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23 Jan - The Wolves of Kisdon Hill Park Letterbox Hybrid

Hidden : 11/29/2022
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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THE CACHE IS NOT LOCATED AT THE POSTED COORDINATES, and involves a .33 mile walk in each direction along a trail.  See below for directions.  This is one of almost 50 caches placed to commemorate the 2023 Waukesha Janboree theme this year of "CALL OF THE WILD."   

Street parking is available along Kisdon Hill Drive at N43 00.938 W88 17.080.

This is also a letterbox hybrid cache. Letterboxing is another outdoor activity in which people follow clues or a story (rather than just coordinates) to find a container and then put their personal stamp in the logbook and then stamp their own journal with the stamp from the cache.

A letterbox hybrid, like this one, is both a geocache and a letterbox. It can include both coordinates and clues to get you to the final location. Follow the instructions in the following paragraphs to be directed to the actual cache location. Contents include a stamp (do not take) for letterboxing, as well as a log book and swag for geocachers and letterboxers.

YOUR ADVENTURE AWAITS
1. Your quest is to find the famed geocache of Kisdon Hill Park.  But be wary - word has it that it is guarded by geo-wolves. wink Start at the trailhead of the nature trail at the posted coordinates N43 00.938 W88 17.118.  You'll be on a trail for pretty much the entire adventure.

2. The trail initially heads north and then east, 172 feet from the trailhead, at which point you'll come to a fork (north/left & east/right) in the trail at N43 00.966 W88 17.124.  Disregard the left fork and continue right (east) on the main trail.  You'll be heading east for quite a while.

3. While on the trail you'll start to go slightly uphill as you see homes off to the right.  When you come to the 6th home about 650 feet from the fork mentioned earlier, there will be a very noticeable gazebo in the home's back yard.  The trail then swings north a bit and then east again, emerging from the woods into a HUGE open prairie, at N43 01.007 W88 16.946 (about 225 feet from the gazebo). 

4. Turn left and head north on the nature trail.  You'll only need to go about 100 to 120 feet and you'll see that the trail forks and goes back into the woods, heading left (west) this time at N43 01.026 W88 16.944.  This trail is a bit narrower than the previous east-west trail, but is part of the loop that encircles the woods.  Go west on that trail.  You're getting closer to the wolves!

5. You’re now on the final leg of your trek.  Note your coordinates.  As you head west on the trail about 248 feet, you'll come to an obvious huge tree that's split into two on the left side of the trail (if you reach the home on the right you've gone too far).  Back up about 20 feet from that split tree and look south.  You'll see another prominent big tree just 20 feet south of the trail; it has three trunks. It's only about a 20 foot bushwhack with a small scattering of thorns, and you'll find what you're looking for there.  You're done!  If you survived you will have likely made it all the way without encountering any wolves.  Congratulations!

6. Now... to get back to the starting coordinates.  You have two choices.  Either continue on the trail going west and then south, or go back the way you came - starting eastward and then around the loop.  If you do elect to go west, the trail is sometimes hard to find and it goes pretty close to a home, but the trail is indeed still on park property. 

Thanks for finding our letterbox hybrid cache.  We hope you enjoyed your walk on the nature trail in Kisdon Hill Park!

 

 

Placed by members of the

Wisconsin Geocaching Association

 

 

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)