Island Caches

[gotta run]

Here is a start to the list:

http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=0fdcfa03-20a4-42ca-b384-af2934ac5888

This is obviously just a start. I know I’m missing a whole mess of caches in Wausau including the Cats Can Swim series. I did not add the Madison cache because its a puzzle so bookmarking it as an island cache may give too much away.

I will say that our “Osprey Island” cache has seen lots of activity in the past few days! As cheeto says, definitely do NOT try Oasis, or “Cat Island Chain” for that matter. Keep in mind, the ice is never “safe.”

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[Averith]

I’ll have to check that out once my knee feels better.

[gotta run]

I’ll run a PQ of boat-attribute caches as well.

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[Grandma & Grandpa]

GC144E4

A couple of miles west of Townsend in Oconto County. This island has been walked to during the winter, but deep snow has caused difficulties finding the cache. We paddled to it, as have most of those who have posted finds.

cYa, Jim & Chris

[BakRdz]

Wow! This is why I love these forums. Ask and ye shall receive. Thanks for everyone’s response to this.

[Trekkin and Birdin]

We’ve done the CCS series and none of them are really island caches. There is one of OPS’s near the dam, but I don’t know if it freezes over in winter enough to be safe, someone local could chime in on that one.

GCV868

Here are some more we hope to do this winter. Sometimes it’s just a pain to haul the canoe all over, though that’s our preferred method of finding such a cache.

GCQPK9

GCG9Q5

GCZT4P

GC112DY

These have been done by others in the winter.

GCW5BT

GCQT5X

GC1104P

[One Paddle Short]

There is one of OPS’s near the dam, but I don’t know if it freezes over in winter enough to be safe, someone local could chime in on that one.

GCV868

Yes, it can be done. Right out from the boat landing an ice fishing village spawns every year. If there are trucks out there you can be pretty sure you can make it to the cache ok. There is more current right near the cache so be extra careful there. Usually by this time of year snowmobiles have been up and down that section of the river and it’s a regular highway. The cache is also fairly winter friendly. You’re also right that the “Cats Can’t Swim” series does not include islands and I would also add that I am fairly certain that series along the river would include some open water pretty much all winter long.

[gotta run]

I’ve added the above caches to the ever-growing bookmark.

Running a PQ was not that productive. The only relevant PQ parameters I could think of were “Wisconsin” and “boat.”

I also filtered out everything under terrain 2.5. I know there are probably some boat caches that are under T2.5, but oh well.

But, that pulls up a mess of caches that aren’t island caches, or even solely water-access caches for that matter (i.e., Creation Cache – GCRG10). I’m guessing the ones here with “island” in the title are a safe bet. Perhaps a review of what came up will prompt some memories.

