Birdhouse Geocache and City Permissions

[+ReallyRandom]

I want to build by own gadget birdhouse geocache eventually that sits on its own post. I live in a suburban city in the US , and I am wondering how I would go about getting permission to dig a hole and place a bird house on public land, and if it is even worth it.

[geoawareUSA9]

7 hours ago, ReallyRandom said:

I am wondering how I would go about getting permission to dig a hole and place a bird house on public land

 

You'd start by figuring out who owns the land, then contacting them to ask.

 

I use Regrid to figure out who owns a particular piece of property. Often what people think of as public land is unused private land, so it's worth a check.

 

7 hours ago, ReallyRandom said:

if it is even worth it

 

That's the question you need to determine. Sometimes it may be easier to create a birdhouse that just stands on its own, and then attach it to an existing structure (in a manner discussed with the landowner).

[+lee737]

Would you need permission to dig a post hole for a real bird house??

 

[+Smitherington]

I have several bird house caches in parks in my community. In one case I contacted the township supervisor because they have a park but no parks department. In the other case I contacted the Parks & Recreation department. They gave permission and later asked me to put on a Geocaching 101 class. 
 

In both cases they want people using the parks and welcomed the geocaches.

[Keystone]

1 hour ago, lee737 said:

Would you need permission to dig a post hole for a real bird house??

 

 

It's an irrelevant question, because the OP must certainly have permission from the land manager in order to have their cache published as an exception to the Geocache Hiding Guidelines.  I appreciate the OP's question, which demonstrates they've read the following guideline text:

 

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Do not bury geocaches, either partially or completely. You must not create a hole in the ground to place or find a geocache.

The only exception is if a property owner gives explicit permission to create a hole to place the cache, which you must provide to the reviewer and state on the cache page.

 

[+ReallyRandom]

Thank you all! I found my city’s park department and how to contact them, hopefully I can get permission to place the cache!

[+Mockingbird559]

Please come back and let us know how things work out