Current at 9/12/2008 (Online waypoint URL)
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Traditional Cache Schmitz Preserve Park by nolenator (1.5/2)
N47° 34.365  W122° 23.959 (WGS84)
UTM  10T   E 545177  N 5268990
Use waypoint: GCKN19
Size: Regular Regular    Hidden on 9/23/2004
In Washington, United States
Difficulty:  1.5 out of 5   Terrain:  2 out of 5
A nice walk in the woods of Schmitz Preserve Park.
This should be an easy walk in the woods. This park was recently day lighted and the trails are in excellent condition. There is absolutely no bushwhacking necessary. The recommended starting point is N 47 34.669 W 122 24.134. The cache is a half gallon screw top jug painted black. The cache container is from the previous multi including the logbook. This cache will only take you on a small portion of the trails in this park, walk the others if you have time. Checkout the Seattle Park and Recreation website for more information about this and other great parks in Seattle. Peace, Nolenator
Additional Waypoints (1)
CodeNameTypeLinksCommentsDateCoordinatesDistance
Parking  Parking Area   Google Maps    9/18/2008   N 47° 34.669 W 122° 24.134 0.38miles N

Additional Hints Hints

Current at 9/12/2008

Found it 9/7/2008 by flyingdutchdudes
Probably one of the lesser known trailheads in the Seattle area. Nice spot, very peaceful. Thanks for the hide!

Found it 8/31/2008 by Bwo22
Neat park, great spot for a cache. Would have loved more time to explore the dense park. Without the hint though, it would have been a nearly impossible find; the GPS was swinging a full 360 degrees! Took the US Postal Service Travel Bug, left a rubber ducky. SL

Found it 8/31/2008 by poshly
Great park to show visitors. Doing the hunt with daughter bwo22 from las vegas.

Found it 8/31/2008 by Bwo22
Neat wild park in the middle of the city. The back trail we took into the park was steep, but set us down right next to the cache. Hints were very helpful, since our GPS was trying to send us in circles.

Found it 8/20/2008 by havic427
I lived up here most my life and use to play in this park a lot. So I know it well and had fun revisiting my childhood Thanks dude. Let the geobrats take a piece of swag each. And I left TB.

Found it 8/19/2008 by Madenwald
Found this one with my daughter. Our first geocache

Found it 8/18/2008 by terrypeart
Great park, I've been here years ago in the winter, it was a little soggy then! It was absolutely beautiful today.
THank YOu!

Found it 8/14/2008 by watson1960
First cache found--very fun.

Found it 8/11/2008 by rodgowdy
Great park, thanks for bringing me down here. I guess you folks in left Seattle do have some nice places to visit! Smile (1273)

Found it 8/9/2008 by B+L
This was quite an adventure. It was raining, but no big deal, we were in the trees. Our GPS doesn't do too well under cover and it is even worse when the leaves are wet. We had a signal intermittently, but were able to pick the correct forks in the trail. After the last fork, we lost the signal and never got it back again. And then it really started to rain.

After we went what seemed like far enough, we were still had no signal, so B stood in the rain in what passed for a clearing, while L read the hint. As B waited in vain for a signal, L called out, "found it". We are sure glad you provided a good hint.

After that, it started raining so hard we were crouched under a bush under a maple tree, hoping it would not last too long. After a few minutes, the rain started piercing our cover, so we decided to backtrack to some big trees. It was drier under the trees, but then there was some lightning close enough to make us rethink the wisdom of standing next to big trees. So we bolted back down the trail.

It had probably only been raining hard for 20 minutes and the streams had turned into raging torrents. One of the bridges was close to getting inundated. It was shocking to see how much water there was after such a short period of rain. We were soaked by the time we got out.

Took a pig sticker. Left a bendy dog and Kyle the TB.

Found it 7/18/2008 by SeattleSun
We LOVED this park. There were salmon berries, red huckleberries and thimble berries all along the path, and the forest was just lovely. Thanks for bringing us here!

Found it 7/14/2008 by MadCADcacher
Found this no problem

Found it 7/13/2008 by MadCADcacher
Found it thanks to a couple and funnynose. The area where the cache is doesn't fit the hints. Thanks for the hide.

Found it 6/22/2008 by One Star
OMG, what a park! I felt like an explorer in the rainforest of deepest darkest Peru! Took the Mr.Explorer3's geo(beeropener)coin.

One Star - Wiesbaden DE

Found it 6/22/2008 by WS Bran Clan
Found it and traded a homie for some bubbles. TFTC.

Found it 6/14/2008 by Shaggy, Scooby, and Velma
Wow! I have lived in Seattle for 32 years and have never gone to Schmitz Preserve Park!
What a cool park!
Took Pirate #1 Geocoin
Left Mr. Explorer3's Mmm...Beer! Memorial Geocoin.
Thank you,
Shaggy, Scooby and Velma

Found it 6/13/2008 by domeeno
Love this part of the city. TNLN. Good place!

Found it 6/13/2008 by robca2
Visiting from Somerville, MA (Boston) and found this cache with friends on my first visit to Alki and Seattle.

TN, Left Pirates of Harriman IV geocoin. SL.

Thanks!

Found it 6/13/2008 by aleigh
Found, TNLN

Found it 5/31/2008 by beertownbill
Remkinds me of Forest Park in Portland. Took the King Boreas TB. Left an astronaut.

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Hints (Back)
In a long fallen tree that is parallel to the trail. Very near a young cedar growing out of the log. Go around the non trail side.