Welcome to the winter series of the Central Region Parks caches. This is a test run so we will only be placing caches in a few of the parks to see how well they are received.
Verona Beach State Park, located on the eastern shore of Oneida Lake, is a picnicker's and camper's delight. Shaded picnic areas and the campground are adjacent to the beach with an excellent view of the water. The lake, Black Creek, cattail marshes, and bottomland hardwood swamps give Verona Beach one of the most diverse aquatic habitats in the Central Region, and well worth a hike on the "Woods and Wetland" nature trail. The winter season hosts snowmobilers, cross-country skiers and ice fishermen. The eastern portion of the park is open for hunting deer, small game, and waterfowl, in season.
There are 6 caches along this stretch of the canal that are part of the winter cache series. One of them will have a information needed for a puzzle cache hidden in one of the 5 participating parks. It will have the word prairie in the title, and information in the cache description. Be sure to take note of the 2 letter/number combinations so you can find the final.
Consider downloading the park map. https://www.avenzamaps.com/maps/374817 The caches are all on the Red Trail, on different sides of the road.This cache is a camo'd pill container. The trail here can be very wet, so please wear boots. There is hunting in the park, but not on this trail. Orange blaze is still recommended. Also, coyote tracks were present when these caches were placed.