To earn the rank of Eagle a Boy Scout must plan and direct the completion of a significant group service project designed to benefit his local community. This "Cache To Eagle" series of geocaches highlights just a few of the many Eagle service projects performed within the communities comprising the Old Juniper District of the Trapper Trails Council. We hope you will visit all 12 geocaches and gain a better appreciation for the thousands of hours of meaningful community service performed each year by local Boy Scouts.
Smithfield is the home of Troops 50, 52, 53, 54, 68, 84, 88, 91, 288, 309, 310, 336, 342, 347, 363, 380, 411, 416, 417, 418, 419, and 422. Mack Park is the site of dozens of Eagle service projects planned and completed by Scouts from Smithfield. Examples include re-decking, resurfacing, and installing railings on the wooden vehicle bridge; cleaning up the steep hillside area all along the park's north edge; installing the benches in front of the rock wall at the west entrance; replacing pine boards with redwood in the benches at all 3 fire pits and then repainting them; painting buildings; installing "Heritage Trail" signs (from Forrester Park to Mack Park); replacing all of the horseshoe pits; assembling and installing dozens of picnic tables; and building a wooden foot bridge to the adjacent Mack Park nature trail.
Because of the many geocaches already in Mack Park there was no more room for ours. So, we placed it as near as possible to the park border in a feature associated with one of the Eagle projects mentioned above. You'll need to bring your own pen or pencil to write on the log sheet.