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Mally's Park - Polk County Parks Challenge Traditional Cache

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Polk Co Conservation: The Polk County Parks Challenge is winding down and will officially end on May 13.

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Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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What is this all about???
Polk County Conservation wants YOU to visit their parks and find some geocaches! Discover wildlife areas, trek through the woods, and stretch your legs on a trail. Polk County Conservation manages 20 parks and trails in Polk County. The Polk County Parks Geocaching Challenge will take you to 16 of those 20 parks and trails.


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.

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