Most Interesting Road Sign While Geocaching

[Clan Riffster 18]

Imagine a semi tropical wetland environment so dense that it took me 4 hours to bushwhack 3/4 of a mile.

You couldn't drive a tank through this stuff! In the infinate wisdom of 'gubment', they included hang gliders in their list of prohibited vehicles.

[+mommio 4]

 

Not a road sign but this cracked me up. Portable restroom we came across on our way from Whidbey Island to Seattle.

[+DavidMac 0]

Although we've been seeing this sign for years prior to us caching, it's still one of my favorites mostly because of my surprise the first time I saw it.

 

 

That's "the loop" in the Great Smoky Mountains NP:

 

Google Street View link

edit: here's a link showing the sign

 

We found one of those in Oregon, but I can't remember where. Maybe it should be a Waymark category.

Edited February 20, 2009 by DavidMac

[+Castle Mischief 3]

Although we've been seeing this sign for years prior to us caching, it's still one of my favorites mostly because of my surprise the first time I saw it.

 

www.castlemischief.com/img/loop sign.jpg

 

 

That's "the loop" in the Great Smoky Mountains NP:

 

Google Street View link

edit: here's a link showing the sign

 

We found one of those in Oregon, but I can't remember where. Maybe it should be a Waymark category.

 

You are correct, sir!

Edited February 20, 2009 by Castle Mischief

[+geos of the jungle 0]

Saw this while vacationing/caching in Maine:

 

[+Juicepig 0]

Beware Hungry Trees:

 

Beware Magic...

[+TeamGeoDweebs 0]

We were in the middle of this back a** road in Arizona, windy, dirty, bumpy (Ruby Road, AZ). When about three quarters of the way through, facing our way, is a sign that says "Beware: Windy mountain road." Yeah...thanks. What about the other part?

[+ghettomedic 0]

[Jake - Team A.I. 0]

 

Edited February 20, 2009 by Jake - Team A.I.

[+The Leprechauns 260]

Along a curving country road in Greene County, Pennsylvania:

 

[+9Key 1]

Along a curving country road in Greene County, Pennsylvania:

 

[+wickedann 0]

Saw this while vacationing/caching in Maine:

 

 

I know EXACTLY where that is! Boothbay Center for lack of a better term...on route 27 headin to the harbor. I smile everytime I pass it....

[+mvb0002 0]

Here is one I saw last week.

 

[+Team Perks 0]

I've seen a few of these...

 

The point of this sign is entirely valid; the delivery, just plain odd.

 

HUH???

 

Finally...I always imagined Heaven would have a more dramatic sign than this.

[+Kealia 3]

Ok, this isn't a road sign per se, but not all of them in this thread have been so I'm going with that.

 

Saw this while doing a nearby virtual.

 

You know that if they have to post it....it's been done.

 

[+Team Perks 0]

Kealia -- seen similar signs too.

 

 

But never at anywhere that wasn't at least NEAR a cemetery!

[+The Inkwell 0]

Caching around Vegas last fall....this is pretty cool....

 

[+mvb0002 0]

Here is another one my geo friends found

 

[+Wacka 28]

Alright! A classic Sabre's logo combined with a Deadhead logo!

[+Glenn 3]

HUH???

 

I wonder how long it takes out of towners to figure out that sign, if they do at all.

I know if I had stumbled upon that sign on the wrong day at the wrong time I'd be stopped long enough, try to figure the sign out, to be in violation of the law.

 

Altho it is simple enough once you realize that on the days with a white background stopping isn't allowed from 10am to 6pm and on the days with the black backgrounds stopping isn't allowed between 4pm and midnight. It would be interesting to use that sign as part of a mystery or even an offset cache.

[+sgarrand 0]

 

Saw this on a little narrow road with swampy land on both sides in N. Brookfield, MA.

 

Scott

[+Star*Hopper 0]

HUH???

 

I wonder how long it takes out of towners to figure out that sign, if they do at all.

I know if I had stumbled upon that sign on the wrong day at the wrong time I'd be stopped long enough, try to figure the sign out, to be in violation of the law.

