Welcome to Roche-A-Cri State Park! How much do you know about this spot on Highway 13 not far north of Friendship? Do you know that the name is pronounced "ROSH (long O) UH CREE?"? Do you know that the rock is made of late-Cambrian sandstone? Do you know that it was once an island in an inland sea? Do you know that there are all kinds of things to see and do when you visit Roche-A-Cri Park?
Below you will find eleven questions about Roche-A-Cri State Park and the surrounding area. You can answer the questions by searching online for information, or you can check the park newspaper while you are here. Maybe you know some of the answers from your previous explorations of the park... or just use common sense, for the most part.
The questions are letter A - K (no I) plus X, and each has four choices for the possible answer. When you decide on an answer, see what the number is right in front of that answer, and then substitute it for the letter of the question in the given coordinates formula (colored red below). You won't even need a checker! Time to get started!
N 4X˚ AB.CDE W 089˚ FG.HJK
X. What county is RAC SP in?
2 - Juneau
3 - Wood
4 - Adams
5 - Waushara
A. Before it was a state park, the land was a
0 - roadside rest area.
1 - swamp.
4 - ghost town.
5 - large dairy farm.
B. Roche-A-Cri became a Wisconsin State Park in
0 - 1948.
1 - 1952.
8 - 1957.
9 - 1960.
C. Which one of the following is a trail in RAC SP?
1 - Oak Leaf
2 - Spring Peeper
3 - Jack Pine
4 - Sandstone
D. What set of activities listed below contains three you can do at RAC SP?
6 - cross country ski, snowmobile, hike
7 - geocache, fish, snowboard
8 - fish, water ski, hunt
9 - camp, cross country ski, geocache
E. How many stairs are there leading to the top of the mound?
0 - 203
1 - 303
2 - 403
3 - 503
F. The stairway to the top of the mound was rebuilt in what year?
2 - 2008
3 - 2010
4 - 2012
5 - 2014
G. What are the names of the two state natural areas in RAC SP?
6 - RAC Mound and RAC Creek
7 - RAC Prairie and RAC Woods
8 - RAC Prairie and RAC Creek
9 - RAC Woods and RAC Mound
H. What is the name of the creek that runs through the park?
2 - Carter
4 - Campbell
6 - Roche-A-Cri
8 - Fordham
J. The petroglyphs and pictographs on the mound are believed to have been created by ancestors of which people?
0 - Ho-Chunk
3 - Ojibwe
4 - Menominee
8 - Potawatomi
K. How many campsites are there in the RAC campground?
1 - 33
3 - 37
5 - 41
7 - 45
The Geocache Notification Form has been submitted to Heather Wolf of the Wisconsin DNR at Roche-A-Cri State Park. 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 DNR form 2500-118 or by looking at this page on the WGA website.