One hundred years ago, the Fish Creek dock was a bustling portal to a summer vacationland. Arriving tourists, decked out in elegant cloths, waved cheerfully as steamers delivered them from the summer heat of Chicago and Milwaukee.
Asa Thorp, one of the first settlers in Door County, was drawn to Fish Creek in 1855 to create a town. He and his hired men built a pier and cut cordwood to fuel steamships on Green Bay.
Peninsula State Park protects the largest contiguous tract of Niagara Escarpment in Wisconsin. This limestone ridge was formed by the deposits of ocean animals, plants on the floor of an ancient sea.
THE GEOCACHE
***************THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES**************
The final cache is hidden in a small Pelican water tight container and can be found just off the Fish Creek town trail system. Small and appropriate trading items are encouraged. After viewing the DCCB Kisok, solve the final coordinates listed below from the interpetive panels. Watch out for poison ivy along some of the trails.
Final Coordinates:
N 45* 07. A B C
W087* 14. A C D
A = # of Towns on Town of Gibralter Logo
B = Welkers Resort had # cottages minus 4
C = Height of Eagle Tower minus 66
D = The last digit of how many acres Peninsula Park has as a Wisconsin Migratory Bird Stopover Site.
When you find the cache, you will discover a code word/s attached to the inside cover of the cache. To collect the prize you must list the code words for all FOUR or more Ridges/DCCB Nature Tour caches. Although not required in order to log the cache, a visit to the Ridges Nature Center (N 45* 04.405 W 087* 07.201) with the code names of the current Ridges/DCCB Nature Tour caches will get you a nice little prize.
Look forward to a number of other Ridges/DCCB Nature Tour caches in the following communities throughtout Door County: Northport, Ellision Bay, Sister Bay, Egg Harbor, Sturgeon Bay, Jacksonport, and Liberty Grove.
WHILE HIKING TO THE FINAL CACHE SITE ENJOY BOTH THE BUTTERFLY AND PENINSULA PLAYERS TRAILS.