Down in the gulley, you can talk and not be heard, while voices from up on the hills really carry. This is a great place to stop and gossip, and the birds chatter here all the time. Did you know that the tree swallows had three different broods this summer? Well...that's what I heard.
This is part of a family-friendly trail of geocaches along a route of just under a mile. All six geocaches are LARGE and hold a lot of loot! Along the way, you'll hike parts of the South Prairie Loop, Rubbing Rock Woods, and Indigo Trace Trails.
Jarrett Prairie geocaches are part one of our new Geotrail series! The forest preserve is in the process of highlighting our properties by placing new geocaches. Collect codes from log books for a geocoin prize. Find 15 caches and get a Byron Forest Preserve geocoin. Find 25 caches and receive both the regular and limited edition versions!
Current Geotrail caches:
Bald Hill Biggest Tree in Illinois
Bald Hill Rock Bottom
Bald Hill East View
Bald Hill South View
Bald Hill West View
Bald Hill North View Part Two
Nardi Preserve North Section
Nardi Preserve East Loop
Nardi Preserve Woodpecker Ridge
Nardi Preserve West Boundary
Nardi Preserve Rohrssen Hill
Nardi Preserve Limestone Wash
Jarrett Prairie--Black Bart's Treasure
Jarrett Prairie--Camper Chow
Jarrett Prairie--Does a Bear...?
Jarrett Prairie--Stumped
Jarrett Prairie--Hidey Hole
Jarrett Prairie--Water Cooler Gossip
Jarrett Prairie--Fern Gulley
Jarrett Prairie--Treeline
Jarrett Prairie--Gustav
Jarrett Prairie--Four Hills
Jarrett Prairie--Letterbox
Jarrett Prairie--First Aid Station
Jarrett Prairie--The View
Jarrett Prairie--GEO-RGE
Winter and spring will see new caches at: Barrick Oaks Homestead Preserve, He-Leo Two Rivers Wetland Preserve, and Howard Colman Hall Creek Preserve.
This is it! There are enough geocaches with codes to claim your geocoins! Come get 'em!
Redeem codes at the Jarrett Prairie Center, 7993 N River Road, Byron. 815-234-8535. Hours of operation: M, W, F 8 am-4:30 pm; T, Th 8 am-8 pm; Sat & Sun 9 am-4 pm. You may also send a message to the cache owner if you need other arrangements.