Welcome to the Knox County Park District GeoTrail
This is Hellbender Preserve located at 23316 Coshocton Road, Howard. The trail to the Preserve begins just past the Kokosing Gap Multi-Use Trail bridge just north of the parking lot. A you locate the entrance to the Park you will follow the Buckeye Grove Loop Trail which meanders around the banks of the Jelloway Creek and the Kokosing Gap Trail. We hope you enjoy searching for our Park Cache as this is just one of the (7) Parks on our newly established GeoTrail. Hellbender Preserve is 15.43 acres. It was named after Ohio's largest and endangered amphibian, the Eastern Hellbenders. The Hellbenders are released periodically in the Kokosing River near the Jelloway Creek. At the trailhead of the Kokosing Gap Trail there is a restroom, Picnic Shelter and Kid's Playground. Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy! Always bring bug spray or some type of repellant as mosquitoes can be found in any of the parks. Even though our Parks are open 24 hours we highly suggest you do not night cache in any of them.
- Bring a Pen! There are no writing utensils to record the log sheet.
- Once you locate the cache, grab a trinket and leave one behind.
- Record your Geocahcing username and date of the find on the log sheet inside the cache and place the cache exactly where you found it.
- Log your find on the www.geocaching.com "Explore Hellbender Preserve" profile. PLEASE LOG WHERE YOU ARE FROM IN YOUR COMMENTS, WE WOULD LOVE TO TRACK HOW MANY MILES YOU CAME TO DO OUR TRAIL. WHO KNOWS WE MAY HAVE A "CACHE" PRIZE DRAWING for those who participate
- To take the adventure one step further (OPTIONAL) Look for a QR code in the cache box, once SCANNED you will be directed to the Hellbender Preserve Geocache on the Knox County Park District website or you may follow the website link in the cache. Here you will find a lot of information about our park and what you might have see on your visit.
- Read about Hellbender Preserve on the website and locate the SCRAMBLED word within the text.
- Record your answer on the GeoTrail form which is downloadable from the page (see the link).
- This FORM will feature the other Park Caches by providing the GC Codes for you to locate on geocaching.com
- Repeat the steps involved for the next cache.
Upon completion of all (7) of our GeoTrail caches and the form, you will receive a Knox County Park District Geotoken. To obtain your Geotoken complete the bottom of the form and mail to the address provided or stop by our office located on 117 E High Street, Suite 224, Mt Vernon. Our office hours are Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. or 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. You might call before you stop to make sure someone is scheduled in the office. Our tokens are available to the first 100 to locate the cache. One token will only be given to the Geocacher listed with each find.
PLEASE READ: In addition to our trail we recently teamed up with Weaver's Farm and Furniture who is known for their AWESOME soft pretzels and on Wednesdays they are FREE! We are calling this venue a hospitality stop on our GeoTrail. A nice public restroom and lots of homemade goods and fresh bottled water are avilable for you. If you aren't caching on Wednesday and want to take advantage of the free pretzel, complete the geotrail form and email us a copy and visit their business with your printed completed form and Weaver's will reward you with a complimentary soft pretzel (they are the size of a dinner plate). Tell them "Katie" sent you! Thier hours are 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, Closed on Sunday. They are located at 29217 Mickley Road, Danville, which is (7) miles from the Honey Run Waterfall cache.
Have fun exploring our Parks and challenge yourself to complete our GeoTrail!