Registration will begin at 8:00 am in the parking lot of The Pinnacles on KY 21 (Big Hill Road) east of Berea. A brief orientation, distribution of trash bags, and the day’s cache list will take place at 8:30 am. Registration will continue until 9:00 am for those who were out late grabbing caches.
Event caches are located mostly along trails, paths or roadways around the lake. Expect to park and walk short distances for most of these caches. When the cache locations were chosen trash was present either at the site or on your way to the site.
The CITO rating is based upon overall difficulty and terrain if you get all event caches. Most individual caches will have a difficulty rating of 1.5 and terrain rating of 2.0. NOTE: Depending upon your carrier, cell phone service may be spotty at best at most locations.
This event is all about cleaning up the trash, so please spend the extra effort to bag what you find. Trash bags can be dropped off in the parking areas, left along the roadside, or returned to Berea Community School.
The CITO will continue through Noon, at which time you can grab something to eat before regrouping at 1:00 pm for a Grand Finale Awards Ceremony at the Berea Community School, 1 Pirate Parkway.
Prizes to be Offered
- There will be 3 First-to-Find prize tickets.
- A drawing will be held among the cachers who find the most keywords.
- CITO participants will vote for the “Most Unusual” piece of trash brought back to the closing ceremony.
Owsley Fork Reservoir is a beautiful 151-acre lake that provides water for Berea and Southern Madison County. Swimming and gasoline-powered motors are not allowed. If you want to get the most from your weekend, plan to spend some time canoeing or kayaking the waters and grab one or more of kathygeek’s 17 paddle caches. There is also a permanent multi-cache for the adventurous.
For more information or to register for any of the weekend events go to the Berea Chamber of Commerce's event registration page or visit the Geocaching Weekend [GC6PXMH] event page.
Cache In Trash Out is an ongoing environmental initiative supported by the worldwide geocaching community. Since 2002, geocachers around the world have been dedicated to improving parks and other cache-friendly places. Through these volunteer efforts, we help preserve the natural beauty of our outdoor resources!