COE Bobber #2 is the second in a series of six geocachers at various lakes in the Corps of Engineers Albuquerque District. Bobber the Water Safety Dog is the Corps of Engineers Water Safety Program mascot. He appears in our water safety activity book which has lots of puzzles and mazes to do.If you would like a book you can contact the folks in the Corps of Engineers administration office between 7:30 AM-4:00 PM, Monday-Friday.
Bobber says, “Please be water safe in and around the water by wearing your lifejacket.” Life jackets are important even in the winter months when Colorado has lost visitors on occasion to hypothermia. Bobber hopes you will always swim with a friend and never swim alone.
The Corps of Engineers invites you to explore and enjoy the many recreational opportunities that Trinidad Lake have to offer, such as fishing and hunting, picnicking, camping, hiking, swimming, boating and water sports.
Trinidad Lake is a multi-purpose project for flood control, irrigation and recreation, authorized by the 1958 Flood Control Act. The dam protects the city of Trinidad from flood waters and sediment, and holds irrigation water for the Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District. Trinidad Dam is an earthen dam that is 6,800 feet in length and 200 feet in height. It can store 39,000 acre feet of sediment and 20,000 acre feet of irrigation water.
Trinidad Lake is located three miles west of Trinidad, Colorado, on Highway 12. Trinidad is a historic coal mining and railroad town on the Colorado/New Mexico state line.
This is an easy-access cache, so plan to park and grab. It is in a Ziploc screw-on lid, quart sized container with the Geocaching symbol on the top. Its contents started with a log book, lifejacket shaped beverage cozy, ranger badges, a rubber bracelet and easy wash off temporary tattoos of one of Bobber’s water safety friends and a safety message, pen, and pencil. However, you should bring your own writing tool anyway.
Additional Waypoints
0145491 - Parking
N 37° 14.940 W 104° 55.646