, another name for prairie wildflowers. You will notice the lack of trees, because prairies thrive in full sunshine. As you visit this prairie landscape in the changing seasons, you will see a great variety of plant heights, colors and textures.

Emergent Wetland Landscape
What lies before you has been called a marsh, bog, swamp, fen or even a pothole. No matter what you call it, this is a wetland. Some wetlands are forested, and others have shrubs, but all wetlands are basically low areas in the land. Their soils drain water very poorly, and you will often find water standing on the ground surface. This type of wetland is called emergent, because the plants that thrive here have leafy stems "emerging" out of the water during most parts of the year.

Native Woodland Edge Landscape
The shrubs along this trail were planted to create a transition from the wetland and prairie, where growth is very dense at the ground level, to the creek and young woodland, where most growth begins several feet above ground. This edge is where the woods and grasslandoverlap and it is very important to wildlife because it offers a habitat for many small animals, such as rabbits, songbirds, chipmunks, mice and other rodents.