 

Altho it is simple enough once you realize that on the days with a white background stopping isn't allowed from 10am to 6pm and on the days with the black backgrounds stopping isn't allowed between 4pm and midnight. It would be interesting to use that sign as part of a mystery or even an offset cache.

 

Well, I figured out 'the code' straightaway....but what I cannot figure for the life of me is the why????? Either in the disparity of hours (between can & can't) - and even moreso, the oddity of days.

 

But mostly, that new month. When did we get an "ARP"....was it with the new DST datespread??

~*

[+Glenn 3]

HUH???

 

I wonder how long it takes out of towners to figure out that sign, if they do at all.

I know if I had stumbled upon that sign on the wrong day at the wrong time I'd be stopped long enough, try to figure the sign out, to be in violation of the law.

 

Altho it is simple enough once you realize that on the days with a white background stopping isn't allowed from 10am to 6pm and on the days with the black backgrounds stopping isn't allowed between 4pm and midnight. It would be interesting to use that sign as part of a mystery or even an offset cache.

 

Well, I figured out 'the code' straightaway....but what I cannot figure for the life of me is the why????? Either in the disparity of hours (between can & can't) - and even moreso, the oddity of days.

 

But mostly, that new month. When did we get an "ARP"....was it with the new DST datespread??

~*

 

I don't know but there appears to be a new date chart pasted over an old one. It looks like legislatures run amuck or judging by the months a method of collecting a "tourist tax". Just station a cop within' easy view of the sign and when a tourist stops to figure out if stopping is allowed or not he can ticket them for stopping.

[+uxorious 5]

I didn't get a picture of it, but a sign I spotted a while back read.

 

Discharging Firearms

before 8:30 A.M. &

After 6:00 P.M. On

Odd Numbered Days

Is Prohibited

P.C. Code 9.32.070

[+Keruso 0]

i got three pictures that id like to post in here, how the heck do i do that?

[+Keruso 0]

Along a curving country road in Greene County, Pennsylvania:

 

 

i think ive seen that one

[+BCingU 0]

Seen on the highway advertising a strip mall just outside of Farmersville, Texas, a sign advertising three businesses in the mall, each with its own line:

 

DONUTS

 

GUNS

 

DAY CARE

 

Some intriguing possibilities, but, the sign is gone, now...

[+flask 1]

i wish i had taken a picture at the time.

 

i saw a sign that said "fallen trees may impede forward progress". it's the kind of sign you really hope people don't need.

 

and this one:

 

 

do they really have a problesm with people not stopping at the end of this street?

[+Glenn 3]

i wish i had taken a picture at the time.

 

i saw a sign that said "fallen trees may impede forward progress". it's the kind of sign you really hope people don't need.

 

and this one:

 

 

do they really have a problesm with people not stopping at the end of this street?

 

It's a big enough problem in Italy that they have sign specifically for that purpose. I saw a few of these when geocaching there.

 

 

 

Here is another road sign from Italy.

 

[+Vater_Araignee 3]

Keeping with the potty talk theme..

 

There is a major road in Troy, Michigan off of I-75 called "Big Beaver"

 

wanna guess the exit number?

 

Yup... Exit 69

 

Will have to have one of my brothers take a photo and send down to me.

 

-HHH

Ya didn't give a Troll a chance!

[+PaRacers 0]

This sign was found on top of a hill at a ski resort in Potter Co., Pa. The cache's name is Panorama and the sign reads:

"This is the steepest slope in the east, it is often icy and can be treacherus. It is for experts only don't ski it unless:

1. You are a level three skier

2. Your equipment is expert

3. Your bindings are set for expert

4. Your edges are sharp.

 

(Then here's the part that gets me)

Jumping is Forbidden"

 

Edited February 23, 2009 by PaRacers

[+redjada 0]

How about this?

