GC25099 Traditional Cache Haystack Rock
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: uintahiker @ | Hide Date: 03/13/2010 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 41.725 W105° 10.494 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Takes less than an hour  Available at all times  Park and Grab 
Magnetic spare key container in a guard rail. Bring your own pen. Large enough for coins and small travelers.

Typically I'm not a huge fan of this type of cache, but due to the history associated with the nearby landmark, I thought the cache would be worthwhile for everyone.
Haystack Rock is a local landmark along 287. Today it's generally used as a billboard for people spraypainting the flavor of the week. When I placed the cache, the writing was extolling the virtues of the Wyoming Cowboys. Generally it goes back and forth between UW and CSU.

What most people don't know is the rock has a fascinating tidbit of history associated with it. Back when Fort Collins was a military outpost, a man showed up one day offering to sell a large pile of hay located several miles north of the fort. The commander of the fort sent one of his men out to verify the location of the haystack, and then paid the farmer for the full value. When the commander sent his men out to bring in the haystack, they learned that it was just a large boulder which had been covered sparingly with hay. The military had been swindled, and since then the rock has been known as Haystack Rock.
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9 Logs: Found it 9  

Found it 06/05/2019 By Bobber889
Found it!

Found it 01/19/2019 By Zach&JuliePatchouli
TFTC Very cool graffiti rock.

Found it 09/04/2018 By Casper&Aero
Notre périple a débuté le 22 août dernier et nous amènera à visiter douze états Américains et deux provinces Canadiennes... Notre départ s'est fait à partir de Baie-Comeau, une ville sur la Côte Nord du Québec pour ensuite se poursuivre quelques jours à Québec où nous avons fait un peu de Géocaching.... Par la suite, nous avons fait un arrêt à St-Eustache et Ville de Laval, toujours au Québec, pour ensuite prendre l'avion et arriver à Portland, Oregon... Nous avons fait un arrêt le 28 août à Umatilla toujours en Oregon, le 29 août à Boise en Idaho, le 30 à Twin Falls et le 31 nous sommes à Salt Lake City pour deux jours... Le 2 septembre nous étions à Rock Springs, Wyoming et hier nous avons fait un arrêt à Laramie, Wyoming... Aujourd’hui nous continuons notre périple vers Colorado Spring où nous passerons deux jours...

Pendant tout le voyage nous avons ciblé quelques caches qui nous aideront à atteindre nos objectifs personnels et nous découvrirons certainement de nouveaux endroits que les Géocacheurs d'ici voudront nous faire découvrir... Nous préparons ce voyage depuis plusieurs mois et savons que nous ne pourrons pas tout voir par manque de temps... Il y a beaucoup de caches mais devons fermer les yeux ne pouvant toutes les trouver... Mais c'est avec plaisir que nous apposerons notre signature sur certaines d'entre-elles...

Merci pour la création de ces caches qui ajoutent des sourires à notre profil et qui nous font passer du bon temps peu importe l'humeur de Dame Nature... Notre log sera le même pour toute la journée et s'il y a une particularité nous l'ajouterons au début du texte... Des favoris seront ajoutés ici et là pour tout le travail accompli... MPLC

Casper&Aero de Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada


Our English is not perfect, we use Google Translate to help us ...

Our journey began last August 22 and will take us to visit twelve US states and two Canadian provinces ... Our departure was from Baie-Comeau, a city on the North Shore of Quebec and then continue for a few days in Quebec City where we did some Geocaching .... Then we stopped at St-Eustache and Ville de Laval, still in Quebec, and then flew to Portland, Oregon... We made stop in Umatilla on August 28 still in Oregon, August 29 in Boise, Idaho, August 30 in Twin Falls and August 31st we are in Salt Lake City for two days... The 2nd of september we were in Rock Springs. Wyoming and yesterday the road brought us to Laramie, Wyoming... Today our trip will take us to Colorado Springs where we will stay for two days

Throughout the trip we have targeted some caches that will help us achieve our personal goals and we will certainly discover new places that Geocachers here will want us to discover ... We have been planning this trip for several months and know we will not be able to not all see for lack of time ... There are many caches but we must close our eyes can not find them all ... But it is with pleasure that we will put our signature on some of them ...

Thank you for creating these caches that add smiles to our profile and make us have a good time regardless of the mood of Mother Nature ... Our log will be the same for the whole day and if there is a particularity we will add it at the beginning of the text ... Favorites will be added here and there for all the work done ... TFTC

Casper&Aero from Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada

Found it 09/01/2018 By tronaminer
Came from Green River Wy travelling to Estes Park Colorado. Finding caches along the way. Thanks for your cache and the fun we had in finding it.

Found it 08/20/2018 By FresnoDancingFool
It certainly didn't resemble a haystack today, but thanks for the history lesson. I hadn't read the cache description or the hint when I started my search, but I followed my GPSr and geosense to an obvious place and quickly found the container. Good job and TFTC!

Found it 05/10/2018 By guido49
Found it. All is well. I still enjoy GRF's . TFTC

Found it 05/10/2018 By Rudvic
Tftc

Found it 04/08/2018 By GeocachingasWill
Not where I thought

Found it 03/13/2018 By Mstrpzly
SlzyByrd fam: 3rd cache "o" the day.