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!
Great Western Trail
This 16.5 mile recreational trail begins near Water Works Park in Des Moines and ends in the Warren County town of Martensdale. The trail has an asphalt surface. The Great Western Trail opened in 1992, a hundred years after its establishment as a rail line from Des Moines to St. Joseph, Missouri. It is named for the Chicago Great Western Company whose trains operated on this line from 1892 to 1968.
Motorized vehicles are prohibited on all trails within PCCB lands. The only exceptions are for maintenance, law enforcement, and emergency vehicles. This restriction does not apply to a manual-operated or power-driven device designed primarily for use by an individual with a mobility disability, e.g. wheel chair.
Parking is available at the trailhead on George Flagg Parkway near Park Avenue, across from the Des Moines Izaak Walton League.
N41 33.411 W093 40.609