We will have geocaching, games, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, raffles, eating, biking, contests, info seminars, and just a plain ol' good time.
A fun-filled day of geocaching events. We have planned several activities and happenings that we hope all of our geo-buddies will enjoy.
The park is open to the public from 8 AM until sunset and the entrance fees are below:
- Vehicle (2-8 People):$6.00
- Vehicle (1 person): $4.00
- Extra passengers, passengers in vehicle with holder of Annual Individual Entrance Pass: $2.00
- Motorcycle: $4.00
- Pedestrians & bicyclists: $2.00
Please put this page on your watchlist to keep up to date with changes and updates that are coming soon!
To get more information about the park and/or our other events, please visit our home page Team Cache Divers Web Site at your leisure.
**** New Events for the weekend ****
We are looking for volunteers to help with the events as well as donations for the raffle. Please contact us if you can do either one or both.
We will have someone to check in and out of Travel Bugs and Geocoins. You can also bring your collectible TB's and geocoins to share (Discover) with other geocachers.
Schedule
- Registration will be open at 8:00 AM
- The Raffle will take place at 1 PM, 2 PM, 3 PM, 4 PM, and last one at 5 PM , make sure to buy your tickets early. See the TCD website of Facebook Group Page for more information (click on link above)
- Geocacher Bingo will be from 8 AM to 1 PM, drawing will be at 1:30 PM
- Geo-Buddies sign up at 8:15 AM, Drawing will be at 5:00 PM
- Geocaching Creed seminar 9 AM (Do's and Don'ts of Geocaching)
- Poker Run starts at 9:30 AM and will conclude at 5 PM with drawing for winner
- New Geocacher classes at 10 AM and 2 PM
- Cache Container Cammo Class 11 AM – Bring your own or paint some of ours!
- Cache $wap Game at 4:30 PM (see TCD website for game rules)
- Please check back regularly as we add and update information
According to the Myakka River State Park (MRSP) website: Myakka River State Park . "Myakka River State Park is one of Florida's oldest and largest state parks. The "Florida Wild and Scenic Myakka River" flows through 57 square miles of wetlands, prairies and woodlands. Myakka is popular for hiking, fishing, camping, and wildlife observation."
**** But they left out Geocaching, so we are going to make sure they know that this is the place for that too! So please try to CITO when you can and be respectful of the park and the wildlife. Please obey the park rules so that future generations of Geocachers can enjoy the wonders of the park and Geocaching! ****
The park is located 9 miles east of I-75 at: 13208 State Road 72, Sarasota, FL USA 34241 To get directions please click on the following link: Google Maps Directions
Items to bring with you to the event
- GPS, of course you can’t forget that (and connecting cable if you want us to load the caches at event)
- A PDA or Smart phone to hold information about the caches (Terrain, Difficulty etc.)IMPORTANT NOTE: Cell phone coverage is unreliable to nonexistant at this park and you WILL NOT be able to cache with your phone for a majority of the caches. So you WILL NEED to either have a GPS and or go with a group of cachers that do have a GPS!
- Water, LOTS of water if you’re going out on the trails
- Bring a lunch for yourself and/or your group
- A raffle item to donate (if you want to, but not required). It could be a matchstick holder, a roll of camo duck tape, an nano, ammo can, hiking sticks, geocoins, a tent, hiking or camping items, more or less anything to do with geocaching (Please only new items unless it is a ammo can, homemade caches will be not be accepted for the raffle unless it is unique, and up to the event hosts to determine if it is valid for a ticket to win the GPS) We will hold a special raffle for those who donate, A BRAND NEW GPS is the main prize!
- NEW: You can donate caches for the raffle, but they are not eligible for the GPS drawing
- A cache or two if you want to play the Cache $wap Game (see TCD website for more information)
- Pens to sign all those fresh new logs or stamp if you have one
- Bicycle(s), Kayak(s) or Canoe(s) to go after those types of caches
- Bug Spray, LOTS of it as well!
- TB’s, Geocoins, or other similar items to discover, share and/or trade
- And last but not least, A SMILE because we are here to have FUN!!!!