Pohlman Prairie Preserve is located adjacent to Highway 3 & 52 just south of Durango, the Pohlman Prairie Preserve is a unique 23 acre site consisting of native bottomland forest and native prairie remnants on the high bluffs overlooking the Little Maquoketa River Valley. It was donated to the Conservation Board in 1998 by the Kolck family in memory of Henry Pohlman, the original owner. A small parking area exists adjacent to the highway, with a steep 1/2 mile switchback trail leading to the top of the limestone bluffs where the prairie remnants are located. This "goat prairie" is in bloom for much of the spring, summer, and fall starting with Pasque flowers in early April and ending in a blush of color from Cylindrical Blazing Stars and various asters in the Fall. Find this geocache on the trail as it switches back and leads up the hill to the prairie. You may have to look among the cedar trees a bit.
The Great Dubuque County Geocaching Series highlights the public parks, campgrounds, preserves, wildlife & recreation areas managed by the Dubuque County Conservation Board. With 2,358 acres of property, Dubuque County has, "Something for Everyone", in terms of fishing, hiking, frisbee golfing, hunting, camping, boating, biking, and many more activities. 16 geocaches are hidden throughout these Dubuque County areas where you will venture to rivers, prairies, bluffs, forests, mounds, a canyon, and find a diversity of plants and animals while you're at it. Within each of the posted geocaches is a clue for a hidden, bonus, geocache. Put all the clues/digits in alphabetical order of the parks, to create the coordinates of the bonus geocache. Example: Bankston (N), Bowstring (5), Fillmore (8°) would be N 58°. 2 parks do NOT have geocaches due to previous geocaches there, the clues of these parks for the bonus geocache are: Graf Park (3) and Massey Park (0') Happy geocaching!