Cacheapalooza has been an annual event at Jonathan Dickinson State Park since 2006.
The original event was the brainchild of geocacher FootTrax who is probably best known nowadays in south Florida for his excellent outdoor photography. The first Cacheapalooza took place the year after the first Florida Finders Fest; GeoWoodstock III had been held in Jacksonville the preceding year. FootTrax enlisted the aid of some of the prominent members of the local geocaching community including Rnrgrl and GatorMan. The original plan was to hold the even in Halpatiokee Park in Martin County, but aided by Rnrgrl’s experience with the Club Scrub mountain biking club the event was held at JDSP instead. It was approved by park rangers Mark Nelson & Martin Morse, who remain valued supporters of this event.
Jonathan Dickinson State Park is a Florida State Park and historic site located in Martin County, Florida, between Hobe Sound and Tequesta. The park includes a variety of natural communities, such as sand pine scrub, pine flatwoods, mangroves, and river swamps. The Loxahatchee River, which was named a National Wild and Scenic River in 1985 (the first in Florida), runs through the park. Cacheapalooza 7 will be a fun filled weekend of Geocaching in beautiful and mysterious Jonathan Dickinson State Park. Along with the caching we are also planning many other fun activities and presentations for you to enjoy. We have over 200 new loggable Geocaches hidden in this diverse 11,500 acre park. There will be traditional caches of various difficulty and terrain ratings, and of course other types of cache hides as well.