 

[+valeek 0]

On the way to the school I teach at:

 

[+Bubbles&Bonkers 0]

Funniest sign, although I forgot to take a picture of it, was while driving into Bricelyn, MN last weekend. This is a nearly dead farming town in extreme southern Minnesota, population of less than 400. Attached to the bottom of the green sign, Bricelyn, population such and such, was another sign that said, Bricelyn, next 5 exits. You have to understand, Iowa is about 5 miles away and it is so flat and full of nothingness that you can probably see Iowa on a clear day from that vantage point. So thanks to whoever put up that sign to let me know that I had better be paying attention if I wanted to pull into this rinky dink town.

 

I just want all of you out there to know that Iowa is a very beautiful state.

Edited February 24, 2009 by sweetpea3

[+king.hubi 0]

Funny topic, love to see all these weird signs. I have two for you.

 

Saw this sign while on the hunt for Lowell, aka Second Mass:

 

The home of this great sign is the Arches National Park in Utah:

[+BlueDeuce 9]

i got three pictures that id like to post in here, how the heck do i do that?

 

Adding a Picture to a Forum Post

[+dlgps 0]

This sign is way up north in Northwestern Minnesota near Hayes Lake State Park.

 

[+Headhardhat 0]

Keeping with the potty talk theme..

 

There is a major road in Troy, Michigan off of I-75 called "Big Beaver"

 

wanna guess the exit number?

 

Yup... Exit 69

 

Will have to have one of my brothers take a photo and send down to me.

 

-HHH

Ya didn't give a Troll a chance!

 

That would be the one!!! Ah memories, I used to work at Kmart Headquarters in Troy and frequently went by this sign.. Lovin' it!

 

Thanks for sending from one Troll to the Next...

[+havokzzx 0]

Ok I had to I am so Sorry it was too tempting....

 

[+Vater_Araignee 3]

Keeping with the potty talk theme..

 

There is a major road in Troy, Michigan off of I-75 called "Big Beaver"

 

wanna guess the exit number?

 

Yup... Exit 69

 

Will have to have one of my brothers take a photo and send down to me.

 

-HHH

Ya didn't give a Troll a chance!

 

That would be the one!!! Ah memories, I used to work at Kmart Headquarters in Troy and frequently went by this sign.. Lovin' it!

 

Thanks for sending from one Troll to the Next...

I got my wife to slap me because of that sign. I made a spectacle of drooling on my self.

[+Travelinmatt76 0]

Although we've been seeing this sign for years prior to us caching, it's still one of my favorites mostly because of my surprise the first time I saw it.

 

My favorite sign too, is it the one in the Smoky Mountains, Tennessee?

[+flask 1]

i've never taken a picture of it, but when you enter my state capital there's a sign that informs you that if one is discharging weapons, ONLY BUCKSHOT is permitted within city limits.

[+ladybug* 0]

Hubby moved the pics and I can't find them now. But there is hoola hooping in Yellowstone Nat. Park near Mammoth Hot Springs too.

[+LUNATIC_200 0]

Saw this quite a while ago on the way to Yass, NSW Australia

 

[+searchjaunt 1]

I've encountered some dangerous gooses today

 

 

See also this blog

[+The Jester 510]

I don't have a picture, but years ago while traveling thru Colorado we'd stopped for lunch at a park on a nice sunny, summer day. There were swans swimming on the pond and a big sign saying: "Ice unsafe for skating". We took a video shot of the setting and sign, but it got erased accidentally.

[+flask 1]

Hubby moved the pics and I can't find them now. But there is hoola hooping in Yellowstone Nat. Park near Mammoth Hot Springs too.

 

there's actually a little sticker you can buy that adds the hula hoop to a standard pedestrian sign.

[+Dedmedic 0]

Here you go.....don't overlook the fine details http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/thumb/...beef60673b0.jpg

Edited February 26, 2009 by Dedmedic

[+DarkZen 2]

Here you go.....don't overlook the fine details http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/thumb/...beef60673b0.jpg

Sorry my eyes aren't good enough for the fine details... got a larger version?

[+blazer94 0]

Oregon coast. I think it's too late for this guy.

Edited February 27, 2009 by blazer94