This is a Letterbox Hybrid cache. For anyone not familiar with Letterboxing there is a log in the box for you to sign and stamp (with your stamp), then you stamp your own log or paper (with stamp that is in the box). If you do not have your own stamp, then stickers or handrawn artwork is acceptable. DO NOT TAKE STAMP WITH YOU; IT IS NOT A TRADE ITEM!!!
Day Use Entrance Fee: $4.00 per vehicle/up to 8 people and $2.00 per person for individuals who walk or bike in. Florida state parks are open from 8 a.m. until sundown 365 days a year.
Purchased from the Overstreet Family in May of 2006, this 5067 acre State Park nestled within the Green Swamp Wilderness Area and named after one of the tributaries that flows through the property was opened to the public on January 20, 2007. For over 60 years this property was managed as a cattle ranch by the Overstreet family. Past activities on the land also included lime rock mining, timber harvesting, citrus production and turpentining. Comprised mainly of Pine Flatwoods, Cypress Domes and open pasture land, this piece of still pristine wilderness is home to many animal species including the American Bald Eagle, Sherman’s Fox Squirrel, Gopher Tortoise, White-Tail Deer, Wild Turkey and Bobcat. The park is currently equipped with a lime rock entrance road, grass parking area, wheel chair accessible restroom, informational kiosk, picnic pavilion and several picnic tables and grills. Visitors are invited to fish, picnic, and hike or ride their horses on over 12 miles of trails and enjoy nature study at its finest.
This geocache is a part of the Trek Ten Trails 2010 program. Participation in that program, while a lot of fun, is not required to log this cache here. Trek Ten Trails 2010 program marks the third year of the Friends of the Parks Foundation’s call to explore the outdoors in Polk County. Ten new nature trails and two bonus caches have been added to the program’s first two years of trail hike locations throughout Polk County. Each nature trail includes geocaches with a self-inking stamp for validating your visits to at least ten of the featured trails. You can choose which ten trails you visit, and of course you may trek them all!
New game cards, which participants stamp and return to be entered into the year end prize drawings are available at the Friends of the Parks website, OUTPOST 27 CACHE and LAKE WALES DEPOT CACHE. Validated game cards must be mailed by October 15, 2010 to be eligible for prize drawings and a certificate of completion. Trek Ten Trails 2010 program maps, game cards and other information about each of the featured nature trails may be downloaded from the Friends of the Parks website. Check out our Profile for more details. The Friends of the Parks Foundation has formed an alliance with the annual Water Wings & Wild Things event to host our 2010 Trek Ten Trails program Grand Finale Celebration at Circle B Bar Reserve in October 2010.
This cache was placed with the assistance of the
Florida Geocaching Association