GC71WDZ Traditional Cache You've Got Mail
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: mt.lovers @ | Hide Date: 03/10/2017 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 15.086 W105° 49.846 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Recommended for kids  Available at all times  Available during winter  Bicycles  Stealth required  Fuel Nearby  Food Nearby  Tourist Friendly  GeoTour 

The Grand Lake Post Office is small, but it serves a very large summertime community when the local population swells to thousands of people. This mountain town is a destination vacation spot in the high Rocky Mountains at the Western Entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park.  Two very key precepts regarding access to this geocache: Park along the the road, and secondly, absolute STEALTH is required because of all the traffic. Bring a pen.


The Grand Lake Post office was located in many buildings since mail was originally brought to Grand Lake by the Pony Express.  In the Post Office hallway opposite hundreds of Post Office boxes is a large framed picture which includes many pictures of the previous Grand Lake Post Office buildings, and many of the Postmasters.  John Baker appears to be one of the earliest Postmasters in a picture dated January 10th, 1879. 

Please return the geocache container to it's exact location after you sign the log, and remember to operate in a very stealthy manner.

Additional Waypoints

P071WDZ - Parking
N 40° 15.076 W 105° 49.890
Very important to park along the road because of the high traffic volume in the Post Office parking lot. Walk to the cache along the sidelines of the ball field. ABSOLUTE STEALTH required as this is a very high traffic area.
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CodeNameTypeCommentsDateCoordinatesDistance
P071WDZParking Parking Area Very important to park along the road because of the high traffic volume in the Post Office parking lot. Walk to the cache along the sidelines of the ball field. ABSOLUTE STEALTH required as this is a very high traffic area. 03/10/2017 N 40° 15.076 W 105° 49.890 0.06 kms W 

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My cap is off to the men and women of the USPS who serve Grand Lake.

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11 Logs: Found it 10  Write note 1  

Found it 06/30/2019 By apple nut
I liked that one. Giving it a fav. TFTC

Found it 06/27/2019 By cherteach3
Gg

Found it 06/14/2019 By acwrightdesign
This one was great!

Found it 06/06/2019 By jdmeyerco
TFTC SL nice hint QF

Found it 05/30/2019 By JWHOLLE
Visiting from FLA and enjoying this nice town - Thanks for the hide

Found it 08/08/2018 By diaphi
Got misled. Went inside first. Tftc

Found it 08/07/2018 By zorbageo
Found with my two grandsons. From Nebraska. clever hide. SL

Found it 08/03/2018 By cassgiotti
tftc

Write note 08/03/2018 By Julio5
Tftc

Found it 08/03/2018 By Julio5
Tftc

Found it 06/17/2017 By dustyriver
Enjoyable day in beautiful high country