This geocache is part of the Harvest & Ranch Trail of GeoTour – Sebring Area Florida’s Hidden Gem (GT48D). Visit https://visitsebring.com/activities/geocaching/ for complete information. Print off passport from link provided and log codewords from each geocache part of the GeoTour to obtain a free trackable coin. Please be mindful of vegetation around the area.
A ranch is an area of land, including various structures, for the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle and sheep most often applies to livestock-raising operations. Highlands County is home to hundreds of ranches spread throughout the county. Numerous ranches in the area boast grass-fed only cattle.
Look around to what you see....you might just be lucky and see the cattle grazing throughout the land. Take a breathe out here and feel a gentle breeze as you look through the leaves of 200-year-old granddaddy oaks draped with Spanish Moss. The sun peeks through the leaves of the oaks, tall palmettos and pines. Take in the natural beauty surrounding the area and realize you’ve left behind that white background noise that is so big a part of our culture. You have entered land barely touched - undisturbed, pristine Florida countryside where cattle roam green pastures. Here, you can get a glimpse what life was like 200 years ago when this was a land virtually without fences. When cattlemen made this part of central western Highland County an overnight destination. It was here, under a thick oak hammock that the pioneers could bed down for the night, their cattle safe in a corral. They didn’t have to take four-hour shifts to calm the cattle; everyone could get a good night sleep. The property is named after the oak hammock.
Geocache placed with permission of property owners - Dark Hammock Legach Ranch