Highpointing and Geocaching

[wzbt03]

These are two activities that I enjoy quite a bit and they usually have a tie in – cache at the highpoint.

The closest ones to us are:

Wisconsin
Timms Hill http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=36443

Minnesota
Eagle Mountain http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=41249

Illinois
Charles Mound http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=36852
Closest cache not highpointing related

Missouri
Taum Sauk http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=7751

Michigan
Mount Arvon http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=2accdf41-4989-4090-a2f7-5483 9d75d541
Closest cache not highpointing related

Iowa
Hawkeye Point http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=dad31d2b-0480-4944-afed-b45c f9933aa7
Closest cache not highpointing related

Indiana
Hoosier Hill http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=63830

Hmmmm two things I enjoy and a milestone cache coming up – what will I do .

I have done Wisconsin – one of my favorites
Illinois – no real cache associated and the closet one is rather lame
Missouri – a great area with some fantastic caches at the highpoint and nearby.

check out this website for more info: http://www.americasroof.com

[This message has been edited by wzbt03 (edited 06-29-2004).]

[Hotdogs_Off_Trail]

We also enjoy highpointing. Pre geocahing we did the highest in Wisconsin, of course, Virginia, and South Dakota…2nd highest in New York, only 50 feet less but we were pressed for time. Since geocaching we’ve revisited Mt. Harney in South Dakota and Taum Sauk Hill in Missouri. Whenever possible we try to get the high points. Don’t look back, someone may be gaining on you.

[kbraband]

I’ll echo Hotdogs’ comment that Harney Peak in South Dakota is a very nice hike. Great trails and nice views from the top.

I had to LOL when I clicked on the link to the nearest cache to Iowa’s high point. It’s just outside the tiny town where I lived as a kid in Iowa, a place of sandpits and fishing holes that I walked to many times. The whole area is flat as a prairie pancake.

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