GCNW9A The Old Fishin’ Hole – Hartlaub Lake
GCRG10 Creation Cache
GC11JF4 Little Bull Island – South
GC1534 Island Loop
GC14QV3 Eagle Point on the Yellow river
GC1QWQM Local Landings (Wapogasset Lake)
GCTREQ Three Lakes
GCPA8J Are You Feeling A Little Perchie
GC1VN36 09 Water #3
GC11RNV Cache the Fever
GC1C6F4 To hike or to Kayak; That is the question!
GC13DCV Watch Your Wake to Cause No Wake
GCX0PM Isaiah’s Booyah Cache
GC144E4 Northwood Island Cache
GC13306 Jolly Cachers Island Treasure
GC17WDZ The Green Lake Leprechauns
GC1HDQ8 Whorled: The Next Generation
GC1G5M9 Root River cache 4
GC1YD74 Isle Keep This Here For You
GCWCGA Big Island
GC18EGJ Zuma’s! &*@#$^! Island Cache
GCXHNH Long Tail Point Lighthouse 1899
GC1EW30 Start Yer Yakin’ | Backwater Banter
GC173QV Eau Whaire am I?
GC1CGNT Lake Wausau Island Cache
GC17PV2 PU, what a stinker!
GC1TNXM 09 Water #1
GCKCVW Stranded in Sherwood
GC191F3 ZI-Nelson Lake Island View Cache
GC10FCF Nelson Lake-The Big Island
GC1W0TG Sir Tristan’s Island
GC1YTW8 The Lights of the Cat Island Chain
GC1W0TQ Osprey Island: Ducks Redux
GCXHN8 Long Tail Point Lighthouses 1859 & 1848
GC1X6BX (not just)Another puzzle in the Kingdom of Selzzup
GCVYKT 04145_Cram Island
GC11FR3 A Carol for Papr Dolls
GC1C5J0 Voight Island
GC16W5J Oasis
GC1187E Nifty Fifty
GC1WNMY Get Launched: Rick’s Mud Lake Paddle
GC1VE69 Get Launched: Mud Lake Paddle
GC1VP08 Get Launched: Rice Lake Paddle
GC1VFF2 Holiday Series 09′ 4th of July cache:”Just Ducky”
GCJWPT You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille.
GC1MF7V Himley Lake
GC13MQZ The Bone Collector
GC14HJ8 Captain Claw’s Treasure
GCZT52 Chambers Island Cache
GC13MRG Skeleton Keys
GC1TY95 HoneyBunniesZuma 10k Run!
GC1DAZ0 CCS Experiment #5
GC1CJ4T CCS Experiment #1
GC1DAZ6 CCS The Final Experiment
GC1DAYV CCS Experiment #4
GC1CJ5C CCS Experiment #3
GCV868 The Eau Claire: Eau Claire River Series
GC1Q3W3 Triathlon: The Starting Gate
GC1WE0R Marco! – Polo!
GCGMGG Horseshoe Hideaway
GC18WMQ Templar Treasure
GC13T27 GWRKK Series: Whitetail Island
GC1TVKH Triathlon: Moments of Darkness
GC13RY4 GWRKK Series: Tall Pine Island
GC13RZB GWRKK Series: Bridge View Island
GC13RZY GWRKK Series: Bog Ponds Island
GC12C3Z Scooby Doo and the Mystery of Half Moon Lake!
GC1RGWB The Beast of Big Island
GC1RD17 Oxbow
GC1GBKC Rock Carving Cache
GCWZ8Y The Island
GC1G5H9 East of Rock
GC1GNZ1 Lake Nokomis Island Cache: Original
GCJZTP There and Back Again – A Geocacher’s Tale
GC1VFDV Lake Nokomis Island Cache: Lone Tree
GC1VEWT Lake Nokomis Island Cache: Isle of Dr. Zhivageau
GC1VGGN Lake Nokomis Island Cache: Party Island
GCW5BT Kayak Adventure # 3 – Just Because…
GCPEVM Kayak Adventure #1
GCKCBT Pirate’s Treasure
GC1X805 Evil Duck Evil Monkey
GCQT5X Kayak Adventure # 2 – Little Yellow River
GCQPK9 Pine Island
GC146NQ Pioneer Point
GC13NZ4 P.L.I. Crappie Cache
GC1104P St Germain Little Bass Lake
GC1FCJ2 360 Degree Lake View
GC16XAY Just Keep Smiling!
GC1B4VE James Spires Tribute
GC112DY Gumdrop Island
GCWMWW Pike Lake Cache
GC13CTF Eagle Springs Lake Boating Cache
GC14GJV Not from the road Matey
GC1F39X Smoked Fish
GC1CP10 Happy Cache
GC154CJ Paradise Island
GC1Y3W8 Goat Island
GC1543X Captain Caveman’s Castaway Cache
GC13M26 Unknown Island
GCX33F Black River Canoe Cache
GC13KE5 Reno’s Sandbar
GC1RVMK Cachin’ Catie (80)
GC1NPKK Island on the Chippewa
GC13HT4 MILE 13: Zuma, The Eighth Castaway
GC1W3T6 Sand in your Buns#3
GC1VFG6 Della’s Garden
GC1W3RY Sand in your Buns#2
GC1W3RV Sand in your Buns#1
GC1VEFX Chief Ice Feathers
GC1614K Spring Lake Secret
GC1A4KT ASHLAND UFO BASE
GC1A4K6 BROKEBACK BREAKWATER
GC1J3Q3 The *BLC* … It’s right Downtown??
GC14ZPH Clam Bend Cache
GCK3FQ Kinnickinnic Cache
GC1N5T3 Zee Plane! Zee Plane!

