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.
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
Woodin Road Park
N 41° 36.331
W -81° 12.050
This nice little park lets you take a short break.
The number of trails is not a mistake.
Many of times you may have driven by here.
The shape of this cache is inspired by good cheer.
First property bought back in ’64 –
with dreams and hard work, there’d been plenty more.
This anniversary cache should take little time;
it might be one of the easiest to find.
Expires July 1, 2022
Eldon Russell Park
N 41° 25.290
W -81° 09.819
You can access this cache off the main drive from two different trails:
the Duane Ferris Trail or the Eldon Russell Nature Trail.
Along the Duane Ferris Trail you’ll find
a stand of tall white pines
Planted in rows that
may confuse you at times.
This cache is in this place you see,
but it is not found in a pine tree.
Expires April 1, 2022
The Rookery
Part A (multicache)
N 41° 30.329
W -81° 17.299
Where the past remains, but there are no trains,
No tickets needed to take a seat,
Just take a moment to rest your feet.
These wooden chairs aren’t made of spruce. You may need to look under a caboose.
There’s one more stop that can be found; somewhere off these tracks you’re bound.
Expires January 1, 2022
Click here to download an application for placing your own cache, munzee or letterbox in a park.
| Event | Location | Date | Time | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scout Day: Junior Girl Scouts - Geocacher Badge | The Rookery | 02/12/2022 | 9:30 am - 11:30 am | Free |
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