A Wherigo geocache in Lakeland, FL. There is no physical cache at this location. The coordinates should take you near the first stage of the Wherigo cartridge. The final is an ammo can. The geocache can be found after completing the Wherigo cartridge. The walk is child-friendly and wheelchair accessible. The walk will take you to a few locations around Lake Parker Park in Lakeland and should be able to be completed in just over two hours.
Park Hours: Spring/Summer 7am - 8pm Fall/Winter 7am - 6pm. Open 7 days a Week (Except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day). Lake Parker Park is located on Lake Parker. It is 100.5 acres of native Florida vegetation. The park is accessible from Robson Road and Granada Road off of Lakeland Hills Boulevard. Lake Parker Park offers many family-oriented recreation opportunities and is also used by nature enthusiasts for bird watching.
This cartridge is designed and is meant to be done as a walk around the park.
You will not be able to complete this game cartridge from emulator play. You must input info into a text box or answer questions in order to see the next screen or "zone". If you aren't actually at that zone you won't have the information. Good mapping and research might allow you to discover some of the necessary information from home, but at least one zone will require you to find the information on site.
If you don't have a Garmin Colorado or Oregon GPSr or another device that will play a Wherigo cartridge, here is one way you can complete the cartridge. Play on the emulator as far as you can - generate some coords for the spot (mapping is your friend) go get the info (or perhaps research for it), then go home and continue the game; or from the location, call a friend at a PC with the emulator and cartridge with the info to continue the game - you'll get the next screen. If you are using a hand held device you are encouraged to save the game after correctly answering each question.
Some notes on how this Wherigo Geocache cartridge works. The cartridge has 8 zones plus the final cache location. The first zone will be active and visible at the above coordinates. The next zone will become visible and active after you correctly answer the question for the zone you are in. "Active" means that your device is calculating a bearing and distance from your current location; "visible" means it shows on your map screen. When you leave a zone that zone will become inactive. You'll see it on your locations screen when it is active. If you select it, it will show like a waypoint "go to" - with distance and direction arrow. Once you arrive in a zone, there will be a question to answer before the next zone becomes active and visible. Again, you have to select it from the locations screen to become your next "go to". Zones become inactive as you exit them, to save CPU power; too many "active" zones slows the Pocket PC or Garmin as they calculate distances and bearings to each active location. The geocache location is provided at the final zone and you will be provided coordinates to locate the geocache. Zones should be large enough to allow for error due to the tree cover. Specific information is given for each zone to allow you to complete any question. The back button will not scroll you back through screens! it takes you back to the main screen, a listing of available locations, tasks etc. If you want to retain data (coords, completion code) you should write it down.