The WSGA's 20th Anniversary GeoTour will end on December 31, 2024, at
11:59pm PT.
You will only have until this date and time to find the geocaches, post all
of your logs for the digital souvenirs (if qualified), and submit all of
your passports of unique codes for the geocoins (if qualified).
There will be no exceptions.
With all that said, cache on! 😃😃
The Skagit River is the second largest river in Washington. It starts in British Columbia and flows 158.5 miles to drain in the Puget Sound. The river is named for the Upper and Lower Skagit people.
In the 20’s and 30’s the river was dammed by Seattle City Light forming Diablo, Ross and Gorge lakes. The river supports all five species of native salmon (chinook, coho, chum, pink and sockeye) as well as steelhead and costal cutthroat trout. The Skagit watershed also supports migrating and resident bird populations. Trumpeter and tundra swans overwinter along the watershed and bald eagles are often seen along the river. The Skagit flood plain is responsible for the largest economic sector in Skagit County – agriculture.
The cache is located on Faber Road, a public fishing area, located on the south side of Highway 20. There is no street sign, but there is a public fishing sign. The parking coordinates will place you within 10 feet of the cache.
Faber Road is also known as Faber Ferry Landing North. While you are here, look across the river to see Faber Ferry Landing South. The ferry was used to transport children to and from the south side of the river to attend school in Concrete. The Dalles Bridge opened to traffic in August of 1952, ending the need for the ferry.
In September 2002, a group of 19 concerned geocachers scheduled a meeting after hearing that the Washington State Parks was considering banning geocaches in the state park system. Out of this meeting, the Washington State Geocaching Association (WSGA) was "born" with its core values of promoting geocaching as a fun, family-oriented outdoor activity that increases awareness and appreciation of the environment and our parks and trails, provide opportunities for participants to enjoy geocaching and to socialize with other geocaches, educate park systems and land managers about geocaching and its benefits, increase awareness and support of the geocaching through interaction with other outdoor groups and the public, encourage low-impact geocaching and promote stewardship of our natural resources, and support "Cache In Trash Out" activities to help maintain parks and trail systems.
In 2022, the WSGA turns 20 years young. To celebrate this milestone, the WSGA is hosting a 20th-anniversary GeoTour. This GeoTour will give you the opportunity to travel to all corners of the Evergreen State while you search for 140 GeoTour caches. To make it easier to tackle such a large GeoTour, each of our 7 regional chapters will host 20 chapter-specific geocaches in bite-sized GeoTours with the entire GeoTour consisting of 140 caches. To learn more about our GeoTour, please visit the GeoTour page on our website which you can find HERE. We hope that you enjoy getting back out on the road while touring around Washington State. If you have any questions about our GeoTour, you can reach out to us via the contact tab on our website.
