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One black-and-white Letter page. In the print box, pick Scale: 100% or "Default". Cut on the dashed line: kid gets the hunt, you keep the answer key.

Two black-and-white Letter pages: this pass is long. In the print box, pick Scale: 100% or "Default". Cut on the dashed line: kid gets the hunt, you keep the answer key.

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Park: White Rock Lake Park

Wednesday, Oct 7 · Ages 6-10 Stay where your grown-up can see you.

Name:

Find these 8 things. Spot one? Tick its box!

  1. Find 1, Park Find: Where are the 3 areas with a dirt mound in the middle?

    (3 on the park map · OpenStreetMap)

  2. Find 2, Park Find: Which one pours water into a bowl? Listen for its splish-splashing sound!

    Stay with your grown-up near water. (2 on the park map · OpenStreetMap)

  3. Find 3, Park Find: Hunt for a long seat with bench seats attached.

    (91 on the park map · OpenStreetMap)

  4. Find 4, Park Find: Check for a play spot with things to slide down.

    (8 on the park map · OpenStreetMap)

  5. Find 5, Park Find: Notice a metal cooker on a stand that is dark from smoke.

    (12 on the park map · OpenStreetMap)

  6. Find 6, Park Find: Somewhere you will see a thin spurt of water leap from a spout?

    (31 on the park map · OpenStreetMap)

  7. Find 7, Wild Find: Watch for a bug with a chunky white body and checkered wings!

    Look: near the water. Look, don't touch. Stay with your grown-up near water. (seen 2 times since Sep 23 · iNaturalist)

  8. Find 8, Wild Find: Peek at a bird with a black head, white cheeks, and brown body.

    Look: near the water. Watch from far away. Never chase or touch. Stay with your grown-up near water. (seen once since Sep 23 · iNaturalist)

Find This Spot

I am a fenced yard where pups can run off the leash. I have two gates in a row so no one slips out!

the spot START (begin here) path or trail road walk this way (the X is 290 m west)

Map of White Rock Lake Park drawn from OpenStreetMap, north is up. START is at a parking lot; the X is about 290 m west of it, and a dotted route follows the paths. Landmarks on the map: Lookout, Parking, Bridge.LookoutParkingBridgeSTARTN100 m (330 ft)
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors

October special: monarch butterflies

10 monarchs seen Sep 23-Oct 6 vs 41 in 2025

Tip: look on milkweed and on fall flowers on a sunny afternoon. Look, don't touch: let it fly.

For the grown-up: answer key

Keep this part. Start with find 3: it's easy and it stays put. Finds 2, 7 and 8 are near water: stay close.

Answers

  1. 1. Baseball fields
  2. 2. Fountains (Fogelson Fountain)
  3. 3. Picnic tables
  4. 4. Playgrounds
  5. 5. Barbecue grills
  6. 6. Drinking fountains
  7. 7. Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
  8. 8. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Find This Spot: The dog park (White Rock Lake Dog Park). OpenStreetMap way/439763348 ("White Rock Lake Dog Park"); START: parking lot, OpenStreetMap way/1266293586; About 290 m west of START. Map data checked Oct 5, 10:18 PM CDT.

October box: Monarch butterflies reported within 25 km in the 14 days before today (Sep 23-Oct 6): 10 (iNaturalist, checked Oct 7, 10:11 AM CDT). Same two weeks last year (Sep 23-Oct 6, 2025): 41. Milkweed seen near this park: yes (227 iNaturalist sightings within 1.5 km, all years).

Safety

Look only: don't pick, eat, catch or chase anything on this pass. Read each find's safety line with your kid. Some things seen here are left off for safety.

Not on this pass

  • Lucky Finds: not on this example pass. On Wed, Oct 7, the example passes had used their share of that day's free visitor-review searches (SerpApi); Grass Pass keeps at least half of each day's searches for passes people make.
  • 4 clues removed: gave away the answer or broke a rule.

Where this came from

  • Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), checked Oct 5, 6:53 PM CDT.
  • Wildlife: iNaturalist observers, research grade, within 1.5 km, Sep 23 to Oct 7; checked Oct 7, 10:11 AM CDT. Species facts: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), via iNaturalist.
  • Clues: gemma-4-31B-it (open model, Apache-2.0), made Oct 7, 10:11 AM CDT. Code wrote every number and date.
  • Made with Grass Pass · grass-pass.vercel.app/pass/w460905359-6to10-20261007-1