GC11DH7 Jones Park Overlook
Type: Traditional | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Kris_Kook and JJASKS @ | Hide Date: 03/11/2007 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 47.889 W104° 56.247 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 1
               

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If you like Jones Park, you will love the view from above

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Who cannot say that Jones Park is not one of the more secluded and peaceful places in Colorado Springs? Well this is the spot to view the valley floor and enjoy yet another award winning view.

There are many routes to this cache, plan on at least 3-4 hours round trip at best. Keep in mind this is a 4 for how it is hidden, not your typical hide, no hints will keep it at a 4.

This cache is dedicated to the great Kris_Kook caches in the area as he heads South for a while.

09/27/2015 By Bokmeow
What a great day to view the fall colors from above. Don't know how others have found their way here. Our route will probably never be replicated! Rewarding in the end.

08/29/2015 By Trailbuster1
Tough hike! Fell asleep after all that exercise on the way home! Thanks
Sleeping on the way home

08/29/2015 By hartsdale
Up this way with Rob14erGuy and SnailMan1 for a long day of hiking.

This one was the third and last find for me today, Rob14erGuy found 12 and SnailMan1 found 7, now I am just tagging along and helping with the ones that I have found.

Thanks for another fun hike and cache!

HD

08/29/2015 By SnailMan1
I was enjoying the view when Rob14erGuy made the find.

08/29/2015 By Rob14erGuy
Nice hike from one of the cabins but a steep one getting to the cache. From up there, we could see all around. Got it with Hartsdale, Snailman1 and my son. Didn't expect that type of hide.
Thanks for the cache.

07/15/2015 By estes01
Another amazing view. All the rain we've had has made the 7 Bridges and Jones Park area even more beautiful. Many of the caches we end up going after don't have trails and I kept thinking how pleasant it was to hike up a trail. But the time finally came to start our eastern bushwhack to the ridge. WingsandTales was right...it's better to go farther along the trail before turning and heading up, as it's more open, so less scrambling over large rocks, junipers and deadfall. We got lucky and found the cache pretty quickly. Thanks for a good hike and great views.

07/15/2015 By WingsAndTales
I have been wanting to get up here for quite a while. I have done most of the caches in the area but never made it to this one. Estes01 was good enough to come along for the hike today. We never found the trail that WolfgangStiller mentioned but I would recommend going past the third cabin before turning east to climb the ridge. We went up near the second cabin and encountered a lot of rocks and brush. On the way down we went further north and then aimed for the third cabin. That worked much better. The view from the cache is great. I managed to get a panoramic shot that I'll post. All in all it was a good day to play in the park. TFTC

This entry was edited by WingsAndTales on Friday, 17 July 2015 at 19:43:33 UTC.
Overlook is an understatement

03/21/2015 By MountainBear
Found with Java Chip on a very nice day. We took a wrong turn going up from the log cabin but on the way down we found the correct way for the appproach. TFTC!

10/17/2014 By colorado gypsies
Wow. I can't believe this cache hasn't been found in more than 4 years. Perhaps our loneliest find ever. Wish I would have read the log about a supposed trail. We came up the slow way right up the ridge from Jones Park. SLTFTC Fav.
Success with mugglepaul

06/14/2014 By TNFLYINGCAT
No joy - found what I thought was part of the cache and took a picture. but based on the logs I read it seems that no one has been looking for it for a while.