HOUSTON AREA STATE PARKS Welcome to the State Parks Geocache Challenge! Adventure and discovery await you as you find specially placed hidden items that reveal exciting facts and stories about Texas State Parks.

We have hidden a special geocache in each of 12 state parks for That’s it! Continue searching for the rest of the you to find. This passport page is your proof you found each caches in the Texas State Parks Geocache Challenge cache, so keep it dry and clean (we recommend you print this and other caches hidden in your state parks. Go to on card stock). Write down each coordinate (waypoint) on this www.geocaching.com to log your cache. sheet before leaving for the state park. Waypoints can be found Once you have found 10 of the 12 caches, send your at www.tpwd.state.tx.us/geocaching completed passport to: You will find a logbook inside each cache. Sign your name, date Texas State Parks Geocache Challenge – TPWD and message for others to read. Each cache contains unique 4200 Smith School Road state park geocards which reveal exciting facts and stories Austin, TX 78744 about Texas State Parks – yours to keep! Please limit one card per person. Use the geocard to answer the question listed on The first 25 returned passports receive a free this passport. There will also be a special orienteering punch, commemorative Texas State Parks Geocache which you should use to punch the black circle next to the park Challenge coin (one per household). Other gifts will name. These two elements are your proof of finding the cache. include large stickers and certificates of completion. In addition, all completed and returned passports There will also be small prizes and trinkets for trade. Be sure to will be given the option to purchase trackable, bring something with you and trade for something of equal or region-specific geocoins. Passports must be legible lesser value. to claim prizes. In order to claim your prize, please complete this Last Step! Texas State Parks Geocache Challenge survey.

1. How long have you been geocaching? Demographics (optional) New cacher Less than 1 year 1-5 years 5+ years l l l l 1. How many people are in your group? 2. Would you be interested in attending a l 1–2 l 3–4 l 5 or more clinic to learn more about geocaching? Yes No l l 2. What are the ages in your group? 3. Did you learn something new about ______Texas State Parks from the caches? l Yes l No 4. Where did you learn about the Texas SP Geocache Challenge? 3. What zip code do you live in? ______l www.geocaching.com 4. Ethnicity: TPWD website Caucasian (non-Hispanic) African-American © 2012 Texas Parks and l l l Wildlife Department l Texas State Park Hispanic Asian PWD LF P4000-1676A l l (2/12) Other (specify) ______l l Native American/Pacific Islander In accordance with 5. Have you been to a Texas State Other ______Texas State Depository l Law, this publication is Park in the last two years? Yes N o available at the Texas l l State Publications If yes, how many times? ______Clearinghouse and/ or Texas Depository Libraries. 6. Do you own a Texas State Park Pass? Yes No l l Name ______Texas Parks and Wildlife If yes, was the Texas SP Geocache Challenge Department maintains program a reason for your purchase? Yes No the information collected l l through this form. With few exceptions, you are 7. Would you be interested in volunteering for Mailing address ______entitled to be informed about the information we the Texas SP Geocache Challenge program? l Yes l No collect. Under Sections City/State/Zip ______552.021 and 552.023 of the Texas Government Code, you are also E-mail address ______entitled to receive and review the information. Under Section 559.004, you are also entitled to Practice “Cache in and Trash out.” Help us take care of our real treasures, Texas State Parks. have this information corrected. (PUNCH) Galveston State Park (PUNCH)

At what temperature do alligators Coordinates: Terrapins have unusually large what? Coordinates: begin to lose their appetites? N N W W (PUNCH) Lake Livingston

State Park (PUNCH) What might cause pink belly feathers on a How many armadillos are born in a Coordinates: barred owl? Coordinates: typical litter? N N W W (PUNCH) Lake Texana State Park Martin Dies Jr. State Park (PUNCH)

How long have raccoons Coordinates: Why do sliders eat only in the water? Coordinates: lived in captivity? N N W W (PUNCH) San Jacinto State Sea Rim State Park

Historic Site (PUNCH) What is unusual about the birth of How quickly can a stork Coordinates: mosquitofish? Coordinates: snap its beak shut? N N W W (PUNCH) Sheldon Lake State Park Stephen F. Austin

State Park (PUNCH) How fast can a heron fly? Coordinates: What will pileated woodpeckers do if their Coordinates: N nest is disturbed? N W W (PUNCH) Village Creek State Park Washington-on-the-

Brazos State Historic Site (PUNCH) Coordinates: How many men were present, and during Coordinates: How long can an otter hold its breath what month was the Texas Declaration of underwater? N Independence signed at Washington-On- N W The-Brazos?” W