Did you know that you can use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver and navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (“geocaches” or “caches”) anywhere in the world? It’s a free, family-friendly, high-tech hide and seek! This outdoor treasure-hunting is even enjoyed right here in Geauga County, where naturalists hide a new cache each season for you to find in the parks.
Scroll down for this year’s ongoing caches and rules for placing your own game piece in the parks.
Print your own GEO Trail Passport from the link below to enjoy our newest geocaching adventure — The Maple Highlands Trail Covered Bridge GEO Trail — complete with a limited edition trackable GEO Coin that you can earn by locating all 19 caches and solving a word scramble puzzle!
GEO Trail Passport (printable)
Cache #1
North Bridge
N 41° 34.365 W 81° 11.751
Cache #2
Cinderella
N 41° 34.657 W 81° 11.166
Cache #3
Touche
N 41° 34.369 W 81° 11.097
Cache #4
Sign of the Times
N 41° 34.249 W 81° 10.352
Cache #5
Taylor Wells Rd. Bridge
N 41° 33.723 W 81° 09.399
Cache #6
Cuyahoga River Bridge
N 41° 33.667 W 81° 09.284
Cache #7
Pickle
N 41° 33.669 W 81° 08.492
Cache #8
High Point
N 41° 33.475 W 81° 07.708
Cache #9
Time Out
N 41° 33.058 W 81° 07.225
Cache #10
“En Garde”
N 41° 32.412 W 81° 06.776
Cache #11
Many Trunks
N 41° 31.500 W 81° 06.350
Cache #12
Stick or Stake
N 41° 30.981 W 81° 06.105
Cache #13
Do You Feel Lucky?
N 41° 30.356 W 81° 06.101
Cache #14
It Used to Be a Grand View
N 41° 30.064 W 81° 06.190
Cache #15
Reel Me In
N 41° 29.680 W 81° 06.188
Cache #16
Perfect Fit
N 41° 29.518 W 81° 06.060
Cache #17
Tare Creek Bridge
N 41° 28.829 W 81° 05.610
Cache #18
Fits Like a Glove
N 41° 28.053 W 81° 04.773
Cache #19
Way Down South
N 41° 27.967 W 81° 04.687
For more info and clues on individual caches, click the title of each cache for its description on geocaching.com.
Burton Wetlands Nature Preserve
N 41° 26.601
W -81° 11.222
Though you walk on this kettle,
it’s not made of metal.
No way you can fail
heading northwest on this trail.
Was once a live cherry, but now to the contrary.
This cache can be found
four feet off the ground.
Like it or not, it’s in a tree knot.
Expires July 1, 2023
Walter C. Best Wildlife Preserve
N 41° 33.216
W -81° 12.028
The trail is a big loop, but who gives a hoot?
‘Cause where you are bound, few trails can be found
and fish can’t be caught on unfinished knots.
This lake is too small to fish from a yacht.
Some rhymes hold no clues, but don’t get the blues. Just south of sunset would be a good bet.
No, the cache won’t be on the wet solid ground —
however, it will be found near the drive’s turnaround.
Expires April 1, 2023
Frohring Meadows
N 41° 29.702
W -81° 21.842
Many walk by and some stop to read.
(It’s sort of a shame they don’t play this type of game.)
The challenge here is to retrieve unseen
this cache in view for all to see.
Then, once you are done, there still is more fun.
This one seems real close, but away in the oaks,
a second cache hides for wondering eyes.
Part A of this cache can be accessed from the
main parking lot near Katydid Lodge.
Expires January 1, 2023
Welton’s Gorge
N 41° 29.344
W -81° 06.713
Take Overlook Trail to the Dogwood Trail and enjoy the view, but not too close.
We have naturalist guides to be your host: the safest way to see the most.
Keep down the gravel trail
to find a fork you’ll need to travel.
Choose left or right; you’ll do alright…
one way might be faster.
You might not see it from the trail,
but trust me, there’s a mighty maple here.
No need to climb these trees or vines.
Just pull a string and you’ll find this thing.
Expires October 1, 2022
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