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!
The Coon Prairie Trail is 10’ wide and paved with asphalt. This path connects Westby and Viroqua, WI and is used for recreational walking, biking and commuting. There are several other caches along the trail to look for, as well.
In 2011, Vernon County gained ownership of a new county park, called Wayside Park, as part of a four-lane highway expansion project between the communities of Viroqua and Westby. Wayside Park provides a spot for a picnic as well as restrooms. Wayside Park is not accessible to motor vehicles.
This cache is placed on bordering commercial property. The owners graciously gave permission to place the cache there, please be mindful and respectful. Please access the cache from the trail below the stone wall, not from above at the business place.
The cache has been moved about six feet to the right of the tree for the sake of the nesting birds.
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, McIntosh Memorial Library and Spanky and Michelle for support and assistance.
Permission to place this series of caches was given by Marty Kennedy of Vernon County Parks and Forests.