The coordinates given are for the parking lot at
Pike Lake State Park. A park admission sticker is needed to use
this parking lot. It is patrolled. A fee collection box is located
at the entrance to the lot. No park admission sticker is needed if
your cache-mobile has a current admission sticker. When parked at
this lot, the first waypoint will be N43 19.199 W088 18.136.
(
PDF park map linky).
A free secondary parking area is located at
N43 19.516 W088 17.956. This is just to the east of Kettle View
Court road. It is on the small gravel area in front of a dead end
sign. When parked at this location, the first waypoint will be N43
19.709 W088 17.768. To enter the park from this parking area, one
will walk about .3 mile, south on County CC. The park entrance is
reached via the Ice Age Trail.
The State Park trails are well groomed. Please stay on the
trails. There is no need for straightline bushwacking.
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John E. Wald, Forest Superintendent, gave permssion for all of
the waypoints. "One thing we have been emphasizing in our info that
we send out and you may want to consider placing on your web site,
is info on wild parsnip. We have a lot of it in the forest. If you
stay on the trails it is not a problem."
Here is a link to a fact sheet on wild parsnip: http://dnr.wi.gov/invasives/fact/parsnip.htm |
Each waypoint is a clearly labeled decon container
with a small log and a pencil. There is room for small trading
items. Each waypoint is at least .10 miles from each other. That
makes it, not only a waypoint, but a legal geocache! Inside the lid
of each waypoint are coordinates for the next waypoint and the name
of the waypoint. As each waypoint is found, (I'm not telling how
many waypoints!) you may choose to sign and date the log.
The final geocache is a 6.8 cup Lock-n-Lock
container. The final has trading items for exchange. You
can, of course, log all of the waypoints seperately as well as the
final geocache, or you can just log the final geocache on this
page. Now, you see how the name of the Geocache came about?
Do not give the coordinates of the waypoints in the log. Heavy
leaf cover will affect the GPS-R readings in a few areas. Have a
good, safe journey for all of your finds.