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 Waupaca River segment highlights a steep ridge with a trailside ridgetop cabin and the scenic Waupaca River. The topography on this segment is mainly pitted outwash made up of glacial debris left behind when the glacier retreated. The Waupaca County IAT cache is located within the borders of the Rem-Waupaca River section of the Waupaca River Fishery Area.
This area is open to all outdoor activities (hunting, fishing, trapping, hiking) so be aware that you may be sharing the area with other outdoor enthusiasts while here. The parking coordinates lead you to a developed parking area along Foley Road where you will find a spur trail that will lead you from the parking area to the IAT. This section of the IAT leads you along the Waupaca River and through a couple of different types of areas if you choose to explore it further. Wooded areas along with prairie winds along the river to the South of the trail intersection down to Cobbtown Road. Heading to the cache from the intersection will lead you along the river to the North and you can take the marked Scenic Trail Loop if you desire. Continuing North on the IAT will take you off State Owned land and across Private property before meeting back with Foley Road. Please be courteous and stay on the trail if crossing this privately owned land.
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.