Brown's Woods
Carney Marsh
Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt
Chichaqua Valley Trail
Easter Lake Park
Engeldinger Marsh
Fort Des Moines Park
Gay Lea Wilson Trail
Great Western Trail
High Trestle Trail
Jester Park
Mally's Park
Sycamore Trail
Thomas Mitchell Park
Trestle to Trestle Trail
Yellow Banks Park
As an extra incentive, if you “find” all 16 geocaches you will be rewarded with a special collectable trackable Geocaching coin!
Only one special / collectable trackable coin will be given per household. Additional geocoins may be purchased at $10/coin for other family members completing the challenge. This special geocoin may not be purchased by the general public.
How is this accomplished?
Download your “Passport"; HERE.
Take this Passport with you when you are seeking these caches.
Each of these 16 caches will contain a popsicle stick with a secret word embossed on them.
Use the enclosed crayons to create a rubbing of the secret word on your 'Passport' to prove that you have found this cache!
Once your Passport is complete, turn it into the Jester Park Office or by mail to claim your special coin.
Jester Park: N 41 46.777 W093 46.539
(11407 NW Jester Park Dr., Granger, IA 50109)
There is not an "end date" for this special Polk County Parks Geocaching Challenge. You have plenty of time to complete this fun and rewarding geocaching experience!
Mally's Park
The full name of the park is Mally's Weh Weh Neh Kee Park. "Weh-weh-neh-kee," a Mesquaki name for "a good place." Visitors are invited to enjoy a day of stream fishing or picnicking at this wooded 37-acre park. The area is accessed from NE Berwick Drive in Berwick.
Mally's Park offers visitors an open air reservable shelter, playground, vault toilet, and drinking fountain. This park serves as a major trailhead intersection for the Gay Lea Wilson and Chichaqua Valley Trails.
Summer hours are from 6:30 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.; winter hours are from sunrise to sunset.