What is your favorite area of the State to cache in?

[RSplash40]

Haven’t done SW or NW really mostly E half, probably pick up nort der hey as favorite scenic spot though pretty much every where I’ve gone I’ve seen something that was cool.

[kansas64]

Since we have done the Delorme and and Counties my answer is all areas. We have seen great caches in many great areas and have appreciated them all. Yes SE Wisconsin is great for numbers and it is where we reside I can say some of my favorite caches are in LaCrosse area, Wausau area, and my favorite is on page 104 of the Delorme and it simply is the middle of nowhere.
We have 4 other states in which we have 50 or more finds (Nevada, Utah, Indiana and South Carolina) and they all have great caches but not the variety of the caches and landscapes to caches in. If it wasnt for snow I would want to stay here

[Sagasu]

Downhill? Yes, outside for me as well, since “sellzup” keeps me inside too much. Close to home has some advantages, too, especially when you are new at it and there are 600 caches within ten miles of home.

I think the early results seem to reflect the advantages of the northeast with great cache density in the Appleton-Green Bay areas combined with the scenic great northwoods and Door Peninsula. There are also a lot of cachers in this quadrant, or maybe they are the just the ones who are still awake and responding to the survey at this hour.

Personally, I really did like “Timberline Echoes Land” when I made three trips up to the northern border areas in June while chasing lonely caches, once with my son, Dan. The cache density isn’t as great there, but we loved the grandeur of the great northwoods and the cache hides there – almost no micros. There are superb cache locations in every quadrant of the state, but our vote, probably with those of some others, goes to the area we have seen the most of. I’m sure the central Wisconsin folks have a hard time deciding on this survey since they live and cache often near the intersection of the given quadrants.

[Trekkin and Birdin]

I couldn’t name just one. The kinds of caches we most enjoy….remote locations with interesting terrain…seem to be most plentiful north of highway 8 and in our own southwestern corner, as Seth mentioned.

For those interested in the Kickapoo Valley Reserve, here’s a link…
http://kvr.state.wi.us/
Really an amazing location, with some long standing history, both recent and ancient. That area has more Native American artifact discoveries and sites than anywhere else in North America per square mile!

Honestly, we’ve found things to like about all the different parts of the state. The area we’ve most shorted would be the far southeast, so we hope to spend some time over there this next summer.

[zuma]

Hard to pick, since I enjoy the diversity. Also, some of the best caching in Wisconsin is along the Ice Age Trail which kind of meanders into all 4 quadrants of the state.

It does not get much better than exploring sites along the length of the Ice Age Trail, including Door County, the Northern Kettle Morraine, the area around Pike Lake, the Southern Kettle Morraine, western Dane County, Devil’s Lake, Waushara County, Hartman Creek, Dells of the Eau Claire in Marathon County, Chequmegon Forest in Taylor County, the Chippewa Morraine near Cornell, the Blue Hills of Rusk County and Interstate State Park.

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[furfool]

Wherever I am when I make the find.

[Crockett3663]

I’ve got some vacation time coming up this summer, so I’m looking at taking my oldest son on a bit of a long weekend road trip and heading to another part of the state. Ideally I’d love to hit the northwest quadrant, but being that we live in the southeast, getting there and back can be an all day drive.

Based on what the responses I’ve read so far, I’m liking the idea of either the northeast or southwest. The northeast quadrant, to the west of the bay would be an area I’d love to hit. Places like Antigo, Eagle River, Three Lakes, etc. would be some areas I’d love to hit.

One more question though, and for anyone who lives up in that area PLEASE be honest and don’t laugh: do I need to worry about bears up in that area? If so, I’m not too crazy about taking my 10 yr old son into the woods if there are bears around.

thanks to everyone for the resposes so far. Keep ’em coming!!

[Barry Butrymowicz]

We do have bears in the Mountain Area, but never have they hurt anyone, They are more scared of you then you are of them, Make noise, talk to someone, or if you really are worried put a string of noisy bells around a ankle (Bear Bells) If you let your presence known in the woods, the bears will be long gone, I have only run into one in the woods and it was way up in the UP of michigan, But if you do the cache in our front yard you might have a chance on seeing one, as we have about 5 a day come to our yard along with about 60 wild turkeys and deer. this is the cache GCXHTQ

Barry and Valarie of sweetlife

[GrannyGoesAlong]

SE is great… near to home and there are plenty more for me to find. However, I do enjoy Central part of state… I’ve been covering the the distance between Milwaukee & Waushara counties… A BIG Thank You to JimandLinda and Marc 54140 for the WSQs… have many more of those to discover also.

[sandlanders]

@Mathman wrote:

@Team Black-Cat wrote:

I rather like the central part of the state…

DITTO

Ditto, The Sequel

We’re in a great part of the state, able to cache in any direction and within reach of everybody to come here. So I didn’t vote. Haven’t really done any caching in the “typical” SW or NW, but from some of what we’ve done in the NE and the SE, I can say we prefer rural caching to urban caching.

And I can say I prefer Wisconsin caching to anything else.

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