The 5,000-acre Tiger Creek Preserve is located on the edge of peninsular Florida’s oldest and highest landmass, the Lake Wales Ridge. The Ridge shelters one of the highest concentrations of threatened and endangered plants and animals in the United States. Only 10 percent of the native habitat that once covered the Ridge remains. Tiger Creek is a high-quality blackwater seepage stream, so called because it drains wetlands, and the vegetation that falls into the creek colors the water. There are only two other high-quality streams like it left on the Lake Wales Ridge.
THINGS TO SEE: Several trails provide access to the oak scrub, sandhill, pine flatwoods, longleaf pine/wiregrass and hardwood swamp habitats associated with Tiger Creek’s watershed. Watch for gopher tortoises, sand skinks, woodpeckers and otters.
The park is open sunrise to sunset, 365 days a year.
Cache is placed with permission from Virginia Hamilton, Nature Conservency Volunteer & Outreach Specialist.
HIKE: 2.0 miles round trip
This is a Letterbox Hybrid cache. For anyone not familiar with Letterboxing, there is a log in the cache for you to sign and stamp (with your stamp), then you stamp your own log or paper (with stamp that is in the cache). If you do not have your own stamp, then stickers or hand drawn artwork are acceptable or if you do not have your own stamp, you can just sign the log. DO NOT TAKE THE STAMP WITH YOU; IT IS NOT A TRADE ITEM!!!
This geocache is a part of the Trek Ten Trails 2022-2023 program. Participation in that program, while a lot of fun, is not required to log this cache.
New validation game cards that participants stamp are available at various locations and are listed on the Friends of the Parks website and OUTPOST 27 CACHE. Trek Ten Trails 2022-2023 program maps, game cards, and other information about each of the featured nature trails may be downloaded from the Friends of the Parks website. Check out our Profile for more details.