Changed from two-stage to a single stage on March 20, 2009. The cache is a seven or eight mile round-trip hike from the northern parking area of the Seminole State Forest if you use marked trails. Reasonably good trails exist most of the way, but if you want to take a shortcut and bushwhack, that's OK with us. You can find the remnants of an old road that is largely overgrown and has an old galvanized gate serving as a bridge over Sulphur Run that will cut a couple of miles off your hike. If you don't like the looks of the ruined bridge, wade the creek. (Hint: you will smell like sulphur if you do!)
This is a wilderness area. In addition to enjoying Mother Nature's bountiful beauty, you might encounter her pernicious perils. Hike, bike, or trot with a friend and if you use the orange blazed Florida National Scenic Trail from the north entrance please sign the log you'll find in a rural mailbox. Do not approach or feed wild animals, including ticks. (Do a tick inspection upon leaving the forest.) Some bushwhacking will be necessary in pursuit of this cache. Do minimal damage to the plant life and be careful with the saw palmettoes and thorny vines. They can cut you up pretty badly. Cache trading items aside, take nothing but pictures, and leave nothing but footprints; kill nothing but time.
WARNING: HUNTING AREA
Hunting is permitted in the forest in designated areas. Hunts occur at various times of the year, except for mid-summer. Please either check the Seminole State Forest web site, read the signs at the gates to the forest, or call the rangers' office in Leesburg at (352) 360-6677 for information about hunting dates. During hunting dates, you must wear appropriate orange clothing and pray a lot.