Sippican Lands Trust is partnering with local geocacher, Moe Molander, to offer a Geocache Walk at our Peirson Woods property on Saturday, October 5starting at 10 am.
What is a geocaching? Do you want to understand latitude and longitude? Why should you care? When’s the last time you spun a globe in your hands or unfolded a map?
How often do you take your automobile’s navigation system for granted?
Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called “geocaches” or “caches”, at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook and sometimes a pen or pencil. The geocacher signs the log with their established code name and dates it, in order to prove that they found the cache. After signing the log, the cache must be placed back exactly where the person found it. Larger containers such as plastic storage containers (Tupperware or similar) or ammunition boxes can also contain items for trading, such as toys or trinkets, usually of more sentimental worth than financial value.
If you are interested in learning more about a “worldwide scavenger hunt and its fun factor,” then you are welcome to join Moemoe and Sippican Lands Trust on a series of local GEOCACHE hunts on Saturday, October 5at 10:00 am at Peirson Woods. All ages are invited including families, the young at heart and those seeking a work-life balance. You may be surprised about how easy and fun it is to catch the “Geocaching Bug”.
If you plan on attending this walk, then have a smartphone that is fully charged and download the free Geocaching app from Groundspeak (no subscription is required for basic access). The walk will begin at 10:00 am on Saturday, October 5 with a basic introduction session until 10:30 am, followed by a geocache hunt at Pierson Woods for a couple of hidden caches. During this adventure the group will also practice one of the best aspects of Geocaching… “Cache In and Trash Out”… hopefully finding the GZ (Ground Zero coordinates) complete with logbook and possible trinkets. Then the group will Trash out… picking up any litter and trash on our journey to our next target.
Please take extra precautions this year regarding EEE! Please wear appropriate footwear, layers of clothing, bring insect repellent and extra water, pack your kit, and remember to protect your face and head. This exploration of Marion’s Sippican’s Land Trust properties and some other caching waypoints will be a mix of native outdoorsmanship combined with utilizing the most recent technologies of handheld GPS and smartphones equipped with the Geocaching app.
Parking for Peirson Woods is located just off of Point Road approximately 1.4 miles south of the intersection of Route 6 (Wareham Road) and Point Road in Marion. Parking is very limited so please be careful when parking your vehicle along Point Road.
The walk is free, and no registration is required. If the walk is canceled due to inclement weather, then information will be posted to SLT’s website and Facebook page. For directions or further information visit www.sippicanlandstrust.org or call Sippican Lands Trust at 508-748-3080.