Be a Trailblazer

Get started in the app

To Be a Trailblazer, download the free Goosechase app to your smartphone. It's available both on the App Store and Google Play. To find the experience, search for Be a Trailblazer on the app or enter the code JYBKK4. Please be sure to read the rules. 

The Be a Trailblazer campaign will be divided into four seasonal sessions:

• Winter: Wednesday, Jan. 1, to Saturday, March 14
• Spring: Wednesday, March 25, to Saturday, May 30
• Summer: Wednesday, June 10, to Saturday, Sept. 12
• Fall: Wednesday, Sept. 23, to Saturday, Dec. 12

A new batch of missions will drop on the first day of each seasonal experience, with a secondary drop around the midpoint of each season. Those missions can only be completed during that specific period. 

Complete missions at your own pace, as there is no incentive for finishing them first, or even for finishing all of them. However, there is a leaderboard to show where you rank compared to everyone else, if competition is your thing.

Please note: For GPS-based missions, the location services on your phone need to be enabled for the Goosechase app.

Each mission includes instructions on how to complete it and also indicates if a specific prize drawing is attached to that mission. 

We know there are a lot of missions, but you can utilize the search function on the mission list by tapping the magnifying glass in the top right corner. Also, all missions are listed alphabetically.

What's up for grabs

In addition to reaping the many benefits of being out in nature, you likely will find a new favorite place to explore by joining this experience. 

But we also have an impressive lineup of prizes for participants, and many of those prizes are intended to give you new ways to enjoy being out in nature. 

Prizes funded by The Nature Foundation of Will County include the following: 

• Outdoor equipment, such as kayaks, camping gear and snowshoes
• Fitbits
• Yeti coolers
• Fishing equipment
• Solo stoves
• Binoculars
• Hiking poles
• Trailblazer swag, including T-shirts and hats

The following local businesses have generously provided prize packs or gift cards:

3 Corners Tap and Grill, New Lenox, Arrowhead Ales(Opens in a new window)(Opens in a new window), New Lenox; Aurelio's Pizza(Opens in a new window)(Opens in a new window), Joliet; Big Apple Café(Opens in a new window)(Opens in a new window), Joliet; Channahon Lanes(Opens in a new window)(Opens in a new window), Channahon; Country Charm(Opens in a new window)(Opens in a new window), New Lenox; Craft’d,(Opens in a new window)(Opens in a new window) Plainfield; Dan's Homemade Candies, Joliet; Delta Sonic, Joliet; DNA Plainfield, Plainfield; Fritz's Pour House, Crest Hill; Goat & Vine Winery and Restaurant, Bolingbrook; Gost Coffee Roasters, New Lenox; Hamburgerseria(Opens in a new window)(Opens in a new window), Joliet; Home Cut Donuts(Opens in a new window)(Opens in a new window), Joliet; Jitters, Joliet; Joliet Area Historical Museum(Opens in a new window)(Opens in a new window), Joliet; Ken Woody Sports & More(Opens in a new window)(Opens in a new window), Joliet; and KidsWork Children’s Museum(Opens in a new window)(Opens in a new window), New Lenox.

Also, Lallos Bar and Grill, Channahon; Mr. Submarine(Opens in a new window)(Opens in a new window), Joliet; Old Fashioned Pancake House(Opens in a new window)(Opens in a new window), Joliet; Prairie Bluff Golf Club,(Opens in a new window)(Opens in a new window) Crest Hill; Ruby’s Burritos(Opens in a new window)(Opens in a new window), Romeoville; Social Butterfly Coffee, Joliet; Tacos Maui, Joliet; The Forge: Lemont Quarries(Opens in a new windo(Opens in a new window), Lemont; Waffles Kafé(Opens in a new window)(Opens in a new window), New Lenox; West 52 BBQ, Shorewood; Wild Birds Unlimited, Joliet; and X-Golf, Shorewood.