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[Trekkin and Birdin]

Of those on this list, here are some we’ve done that would not need a boat and are not on islands.

PU What a Stinker.
The BLC

Some on islands but I’m not sure if there’d ever be safe ice to reach them are those GWWRKK ones in Wausau.

The Scooby Doo and Beast of Big Island ones are islands, but again, not sure if the ice is safe there.

Spires Tribute is an island. Might be winter accessible, not sure.

Lucille, I doubt it. In fact, I think Rick Blick tried and came back with paddles.

Black River Canoe cache probably not, but there is a land-based approach as well, if one doesn’t mind a really looooong hike. I’ve done it both ways.

Renos Sandbar, we’re locals and I’m just never real comfortable crossing the Mississippi except in a few really local coves filled with ice fishermen.

Mile 13–Heck, we didn’t need no stinkin’ boat, and neither did Honeybunnies! Both Trekkin’ and Seth are little guys and they waded or swam over there. Do it the fun way when the weather is warm….

The Sand in your Buns series….again, that’s the Mississippi. None of these islands are very far from shore, but except for the furthest north one, a bit of a distant hike (like at least a mile) from the nearest legal access point. I’d recommend a boat on these.

Stranded in Sherwood, we did that one on hard water in January.

I think the three in the Bone Collector series were done by a group or two in winter, but you have to gather all the clues to the first one before doing any of them. Still one of our favorite series, though.

Hope this helps. We do enjoy the use of paddles, but appreciate the effort on verifying some of these more distant ones we could hunt on hard water.

[gotta run]

My thinking is that this is an inclusive “island” cache bookmark, not limited to islands that may be safe to approach in winter.

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[Jstajlr]

Nice list Gotta Run thanks. One that I haven’t seen mentioned is GCB9A8 Wet Maze. It’s an island in a marsh so a boat, kayak or canoe won’t do you any good.

[gotta run]

Ok, there are 70+ caches on the list.

Not all of them are suitable for winter finds but I believe all of them are “islands.”

The list does not include caches that you might need a boat for but are not on islands (i.e., shoreline), islands that have foot access or public transportation, or marsh/swamp caches. Just trying to keep it a tightly focused list. Hope it’s useful.

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[The Crippler]

GC1C6F4 To hike or to Kayak; That is the question!

This one is not an Island Cache. Access is only available by National Forest Land, if bushwacking, or by boat from the Oconto River after having put in at a public access up river. Even if the river were frozen over you would need to trespass on private property in order to cross it from the shortest route possible.

[gotta run]

@The Crippler wrote:

GC1C6F4 To hike or to Kayak; That is the question!

This one is not an Island Cache. Access is only available by National Forest Land, if bushwacking, or by boat from the Oconto River after having put in at a public access up river. Even if the river were frozen over you would need to trespass on private property in order to cross it from the shortest route possible.

Yes, that’s why that one was never on the bookmark list.

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[Northern Lightz]

We just went out today with Jerry’s Dad and found GC1G6CV Red Voodoo. Was a decient walk from the public boat launch, but we were able to find the cache. Jerry’s Dad did a search for ice thickness on that lake and it was 8 inches so very save to walk on. Even saw some 4-wheelers and snowmobiles on the lake…..wish we had one 🙂

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