Woodcock Creek Nature Center Multi-Cache
Hidden : 7/22/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A two stage cache located near the Woodcock Creek Nature Center. Stage 1 is located along the Peter Yeager Memorial Trail. Stage 2 is nearby. Park is closed at dark, so no night caching please.

A two stage cache located near the Woodcock Creek Nature Center. You can park at the Nature Center and walk around to the side to enter the Peter Yeager Memorial Trail, stage 1 is located along the path to the Observation Blind on this trail. Once you have located the coordinates to the second stage, you can continue on and enjoy the rest of the trail which will lead you to the second stage or if you have difficulty hiking the ¼ mile, a more direct path can be taken. There is no reason to leave the trail, so please do not make your own path. The Park and grounds close at dusk, so no night caching please.

Trail Info
The Peter Yeager Memorial Trail was established by the Crawford Conservation District and the Peter A. Yeager Memorial Foundation as an interpretive trail in memory of Peter A. Yeager, a local conservationist who among being an outdoor enthusiast and local inspirational advocate for the environment, also served as a member on the Crawford County Conservation District Board. More about Yeager can be found at (visit link)

The Woodcock Creek Nature Center and Stainbrook Park is owned by the Army Corp of Engineers and operated by the Crawford County Conservation District. If you are visiting during normal business hours (M-F, 8-4) stop by or plan to come to one of their many programs www.crawfordconservation.com.

Area History
Known to many as Bear Lodge, the Woodcock Creek Nature Center was originally built in 1939 by the Jack Gadd family on property purchased from Jo and Irma Ballott. The current road (German Road) now interrupted by Woodcock Dam first continued all the way to Dickson Road where both the neighborhood and the stream were known as "Little Germany" after the ancestry of the local inhabitants. The Stainbrook Park area orinally owned by Jo Ballott and later rented by Alva and Ruth Stainbrook served as host to a number of Grange Labor day picnics in the early 1930's. In 1950 the Gadd family sold the house to the Wolfe Family who lived here until the Army Corps of Engineers purchased it and much of the surrounding property in order to construct the flood control Dam in 1972. Once the County took over maintenance of the park, the structure served to house the two maintenance managers and their families. From 1990-2003, the structure was being subleased to two different non-profit organizations through Woodcock Township Supervisors. Currently, the Crawford County Conservation District is leasing the facility and Stainbrook Park from the Army Corps of Engineers.

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