Kill Creek Park #7 Traditional Cache
TeamSNOOTH: Seems the hide location has been removed.
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One of a series of caches throughout Kill Creek Park.
This is a Johnson County Parks & Recreation District park located in western Johnson County between De Soto and Olathe. It is the newest and third regional park in the District’s system. Opened in 2001, the park, easily accessible and yet secluded, encompasses 884 acres. Nestled within the park's beautiful natural setting are four picnic shelters, a swimming beach, a marina, and 17 miles of trails including hiking, mountain bike and equestrian trails and an asphalt trail for walking, hiking and bicycling. All of these caches are placed with District permission and comply with District guidelines. Park hours are 5am to 11pm for March through October and 7:30am to 8pm for November through February.
The Kill Creek Park entrance is located near 116th and Homestead Lane. To get to the park, get off of Kansas Highway 10 at the Kill Creek exit and proceed south to 115th Street. Turn right and go to Homestead Lane. Take a left onto Homestead and the park entrance is on the right near the crest of the first hill. Note: the west side of the park borders the old Sunflower Ammunition Plant. Despite what the maps and satellite pictures show, there is no access from that side. The adjacent Timber Ridge Adventure Center is for program use only and no caches are located on those grounds.
The caches are all located near walking, hiking, mountain biking or horse trails. All but one of them will involve hikes ranging from 1/3 of a mile to over 1 mile, depending on your starting point and route. A crow-flies loop of all of them would be over 3.5 miles. By the established trails, it is much longer. Keep in mind there are several creek crossings involved, so sticking to the trails (as you are supposed to do) might be smart.
Ticks will definitely be abundant - had to dispatch two while placing the caches in mid-March. PI and snakes may also be around come warm weather.
There are a couple of unactivated geocoins and other small FTF prizes scattered among the caches. No telling which ones.
This cache is a quart-size painted plastic jar. The nearest parking for this cache would be the Shelter 1 parking lot.
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