Ohio Caches By County

 Someone posted this to a social media site recently.  I stay away from most active social media as a rule, but this was interesting.  The counties I have 100% coverage are highlighted.  There are a few others where I have small portions.  I guess I stay busy as a reviewer. 😉  In July, I reached thirteen years of reviewing.

Years ago I helped Cleveland Metroparks craft their current geocaching policy.  When we started caching, Cleveland Metroparks would place a few hides and issue at most one permit per park for geocachers to place hides.   All permits expired in a year leaving a practical reality of about 10-12 hides in CMP parks per year.  Since the new policy, geocaching has grown to where there are now almost 500 hides in the parks.  Not all of those hides are in Cuyahoga County as some CMP holdings are ouside the county, but that still means the caches placed in CMP parks in Cuyahoga County are a significant part of the reason why Cuyahoga is #1 in Ohio counties for active caches.  That makes me happy!

Imagine how many more could be in the area if Summit Metroparks would get past their outdated belief that that leaving a cache in a park is the equivalent of leaving trash.  Summit's justification of As the saying goes, "Take only photographs, leave only footprints." makes no sense in a park system that allows archery, builds baseball and basketball courts, soccer fields.  Its fake tree hugging.  In Cleveland Metroparks far more damage is done to the parks' nature by runners creating their own trails to suit their desires.