Vernon County Parks and Trails Challenge
What is this all about???
Vernon County wants YOU to visit their parks and trails and find some Geocaches.
Vernon County owns and manages 8 parks, trails and recreation areas.
This Challenge will take you to all of them.
How is this accomplished?
Download your Passport passport link here .
Take this Passport with you when you are seeking these Caches.
Each of the 8 Caches will contain a block with a unique symbol etched on it.
They also contain a couple crayons.
Place the appropriate section of your passport over the symbol. Rub the crayon over the paper to recreate the likeness of the symbol on your passport, as is done with gravestone rubbings.
Use the etched block and the crayon on your Passport to prove that you have found this Cache!
Completing the passport is not a requirement of finding the cache, it is an added element of fun!
Blackhawk Park is a two acre park along the Great River Road. Located at the northern edge of the park property controlled by the US Army Corps of Engineers, it offers views of the limestone bluffs and river valleys as well as the Mississippi River. It has a boat launch, boat slips and campsites. An account of the history of the Black Hawk War and the Black Hawk Trail markers is available at the Vernon County Historical Society. http://www.vernoncountyhistory.org/blackhawk/black_hawk.php.
Vernon County Parks and Trails caches are in the following parks, forests and trails:
Blackhawk Park
Coon Prairie Trail /Wayside Park
Duck Egg
Esofea Rentz
Jersey Valley
Kooyumjian Lost Creek
Runge Hollow
Sidie Hollow
Appreciation goes to Friends of Vernon County Parks and Trails, Vernon County Parks and Forests, and McIntosh Memorial Library for support and assistance.