Welcome to the Medina Count Parks "Paths to Pollinators" series. The Killbuck Lakes portion of your adventure starts in the parking lot located at 7996 White Rd., Burbank, OH 44214. An approximate one-mile round-trip hike will be required to complete this leg of the journey. This is a 2-stage cache. Follow the directions below or use your GPS to get you to the first stage. Collect the clue and follow the directions to find the second stage where you will collect your Passport code word for a prize, a clue to a Bonus Cache and sign the log book.
Begin your adventure on the Lake Loop trail heading south. Where the path forks, turn left. You are now heading east with the wetland on your right. Continue to the arbor and pause for a moment to take in the view from the wildlife blind. Is anyone active today? Continue down the trail in the same direction you were heading. When you reach the large block of concrete on your right, search for the first container.
Read the informational cards inside the container to gather the clues that will help you find the final container. Record the highlighted word on the corresponding page numbers (page numbers are listed at the bottom of the card) in the appropriate blank below:
Return to the trail and continue east, curving right and toward the railroad tracks. Cross over the small creek, upon the earthen footbridge, and follow the trail as it curves to the right again. Continue through the scrubby brush meadow, past the cottonwood swamp where the Chorus Frogs sing, until you reach the woods.
Using the FIRST LETTER from each of the words recorded from the first cache, fill in the blanks to find the final container.
Once you have collected your Passport code word and Bonus Cache clue, continue heading north, through the woods, past the many Black Locust trees, into the meadow, over the zig-zaggy foot bridge until you see the lake ahead. At the trail intersection, turn right to go back to parking lot.
The boxes are located mere feet from the trail. Use stealth while searching and re-hide the containers so that they cannot be seen to avoid potential vandalism. Park closes at dark.
Here are the caches in this series:
MCPD Paths to Pollinators – Princess Ledges NP
MCPD Paths to Pollinators – Medina Marsh
MCPD Paths to Pollinators – Letha House East
MCPD Paths to Pollinators – Killbuck Lakes
MCPD Paths to Pollinators – Hubbard Valley
MCPD Paths to Pollinators – Buckeye Woods
MCPD Paths to Pollinators – Allardale
MCPD Paths to Pollinators – Susan Hambley BONUS
If you have questions or concerns about any of the boxes in this series, please contact Shelley Tender at 330.239.4814 or stender@medinaco.org.
This cache will expire on November 30, 2019
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