GC44TNQ Traditional Cache Hadrosaurus
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 2.5 out of 5
By: DenverG and jablonskiscime @ | Hide Date: 01/19/2013 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 40.565 W105° 11.564 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Dangerous Animals  No Camping available  Medium hike (1km-10km) 

You have a great view of Red Rocks from here. A pill bottle hidden on the trail. No need to cross the fence or climb over anything else. We dropped a small Hadrosaurus in here to protect the cache!
Congrats to robespierre50 FTF!
Hadrosaurus is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur. Hadrosaurids comprise the dinosaurs commonly known as "duck-billed" dinosaurs. They were common herbivores during the Cretaceous period, and prey to therapods such as Tyrannosaurus. Spectacular fossils of hadrosaurs have been found, including mummified specimens in which soft tissue was preserved, skin impressions, tracks of footprints, and nest sites that demonstrate the animals had parental care of offspring. Animals are shown to scale.

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A crisp diagram showing the evolutionary relationships between the tribes of the Hadrosauroidea, with representative individuals shown to scale. Conveys the diversity of the group. The individual drawings are genera, and the branches of the tree go down to tribe. All these groups were alive in the late Cretaceous, and are generally known only from a single fossil site.
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Hadrosaurs ate leaves and grass close to the ground.

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13 Logs: Found it 8  Didn't find it 5  

Found it 06/26/2019 By crepusculi
I didn't see it, but Daughterofanace did! Fun find on a fun day!

Didn't find it 06/22/2019 By dominator2016
Boo. Couldn’t find. Looked a long time

Found it 06/21/2019 By Heinz-B
Today I went out to cache, in bad weather it was not really a fun... but this cache could not hide for a long time.

TFTC to capncow says
Heinz-B

Found it 06/15/2019 By oaxicans
Great views and cool dinosaur!!

Didn't find it 06/14/2019 By Marchello21
Boooooo. No find.

Didn't find it 09/07/2018 By BTisme
Big fat dnf on this one.

Found it 08/17/2018 By deathofafly
I love the pattern on the case!

Found it 08/17/2018 By planar_ranger
Loved where his one was tucked away! TFTC

Found it 08/08/2018 By chiquita's bunch
Lovely day for a hike, haven't been to this area in many years so decided it was a good time to revisit. Coords were off about 20' so it took a little longer than it should have. TFTC

Didn't find it 07/08/2018 By shell1fish
We'd taken advantage of the shuttle to cut our walk along Dinosaur Ridge in half, but we wanted to head back to the car at our own pace on foot. After rounding the corner and spotting the trailhead and stairs, mdawaffe and I decided to detour to this cache. Unfortunately, all we could enjoy at GZ was the breeze and the views, since we couldn't find anything container-like. We poked around for a while and read previous logs for any clues, but we just didn't have any luck. Thanks for the search.

Didn't find it 07/08/2018 By mdawaffe
Couldn't find this one with shell1fish, but we enjoyed the view :) Thanks for the search.

Found it 05/17/2018 By Team sissifalke

Midwest Tour through America






After arriving at Cincinnati airport, we‘ve started out trip through mid-west USA
Our first stop was at Louisville before we continued towards Evansville, Saint-Louis, Kansas City all the way to Denver- Skyline of the Rocky Mountains.
We’ve stayed in Colorado for a couple of days and drove to the Rocky Mountains to Mount Evans and past the beautiful Echo lake.
We took the historic steam train in Georgetown to explore the Rocky Mountains – what an unforgettable experience.
We’ve visited the open air arena in Red Rock Park and have informed ourselves about the historic and musical past of this area.
We soon had to leave beautiful Denver to continue further towards the north Via Golden, Fort Collins, Cheyenne. We’ve took a bit of time to hike through the Toadstoll Geological Park- beautiful hiking destination.
We’ve crossed the border to South Dakota and visited the many sights along the way - Hot Springs in the Black Hills, Wind Cave NP, Jewel NP, Grazy Horse NP, Custer-State-Park – we were even able to spot some wild bison’s there.
We’ve then continued our tour towards Sylvan lake along the panorama road -“Needles Highway”. This windy road leads to needles past the many pine forests along the way.
Continuing further towards the Rushmore National Memorial.
We then weren’t far away from rapid city or the city of the presidents where we took part of an impressive sightseeing tour where we got to see 43 bronze statues of all of the US former presidents.
We took a quick detour to South Dakota before we continued towards the south towards the Badlands NP – a plateau with edged mountains, deep canyons and steep cliffs – impressive to look at.
After we have left the Badlands, we continued towards Mitchell along the Highway 90. We visited the corn place with its special artefacts and paintings made out of corn.
The next days are leading us back again towards the east towards Sioux Falls.
We saw many sights here for example the Sioux Waterfalls, Old Courthouse etc
We went shopping at Spirit lakes before continuing towards Minnesota. We also went shopping in the Bloomington Mall of America.
We went for a city stroll in Minneapolis visiting the many parks near the Saint Anthony Falls and the Washburn A Mill.
We have visited the cathedral of Saint Paul and the Minnesota State Capitol.
We left Minnesota after Saint Paul and have crossed the border to WISCONSIN continuing towards Madison to see the State Capital.
We have visited the famous Harley-Davidson-Museum in Milwaukee.
We collected a number of Petoskey stones while strolling around north Michigan Lake. These stones are unique to this region.
We are now continuing towards Chicago where we will spend a couple of days as well.
We’ve done a bit of shopping and got to know about the skyscraper history.
The first skyscrapers were built in the 80s and 90s. One of the most impressive ones is the trump tower directly at the Chicago River. The facade mirrors the Wrigley Building and the Chicago Tribune Tower.
We then had to say bye to Chicago after a couple of days. We then continued towards Gary (INDIANA) and New Buffalo (Michigan). We have covered 3 states: Eck Michigan, Indiana and Ohio
We now have to go back towards Indianapolis where the legendary race took place. We have also planned a visit to the Hall of Fame Museum before going back to Cincinnati.
Going to the GIGA event:
We have met many friendly cachers and we have talked about our mutual hobbies and our trip in and around Cincinnati.
We have covered approx. 4000 miles and have experienced a lot. Everyone was very welcoming and helpful as well.
Thank you to all the owners for placing and maintaining the caches.
Best greetings from Bavaria Team sissifalke

Found it 09/09/2017 By dustyriver
Spent a good day teaching new cachers about the hobby with BriGuy at Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison Colorado. - Great day of caching, great day of introducing the public to geocaching. Best Wishes, DustyRiver