Plymouth County Conservation is very excited to announce that the 2009 IGO Hike-N-Seek event will be hosted at our very own Hillview Recreation Area. So what does that all mean?
IGO stands for Iowa Geocachers Organizations http://www.iowageocachers.org/ .
Geocaching is kind of like hide and seek or a big scavenger hunt. People will hide things in parks, in town, basically anywhere they can. These things can be itty bitty all the way up to humongous. They mark the spot with their GPS and log the coordinates on a website. To find the hidden object you go to the website, download the coordinates to your GPS unit, then you try to find the hidden treasure.
The Hike-N-Seek will start with a CITO (cache in trash out) on Friday September 25th at 4pm. Competition registration will begin at 8am Saturday morning with the competition starting at 10am. This is a 24 hour competition throughout the whole county.
Hillview Recreation Area is located just west of Hinton in Northwest Iowa. Hinton is the first stoplight north of Sioux City on US Highway 75.
Hillview offers 3 campgrounds, hiking trails, a fishing pond, and an elk herd.
There is no cost for the event, no pre-registration, and no age limits. Anyone and everyone is welcome to attend this event.
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