Olbrich Park is one of the largest parks on the beautiful east side of Madison. The park hours are 4 AM to 10 PM, so no night geocaching please as the cache is not far from residential homes, thank you! According to the Madison Parks Department website, it is a community park with 66.85 acres (hokey smokes Bullwinkle, that is large!) and it has a restroom (although you have to go to the beach house to use it, and I don't think the restroom is open if the beach is closed), and there is drinking water at a couple of different spots along the park. The following is pasted from the City of Madison Parks website:
Whether you are looking for a day of leisure, a picnic with your family, or just a great place to revitalize, Olbrich Park is the place to be. Located on Madison's East side along the skirt of Lake Monona and adjacent to Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Olbrich Park is one of Madison's largest lakefront parks. With its diverse athletic facilities you are sure to enjoy a good game of soccer, volleyball, softball, or football. Bring a team or just a friend to play on the basketball or tennis courts. Olbrich Park has many amenities sure to interest anybody in any season. In the summer you can soothe yourself by watching the ducks, fishing off the pier, launching your boat or just savoring the beauty of the open water. Bring the kids for a swim at the beach or have playtime on the play equipment. During the winter months, take time to practice your skills at the ice skating rink or bring a sled and glide down the spacious sledding hill. The scenic skyline view of the isthmus adds serenity to an early morning jog and it adds a romantic glow to an evening stroll. Anytime is a great time to venture to one of Madison's first established city parks, Olbrich Park.
Please use stealth with this retrieval. This cache was hidden at 6:55 AM and during the time my GPS was doing a waypoint average at ground zero, there were three bicyclists, four runners, and a walker with a dog that passed within feet of the cache.
IN CITY OF MADISON PARKS You must abide by all Madison Parks Ordinances. Geocaching is only allowed in general parklands in the City of Madison. It is prohibited at the following locations: Forest Hill Cemetery, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, all City of Madison conservations parks, all City of Madison golf courses and all areas with identified Indian Mounds. All geocachers will be respectful of all public parkland. No digging or penetration of ground surface will be permitted. Trees, shrubs and plants will not be disturbed or altered at any time.
Congrats on the FTF to rumdum! Well done sir!
You might have to look a little to park since there is no street parking on the same side of the street as the hide if you approach from one way, if you approach from another way, there will be parking close.
The boys and I look forward to reading your logs, the longer log the better. Extra credit for a log with a picture of a sled in the winter or a bicycle in the non-winter. Have fun!
Extra Credit to: rumdum and CommanderUSN for posting the exact same picture (really Steve plagiarism from someone of your rank?, just kidding), tonij17
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