This cache is one of 31 caches - part of the WGA IAT Series - hidden to highlight Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail. See bookmark list for a complete list of all geocaches included in this series!
The Scuppernong Segment courses over hilly terrain, through hardwood forests and past many trailside kettles.
Cache is located in the Southern Kettle Moraine in the Scuppernong Springs area. From the southern parking coordinates the cache is a 3 mile loop either along the IAT and pairing up with the green trail. Note the parking coordinates and reference points along the trail.
The Scuppernong trails are open for multi-uses; hikers in the summer and winter, cross country skiers and snow shoers in winter (although not groomed). There are three color-coded loop trails ranging from just over 2 miles to 5 miles. The Scuppernong area provides convenient parking, water and a vault toilet. There is an indoor shelter that can be rented. The trails have a nice rolling characteristic through hardwood forest and pine plantations. Hikers may also access the Ice Age National Scenic Trail from this trailhead. A state park vehicle sticker is required. Anyone 16 years and older cross country skiing will require a state trail pass as well.
Near the cache is an Ice Age trail sign in box at the high point (1,075 feet) for the segment. The nearby bench is a good place to sit and rest.
One of Wisconsin's oldest caches, GCBA7 Field of Pines, is located nearby off of the red trail.
Wisconsin's Last Glacier
Movement of the Laurentide Ice Sheet was shaped—to a certain extent—by the landscape. Highlands diverted the glacier into lobes (tongues or fingers of ice) that advanced into the lowland areas.
The Lake Michigan Lobe of the glacier flowed down the Lake Michigan lowland to central Indiana and Illinois. The Langlade, Wisconsin Valley, Chippewa, and Superior Lobes covered northern Wisconsin. The Green Bay Lobe flowed south in the Green Bay lowland, advancing over the east end of the Baraboo Hills and into both ends of Devils Lake gorge.
The edge of the Green Bay Lobe was probably a steep ice slope, perhaps several hundred feet high, littered with rock debris. Behind the steep slope, the ice surface probably rose very gently toward the center of the ice sheet, where the ice was thousands of feet thick.
The Ice Age National Scenic Trail is one of only 11 national scenic trails in the U.S. It is approximately 1,200 miles long and the entire trail is located within Wisconsin! The trail follows the edge of Wisconsin's most recent glacier and highlights many geological features along the way. The western terminus is located in Interstate State Park in Polk County and continues through a total of 30 counties with the eastern terminus located in Potawatomi State Park in Door County.
WISCONSIN GEOCACHING ASSOCIATION
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This cache placed by the WGA
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The Geocache Notification Form has been submitted to the Wisconsin DNR. Geocaches placed on Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources managed lands require permission by means of a notification form. Please print out a paper copy of the notification form, fill in all required information, then submit it to the land manager. The DNR Notification form and land manager information can be obtained at the Wisconsin DNR website.