Hike With Me: The Jailhouse Marsh and State Trail
The cache is not at these coordinates But, this is where you should start your journey.
This is the next of Hike/Bike with Me caches that I have started since moving to MN. Since most of my cache finds are done while exercising, I thought I would offer this delight to others. These caches will not necessarily be hard to find, but you will have to put some miles on the legs for them. So lace em up, grab some water, and come join the fun.
Totally, this Hike will be about 3 miles and will probably take 90 minutes or so. The hike will mainly be on a Minimum Maintenance Road which is in pretty rough shape in spots, and then a quick side hike to the State Trail. The waypoints are all on trails, which can be accessed all year long. The final coordinates for the cache are placed in a winter friendly place not too far from the starting point.
The 2,623 acre Louisville Swamp Unit includes marsh, lakes, streams, oak savanna, rock formations, floodplain forest, upland forest and historic homesteads. It is also one of the most isolated areas of the Refuge, offering a setting more distant from urban settings. The Jailhouse Marsh is home to diverse plant and animal species. Sightings of bald eagles, trumpeter swans, leopard frogs and river otters occur regularly.
As for the stages ...
Gate Regulations Sign – On this brown sign, there is a small white NWR photo. The first work after that (starts with a P) has how many letters? Consider this A.
Jailhouse Marsh Gate – As you look at this gate, the main color (not white or red) has how many letters in it.
White Sign, White Pole – How many words are on top half of the sign? Consider this C.
Then:
N44 41.CAB W093 37. A9C
Hope you had a great hike.
Earn the 75 and 150 mile Pathtag!
So far there have been 37 of these Hike/Bike/Run With Me Multi-caches - if you were to complete them all, you would have travelled more than 210 miles. Currently (August 2023), there are 32 active geocaches totaling 185 miles (This includes three Hike With Me Adventure Labs). I wanted to give something to the geocachers who have "put a big dent" in trying to find these. So I created two pathtags for all cachers who completed at least 75 and 150 miles while trying to get smileys on these caches. On each of the cache pages, I mention how long the travel should be for that cache. They vary from just a couple miles to a 20-mile mountain bike ride.
Here is a bookmark list of all of the caches.
So, take a look at your finds, add up the miles, and if you are more than 75 or 150 miles, let me know. You can either PM me, email me, or just grab me at an event. You do not have to show/prove anything to me about you qualifying. I will give you one if you say you have qualified.