Come One Come All To Geocaching Travel Bug Extravaganza / Possibly 1st Annual Poker Run / Community Celebration / 20th Year Celebration Of Geocaching, We Are Gonna Celebrate It All!
Location
Located In Beautiful Kingsport, Tennessee, Is A 3,550-Acre Nature Preserve, The Largest City-Owned Park In The State of Tennessee. Offering A Variety of Features, Visitors to Bays Mountain Park Can Enjoy A Picturesque 44-Acre Lake, Nature Center With A State-of-the-Art Planetarium Theater, Animal Habitats Featuring Wolves, Bobcats, Raptors and Reptiles, and A Adventure Ropes Course Complete With A 300-Ft. Zip Line. Outdoor Enthusiasts Can Take Advantage of The Park’s 38 Miles of Trails for Hiking, Running, Sight-Seeing, Exploration, Mountain Biking and Last But Not Least (The Real Reason Your Here) Geocaching!!
Things to know about Bays:
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There is a $5.00 parking fee per car per day.
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There Are Many Types of Caches In The Park, Traditional, Multi, Mystery, Earth, Letterbox. and Wherigo. Over 100+ Caches
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While the park is open daily (with the exceptions of Christmas & New Year's Day), the operating hours change seasonally and gates are locked during closing times.
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There are various hazards which include black bears, venomous snakes, poison ivy and other critters which may or may not be a problem for you while on your adventure. Prepare accordingly.
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Geodogs (on leashes) are welcome to explore with you on this road, but are not permitted in the animal enclosure areas. Look for the signs to indicate those areas.
Offical Event Schedule Time Will Be 10:00AM - 2:00PM
Poker Run Turn In Dead Line Is 1:30PM
This Event Is A Celebration of Good Times And Great Friends and Bitter Enemys (Backwoods Ang and HistoryJoe Looking At You)
We Will Be Hanging Out Socalizing The Park Its Self Is Packed Full Of Geocaches Feel Free To Come and Go As You Please
NEW CACHERS ARE WELCOME TO COME AND ASK ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS! MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO CONVENCE A EXPERICNCED CACHER TO SHOW THEM THE ROPES AT ONE OF THE PARKS MANY CACHES
NOT A NEW CACHER? NEVER BEEN TO A MEGA EVENT HAVE QUESTIONS BUT ALWAYS WANTED TOO? COME CHAT UP WILL HAVE EXAMPLES OF THE BEST MEGA EVENT IN THE WORLD GOING CACHING COME CHECK OUT THE COINS AND PUZZLES FROM THIS EPIC 5 DAY EVENT !
Poker Run
Coordinates To 5 Hidden Caches (NonOffical Caches) Will Be Published The Morning Of The 25th You Mission Will Be To Make It To All 5 Locations And Obtain 1 Envelope From Each Cache Location DO NOT OPEN IT I REPEAT DO NOT OPEN Any Open Envelopes Will Not Count, And Return To Groud Zero By 1:30 PM Where The Offical Opening Person Will Open The Envelopes This Will Be Your Hand
Best Hand Prize Will Win The Choice of 1 Of 2 Ledgendary DMFLYER COINS (Green or Blue)
Travel Bugs
Travel Bugs Are A Classic Part Of Geocaching Yes They Often Go Missing Or Stolen But Lets Celebrate Them By Bringing Out Any Coins Or Bugs That You Would Like To Share/Trade/Drop Or Just Allow Them To Be Discovered
Covid-19 Rules
Rule 1: Use Common Sense If Your Sick or Not Feeling Well Dont Come
Rule 2: If You Want To Wear A Mask Feel Free, Dont Wanna Wear One Refer To Rule 1
If Not We Will Obey The Local Ordinances
Community Celebration Events - 2020
This Event is part of a limited release of Community Celebration Events to celebrate 20 years of geocaching. Geocachers hosted events between May 2, 2020 and December 31, 2021. Learn more about Community Celebration Events on the Geocaching Blog.