All rules and regulations of www.geocaching.com will be followed by geocachers placing caches in Dane County Parks.
In addition, The Dane County Parks Division has the following restrictions when hiding a geocache in a Dane County Park:
Micro-caches are not allowed. Geocaches that are presently in place in Dane County Parks that are micro-caches will be grandfathered in place until January 1, 2016. After that date, the cache will need to be replaced with a small (4×4 container) or larger cache or archived. New geocaches placed after May 1, 2015 will be small or larger if they are physical geocaches.
Earth caches are welcome in all Dane County Parks using available signage.
No geocache may be placed within 250 feet of any historical feature, park building or playground.
No geocache may be placed within 250 feet of any campground.
The following areas are also specifically restricted from geocaching placement.
Mowed areas
Disc Golf Course
Adjacent to a deposit tube.
Geocaching in Dane County Parks may not violate Ordinance 53.03(8) of the Dane County Code of Ordinance which states the following activities are prohibited:
Defacing, destroying, vandalizing, digging or removing any park property including soil, turf, trees, shrubs, flowers, wildlife or any archeological object including any man-made article or implement originating from earlier cultures, without written permission from the parks director
Any geocache may be withdrawn, with just cause, by Park Staff. If geocaching activities as a whole are found to have a negative impact on park resources or if safety of the resource and/or park patrons is negatively affected, the Parks Director may ban said activity from certain areas or the entire park system. The Parks Division reserves the right to modify this policy if conditions warrant.
Dane County annual fee is actually $25 for three caches…I have gotten that waived for 2015 and I am working on removing the administrative hassle as well.
The Commander
This is now the policy for Dane County Parks. Permission is no longer required and failure to comply with this policy will get a rejection from the volunteer reviewers.
The Commander
Dane County Parks Geocaching Policy
All rules and regulations of http://www.geocaching.com will be followed by geocachers placing caches in Dane County Parks.
In addition, The Dane County Parks Division has the following restrictions when hiding a geocache in a Dane County Park:
Micro-caches are not allowed. Geocaches that are presently in place in Dane County Parks that are micro-caches will be grandfathered in place until January 1, 2016. After that date, the cache will need to be replaced with a small (4×4 container) or larger cache or archived. New geocaches placed after May 1, 2015 will be small or larger if they are physical geocaches.
Earth caches are welcome in all Dane County Parks using available signage.
No geocache may be placed within 250 feet of any historical feature, park building or playground.
No geocache may be placed within 250 feet of any campground.
The following areas are also specifically restricted from geocaching placement.
Mowed areas
Disc Golf Course
Adjacent to a deposit tube.
Geocaching in Dane County Parks may not violate Ordinance 53.03(8) of the Dane County Code of Ordinance which states the following activities are prohibited:
Defacing, destroying, vandalizing, digging or removing any park property including soil, turf, trees, shrubs, flowers, wildlife or any archeological object including any man-made article or implement originating from earlier cultures, without written permission from the parks director
Any geocache may be withdrawn, with just cause, by Park Staff. If geocaching activities as a whole are found to have a negative impact on park resources or if safety of the resource and/or park patrons is negatively affected, the Parks Director may ban said activity from certain areas or the entire park system. The Parks Division reserves the right to modify this policy if conditions warrant.
A big thanks to the CommanderUSN for working with Dane County parks to get the administrative bureaucracy and fees waived. This makes the game a bit more fun because you don’t have to wait around weeks now for “permission”. Just follow the rules and submit directly to your local geocache reviewer.
Awesome sauce!