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Complete Online Application to Place a Cache

Application Process

  1. Identify the MetroParks Facility where you would like to place a cache.
  2. If desired, call the Outdoor Recreation Department at (937) 277-4374 or e-mail outdoors@metroparks.org to inquire about parks with availability or length of waitlist prior to investing time in scouting potential cache location.
    1. This is only a service and MetroParks will not hold a spot prior to receiving formal application.
  3. Review geocaching maps online or e-mail outdoors@metroparks.org for general location of permitted areas.
  4. Apply for a permit by filling out the online application or call the Outdoor Recreation office at (937) 277-4374 between 9am-4pm M-F.
  5. You will be asked to provide;
    1. Facility Name
    2. Proposed cache GPS Coordinates
    3. Type of Cache
    4. Trail Color
    5. What intersection numbers the proposed cache location is between (shown on map and on trail markers)
    6. The intersection number closest to proposed cache location (shown on map and on trail markers)
    7. Detailed description of proposed cache location
    8. Your geocaching.com username and other contact information

PARK PERMITS
Each Park is unique and is limited in geocache quantity and location.

[Carrying capacity formula generally based on 1 cache per trail mile]

MetroPark Facility

Trail Mileage/ Acreage

Cache Allotment

Park Specifications for off-limit areas

Aullwood MetroPark

0 miles/
31 acres

N/A

Earth Caches Only

Carriage Hill MetroPark

5.67 miles/ 758 acres

6

Not at the Farm or Developed areas

Cox Arboretum MetroPark

3.07 miles/ 132 acres

3

Natural habitat areas only (trail on back side) not in gardens or developed areas

Deeds Point MetroPark

0 miles

1

Case by Case

Eastwood MetroPark

2.81 miles/   184 acres

3

 Water Dept. Equipment/Developed Areas

Englewood MetroPark

9.5 miles/
1538 acres

10

Not near shelters, none in North Park (near Pumpkin Ash area) or developed areas; 1 multi-cache allowed

Germantown MetroPark

17.66 miles/
1528 acres

12

None on horse trails, dam, or developed areas

Hills and Dales MetroPark

1.5 miles/
65 acres

2

None on Monument, Tower, Dogwood Camp, Shelters, or Developed Areas

Huffman MetroPark

2.29 miles/
152 acres

2

None in Developed Areas/MoMBA off-limits

Island MetroPark

0 miles/
33 acres

1

Not South of Bandshell

Possum Creek MetroPark

7.1 miles/
477 acres

7

Not on the Farm, Pastures, horse trails or Developed Areas

RiverScape

0 miles

N/A

Earth Cache Only

SugarCreek MetroPark

6.7 miles/
558 acres

7

Not on horse trails or developed areas

Sunrise MetroPark

0 miles

1

 

Taylorsville MetroPark

8.39 miles/
883 acres

8

Not on dam, developed areas, Sunderland falls

Twin Creek MetroPark

10.23 miles/
966 acres

10

Not in developed areas or on Horse Trails

Wesleyan/Adventure Central MetroPark

1.19 miles/
50 acres

1

Not in developed areas

Wegerzyn MetroPark

1.1 mile/
60 acres

1

None in gardens, swamp trail. developed areas

PNC Second Street Market

0 miles

1

Not in particular vendor booths

 

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