Welcome to the farm homesteaded in 1883 by Hans Berthusen and cherished by Hans and his wife Lida Hawley-Berthusen. Their barn and privy, listed on the Register of Historic Places, were built from trees grown on the farm. Following their deaths in 1943 and 1944, Hans and Lida, willed their entire 236 acres to the people of the city of Lynden to enjoy and preserve.
Berthusen Park provides plenty of activities for the whole family including picnic areas, group shelters, playground activities, old growth forest for hiking and educational purposes, Antique Tractor Club displays, Historic Barn with equipment on display.
There is an extensive network of trails that is the result of successive years of Eagle Scout Projects by Troop 2010.
The park closes at dusk.
The WSGA20 - 48N - 16 - Berthusen Park cache is hidden along the Owl Trail (trailhead waypoint provided). No bushwhacking is required. Please note that the park is closed from dusk to dawn so day time caching only please.
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.
