I don’t place many traditionals, tending to prefer the more oddball types of caches, but I lucked into the perfect spot for this type of hide.
This is in one of my favorite parts of the “Zip Line” section of the Milwaukee County Parks’ Oak Leaf Trail. The Oak Leaf Trail is a multi-use trail system with over 125 miles of trail for cycling, roller blading, walking, birding and running around Milwaukee County.
Watch for bicycles while on the trails!!!
The Zip Line section of the Oak Leaf Trail branches off of the Milwaukee River Line and provides a direct, traffic-free connection from Estabrook Park to Brown Deer Park by following an old rail line. The line is named for bicycling advocate Harold "Zip" Morgan, who first conceived and laid out a 64-mile trail in 1939.
You can find more information on the Oak Leaf Trail at the Milwaukee County Parks website , and you can find an Oak Leaf Trail map here.
While I prefer the view accessing the Zip Line and the given coordinates using the parking and new “on ramp” trail from Glendale’s Richard E. Maslowski Community Park, you also can get here using the trail from N. Sidney Place.
The terrain rating is based entirely on elevation changes. However, all trails to the given coordinates are paved and there is no need to go past the fence to retrieve the cache, so this should be handicap accessible most of the year. You can reduce some of the elevation changes by accessing the cache using the trail from N. Sidney Place.
Once you have signed the log book, please make sure that the lid is securely fastened and then reset the cache by following the instructions in the cache name.
Brian Russart of the Milwaukee County Parks granted permission for this placement, Permit #668.