The Day into Night Cache at Big Muskego Lake Wildlife Area is a traditional 3 leg multi-cache, with a twist. As the name implies, the first two legs of this cache should be sought during daylight hours. Although the first two legs can be found at night, the coordinate markers will be much easier to find during the daylight. The third, and final, leg of the cache is a night cache. The coordinates will take you to the start of the reflector marked path to the final cache location.
All three segments of the multi-cache are located in the recently created Big Muskego Lake Wildlife Area. Following the successful rehabilitation of Big Muskego Lake in 1995-96, the Big Muskego Lake Wildlife Area was established in 1999 to protect the area surrounding this shallow lake. The city of Muskego and the DNR have partnered to protect hundreds of acres around the lake. The area surrounding the shallow cattail dominated lake consists of native prairie, scattered oak woodlots and small wetland basins.
DO NOT TRESPASS ONTO PRIVATE LAND. This is extremely important when completing the second leg of the cache.
Note that the wildlife area is a patchwork of public lands and private lands. The borders between the public and private lands are well marked. All cache segments can be found by staying on the public land. Carrying a map of the area will assist you in staying on the public land and off of the private land. You can find a map of the wildlife area by clicking: Big Muskego Lake Wildlife Area Map
We hope you enjoy your time exploring the Big Muskego Lake Wildlife Area.
The Geocache Notification Forms have been submitted and approved by Kelly VanBeek of the Wisconsin DNR. Geocaches placed on Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource managed lands require permission by means of a notification form. Please print out a paper copy of the notification form, fill in all required information, then submit it to the land manager. The DNR Notification form and land manager information can be obtained at: http://www.wi-geocaching.com/hiding