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For county finds, try http://www.itsnotaboutthenumbers.com
For Delorme finds, try Delorme Calculator .
For both you will need to generate a “My Finds” pocket query from the GC.com website.
Paula, Take the quotes out of your links to make them work correctly.
@marc_54140 wrote:
Oooppps! Your attitude is showing!
What? You don’t think we would get a lot of people participating in the LLH series?
I’m in favor of this, but I think we should extend it to some other series. Here are some ideas:
SQ = Spirit Quest
CT = Christmas Tree Hide – This ones for you, Zuma!
MRP = Micro in a rock pile
LLH – Lame Lamppost Hide – (someone in Indiana actually has a series called ALP = Another Lamp Post)
GE – Hider apparently relied on Google Earth to set the coordinatesOK, since I asked, here is a list, sorted by distance from Elkhorn. I didn’t check to see if you had already found any of these, but I suspect you might find something you like.
Captain and Mate’s First Tide GCVTD1
This multi will take you to a very nice wildlife area that you probably haven’t found.Beyond the Pines GC5B74
Simply an ammo box in what I think is the best unknown park in the area.Creepy Cache GCKQ43
Cache Of The Day GCJ3MP
Kettle Moraine View – Kenosha County GCQ8KJ
These three caches are all challenging multis in the New Munster Wildlife Area. Creepy Cache is probably the easiest to find, but they all feature some challenging terrain. If you try Cache of the Day, you might want to drag me along for the VERY difficult first waypoint. (At least they put the hard part first!)High Brass – General Of The Army (R) GCJ889
The finale of a 5 cache series, also located in New Munster. This series features containers of all sizes and difficulties.Mountaineering Illinois Style GC97C5
This one is in Gander Mountain County Park in Illinois. As you might guess from the name, its not flat at all. Great photo ops at the top. There is another nice cache in this area as well (Gander Lake Hollow) which is currently disabled.Snake Bite GCJ3MM
This one was a blast. It starts in an abandoned farm in Minooka Park in New Berlin/Waukesha and takes you on trip all over the southern half of the park. If you have mountain bikes you could ride the entire way with only maybe 200 feet of walking to the final.Round and Round GCXPJV
Well, you COULD ride your bike on this one, but I’m guessing you wouldn’t want to. Lots of ups and downs on this one. If you have kids with you, the bushwack to the final is a bit intense.The Lorine Niedecker Cache GCN26B
I think this one would really appeal to your sense of place. Be sure to vist the bonus cache as well to get the whole experience.Big Mac Daddy GCK44D
This is in MacDonald Woods in Illinois. Just an ammo box in the woods, but getting there is quite the journey.The Combination at Ross Lodge GCQA5B
This one is a lot of fun in an area of Milwaukee County that most folks won’t ever see. Maybe a bit too tough to use as a milestone cache.Along the Milky Way GCQW6J
This is the finale of a 5 cache series along the Root River in Franklin. While the final is easy, getting the parts to find this are quite the challenge. This one you can ride your bikes for most of it on a paved trail, but you would want to bring locks as you will need to leave your bikes (or walk them on inhospitable terrain) for extended periods. Again, this might be tougher than you are looking for. This series is very memorable for me, as I stepped on a sleeping fawn while looking for one of the component caches. Don’t know which of us was more shocked.The Petrified Cache GC4CC8
This multi is what I like to call a surprise cache. You start out finding easy waypoints on fairly easy terrain, then you get near the final and say to yourself “I have to go there??” LOTS of other caches in this area if you need to find #299, #298, etc.Bootlegger’s Stash GCFD22
Another cache that will appeal to your sense of place. You start at a historic site and finish in a marshy woodland.Take a look at these and see if any appeal to you.
We have one goal: To have fun and make great memories while Geocaching! So far, we have managed to accomplish that every weekend.
@Jeremy wrote:
There is also already a national site with a geocaching policy information database… nothing listed for Wisconsin, but Iowa has been very active in adding the policies for their state:
Definitely not the cleanest user interface in the world, and it isn’t easy to figure out how to search for or add policies. Again, this is probably a service that geocaching.com should be providing, but is not.
I took a look at this site. This site is designed for the agencies to post their policies, not geocachers. While this would certainly be preferable, I think this approach is pretty naive (and explains why there is very little data after the site has been around for 4 years.) That said, the idea is exactly what I’m looking for. I’m just looking for a place where we could post the Agency, contact information, parks and a link to any geocaching policy the agency might have.
Oh, and I posted a route for the Military Ridge Trail on GC.com. There are only a couple caches “on the trail” plus the virtual in Barneveld, but you could select a greater distance for your query if you don’t mind venturing off the trail into the local parks.
I think everyone has made good suggestions, but I think we are all missing something. None of us know what kind of caches you really enjoy. Soooo…. How about if you post which cache you have found that was your absolute favorite? From there, we can probably make a better recommendation for some that you would enjoy. There are a lot of great caches near you, but we would need to know your preferences.
I’m more concerned about APPROVAL, rather than notification. Specifically, if I want to place a cache in the Village of Backwater Soccer Park, who is the contact and what is the procedure? The procedure might be a notification form, sending an email, or nothing at all. We need a central repository for this information as it is collected. Even if certain parks departments don’t have a formal procedure, most of them would like the courtesy of a contact before or after placement.
On a related note, how difficult would it be to set up a searchable database of parks department resources and approval requirements, organized by Parks department, county and park? Obviously we would need to collect the data, but I am asking more about the technical side for making the data available to the membership?
Was this a rejection or just a suggestion that “it would be better if” you made the caches a multi?
@Mathman wrote:
Is that $5 for all NEW caches or does it include ones already in existence? It’s a shame that they need to charge to use the land that is owned by the public.
Actually, they want $5 for new caches, $50 for caches already placed with written permission, and $500 for caches placed without permission. All caches archived without paying the fee will be assessed a $5000 fee on the owners property tax bill. Be sure to check your calendar to meet the payment deadlines.
@Cheesehead Dave wrote:
(and I’d rather have a GPSr that sinks to the bottom of the stream I’m crossing rather than floats away)
I suppose it depends, but I seem to spend a lot more time crossing marshes and still (lake and pond) water than deep, moving water. I don’t think you want your GPS to sink in a swamp. Do you spend a lot of time fording the Root and the Pike, Dave? They have these new inventions now called bridges…
03/30/2007 at 3:36 am in reply to: What is the strangest thing you have seen while Geocaching? #1871792@One Paddle Short wrote:
You can check out our evening activity here:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=b3c1ca5c-6593-4964-95a9-1ec7ed1c3f09
Ya know, instead of putting duck tape on the end of the clothesline, you could tie it to the young’uns foot (and maybe tie the flashlight on as well (butterfingers!)), and then lower him into the cave. I’d bet that would be the last cache he’d drop….
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