A fun-filled day of geocaching events. We have planned several activities and happenings that we hope all of our geo-buddies will enjoy.
The park is open to the public from 8 AM until sunset and the entrance fees are below:
- Vehicle (2-8 People):$6.00
- Vehicle (1 person): $4.00
- Extra passengers, passengers in vehicle with holder of Annual Individual Entrance Pass: $2.00
- Motorcycle: $4.00
- Pedestrians & bicyclists: $2.00
**** Over 200+ NEW Caches and 140+ existing caches!!!! ****
The caches will be released late Friday night (after park closing 7 PM) some Saturday, some Sunday and even some on Monday to give as many a chance to get FTF as possible. We will have a listing and the ability to load them at the pavilion, please bring your cable to connect to the PC just in case. Thanks!
Please put this page on your watchlist to keep up to date with changes and updates that are coming soon!
To get more information about the park and/or our other events, please visit our home page Team Cache Divers Web Site at your leisure.
**** New Events for the weekend ****
We are looking for volunteers to help with the events as well as donations for the raffle. Please contact us if you can do either one or both.
**NEW** this year, Geo-Buddies **NEW**
- We will match up new cachers with more experienced cachers as they go hunting caches at the event
- New and Experienced cachers will need to register with us at the pavilion
- Each New and Experienced cacher will get a raffle ticket
- We will randomly draw prizes and award them to both the New and Experienced cachers
- This will help the New Cachers learn from the Experienced Cachers
- The Experienced cachers will have extra sets of eyes to look for the caches
- AND both can win prizes for participating!!!!
We will have someone to check in and out of Travel Bugs and Geocoins. You can also bring your collectible TB's and geocoins to share (Discover) with other geocachers.
Dinner will be at 5 PM and we are planning on having it catered for a small fee (Click here for the TCD FB Store to order your catered dinner and/or customized event T-Shirts).
Schedule
- Registration will be open at 8:00 AM
- NEW*******The First Annual Funcoast Bash Dash - See the TCD website for more information (click on link above) ******* NEW --We apologize but this activity has been cancelled due to the lack of team signups----
- The Raffle will take place at Noon, 1 PM, 2 PM, 3 PM, 4 PM, 5 PM and last one at 6 PM, make sure to buy your tickets early. See the TCD website for more information (click on link above)
- Geocacher Bingo will be from 8 AM to 1 PM
- Geocaching Creed seminar 9 AM (Do's and Don'ts of Geocaching)
- New Geocacher classes at 10 AM and 2 PM
- New ******* GPS class at 10 AM and 2 PM *******
- Cache Container Cammo Class 11 AM – Bring your own or paint some of ours!
- Cache $wap Game at 4:30 PM (see TCD website for game rules)
- Dinner at 5 PM (Click here for the TCD FB Store to order your catered dinner and/or customized event T-Shirts )
- Please check back regularly as we add and update information
There will be a couple of Geocaching Vendors at the event for all your Geocaching needs!
According to the Myakka River State Park (MRSP) website: Myakka River State Park . "Myakka River State Park is one of Florida's oldest and largest state parks. The "Florida Wild and Scenic Myakka River" flows through 57 square miles of wetlands, prairies and woodlands. Myakka is popular for hiking, fishing, camping, and wildlife observation."
**** But they left out Geocaching, so we are going to make sure they know that this is the place for that too! So please try to CITO when you can and be respectful of the park and the wildlife. Please obey the park rules so that future generations of Geocachers can enjoy the wonders of the park and Geocaching! ****
The park is located 9 miles east of I-75 at: 13208 State Road 72, Sarasota, FL USA 34241 To get directions please click on the following link: Google Maps Directions
Items to bring with you to the event
- GPS, of course you can’t forget that (and connecting cable if you want us to load the caches at event)
- A PDA or Smart phone to hold information about the caches (Terrain, Difficulty etc.) IMPORTANT NOTE: Cell phone coverage is unreliable to nonexistant at this park and you WILL NOT be able to cache with your phone for a majority of the caches. So you WILL NEED to either have a GPS and or go with a group of cachers that do have a GPS!
- Water, LOTS of water if you’re going out on the trails
- Bring a lunch for yourself and/or your group
- $$$$ for the park entrance fee, if you want to buy raffle tickets, and/or buy items at the Geocaching Booths here at the event
- A raffle item to donate (if you want to, but not required). It could be a matchstick holder, a roll of camo duck tape, an nano, ammo can, hiking sticks, geocoins, a tent, hiking or camping items, more or less anything to do with geocaching (It would be much appreciated) (We will hold a special raffle for those who donate, A BRAND NEW GPS is the main prize)
- A cache or two if you want to play the Cache $wap Game (see TCD website for more information)
- Pens to sign all those fresh new logs or stamp if you have one
- Bicycle(s), Kayak(s) or Canoe(s) to go after those types of caches
- Bug Spray, LOTS of it as well!
- TB’s, Geocoins, or other similar items to discover, share and/or trade
- And last but not least, A SMILE because we are here to have FUN!!!!