The Lakeland Highlands Scrub contains one of the largest undeveloped scrub communities (140 acres) on the Lakeland Ridge. The natural communities on the site include sand live oak, scrub, dry prairie, pine flatwoods, depression marsh, basin marsh and basin swamp. Initial surveys show that the property is home to at least five rare plant species, as well as gopher tortoises, eastern indigo snakes, Florida Scrub-jays and a number of wading bird species. Do sign in at the information board in the parking lot near the trailhead, and note that you're there to geocache. Polk County's Environmental Lands Program is receptive to caching. Signing in shows that you appreciate this. Please be respectful of this property, its vegetation & wildlife.
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