Hattiesburg GeoTour
With more than 40 geocache hides to find, Hattiesburg offers one of only 100 active official GeoTours worldwide. Presented by VisitHATTIESBURG, the Hattiesburg GeoTour is the first of its kind in Mississippi. Locate a minimum of 35 of the GeoTour caches and turn in your completed passport to receive your official Hattiesburg GeoTour Geocoin!
Cache Location
On October 24, 2013, two massive golden eagle statues were dedicated to The University of Southern Mississippi by alumnus Chuck Scianna –one on the Hattiesburg campus and the other on the Gulf Park campus in Long Beach, MS. Named Lofty Return, the sculptures symbolically tie the campuses together while welcoming alumni back to their alma mater. The Hattiesburg eagle is positioned at the apex of the Rose Garden that faces Hardy Street and now stands a prominent campus icon. The 6,000-pound sculpture measures approximately 22 feet tall by 20 feet wide, by 8 feet deep and rests atop an 8-feet-high pyramid-shaped base. Anderson, an internationally recognized artist/sculptor based in Idaho, spent more than a year meticulously designing the piece.
The Hide
The cache is an ammo can hidden near, but outside of, Southern Hall, less than 200 feet from Lofty Return. There is no need to enter any buildings on campus to locate and log this cache. This is a busy area of campus; please use stealth to make the grab and replace as found and well hidden.