Hike With Me: Hampton Woods WMA
The cache is not at these coordinates. But, this is where you should start your journey. This hike will take about 60 minutes or so.
This is the next of the Hike/Bike with Me caches that I have started since moving to MN. Since most of my cache finds are done while exercising, I thought I would offer this delight to others. These caches will not necessarily be hard to find, but you will have to put some miles on the legs for them. So lace em up, grab some water, and come join the fun.
Totally, this hike will be about 2.5 miles circling the perimeter of the WMA. This WMA is one of the largest and most diverse contiguous forested areas of southern Dakota County. The majority of the land is mesic oak forest with a great diversity of tree, shrub and forb species. The topography is gently rolling to rolling in nature. Although the forest has been selectively logged in the past there is still a nice canopy.
The final coordinates for the cache are placed in a winter friendly place not far the starting point of the hike.
As for the stages ...
Orange Sign – There are two words that begins with a T. How many letters does the second one have? Consider this A.
Yellow Sign – The first word on the sign has how many As? Consider this B.
Orange Sign #2 – There is a word that begins with an A. How many letters does that have? Consider this C.
White Posted – At the very bottom right of this sign, what is the number missing in this group: 84_159. Consider this D.
Respect Private Property Sticker – On this yellow sticker, there is a word that begins with an L. How many letters does that have? Consider this E.
Then: N44 3E.ABD W093 01.CBA
Hope you had a great hike.
Earn the 75 and 150 mile Pathtag!
So far there have been 42 of these Hike/Bike/Run With Me Multi-caches - if you were to complete them all, you would have travelled more than 225 miles. Currently (April 2024), there are 37 active geocaches totaling 197+ miles (This includes four Hike With Me Adventure Labs). I wanted to give something to the geocachers who have "put a big dent" in trying to find these. So I created two pathtags for cachers who completed at least 75 and/or 150 miles while trying to get smileys on these caches. On each of the cache pages, I mention how long the travel should be for that cache. They vary from just a couple miles to a 20-mile mountain bike ride.
Here is a bookmark list of all of the caches.
So, take a look at your finds, add up the miles, and if you are more than 75 and/or 150 miles, let me know. You can either PM me, email me, or just grab me at an event. You do not have to show/prove anything to me about you qualifying. I will give you one if you say you have qualified.