Bike With Me: Lake Minnetonka Regional Trail #2
The cache is not at these coordinates. But, this is where you should start your journey. This bike ride will take about two hours 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 bike ride will be about 16 miles. The bike ride will be an out and back ride, returning to the starting point from the way you came. The waypoints are all on trails, which can be accessed all year long. The final coordinates for the cache are placed in a winter friendly place not too far from the starting point of the ride.
The final coordinates for the cache are placed in a winter friendly place just down the street from the starting point of the ride.
The Lake Minnetonka Regional Trail stretches over 15 miles between Hopkins and Carver Park Reserve, offering scenic views of Lake Minnetonka along the way. This aggregate trail passes through the communities of Minnetonka, Deephaven, Greenwood, Excelsior, Shorewood and Victoria.
As for the stages ...
Stieger Park Sign – How many words are in the white area of the sign? Consider this A.
Trail Sign in the Sky – Carver Park Reserve is B.3 miles away. Consider this B.
Freeman Park Sign – On this sign, how many geese are included? Consider this C.
Train Station Sign - There is one word on a white sign on top of the station. If A=1; then the first letter equals what number? Consider this D.
Mike’s Bench – The last word on Mike’s plaque has how many letters? Consider this E.
Then: N44 51.DEA W093 4C.BEA
Hope you had a great ride.
Earn the 75, 150 and 300 mile Pathtag!
So far there have been 52 of these Hike/Bike/Run With Me Multi-caches - if you were to complete them all, you would have travelled more than 317 miles. Currently (March 2026), there are 44 active geocaches totaling 277+ miles (This includes seven Hike With Me Adventure Labs). By the end of the summer of 2026, I will make sure there are 300+ miles of active caches. I wanted to give something to the geocachers who have "put a big dent" in trying to find these. So I created three pathtags for cachers who completed at least 75, 150 and/or 300 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 25+ mile 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, 150 and/or 300 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.