GC3KWH5 Russellville Run #054
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: 2SKPs @ | Hide Date: 05/20/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 13.129 W104° 40.911 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

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An easy park and grab in a 35mm Film Container!!

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Beginning with Cache #34, the hides on the “Russellville Run” carry on on rural roads with lower traffic volume than you may have found on Russellville Road. Please continue to use caution.

The town of Russellville rose near this route in late 1858, after William Green Russell discovered a few gleaming specks in his pan at Russellville Gulch. His find brought a horde of prospectors - an advance wave of the Pikes Peak gold rush. With busy placer diggings and clusters of tents, Russellville brimmed over with promise; but its nuggets, although pure, were too scarce to make fortunes. In the spring of 1859 the real gold rush began in the Central Rockies, about seventy-five miles northwest of here, and Russellville's boom abruptly busted. Though nearly deserted, the settlement survived for a time as a passenger way station, but by 1880 had become a ghost town.

Unlike the early prospectors who came looking for gold, those who come here looking for cache are likely to find good fortune. Starting at the intersection of Colorado Highway 83 and Russellville Road, the “Russellville Run Power Trail” consists initially of 74 geocaches – most are 35mm Film Canisters and most should be easy finds! ENJOY!!


GCRM Please replace the log if full or damaged. Also, we would appreciate your help in replacing the cache container if you find it is broken or missing.

06/01/2019 By weizen
SL - thanks. Replaced wet log...

05/13/2019 By midwestgals
TFTC. Logged as MWG. On my way to Parker and thought I’d grab a couple of these.

05/12/2019 By Unkle Fester
A long day caching and it was great weather to have the doors off the geojeep. A beautiful drive through the country, lots of views and cows TFTC

02/02/2019 By peace love pi
Out working on the 360º Challenge with lasouthpaw. We had cached near here recently and remembered the coordinates and hints being accurate and we found this to be true today - thanks for that! TFTC!

02/02/2019 By lasouthpaw
Peace love pi and I headed out this morning to grab some rays for the 360 degree challenge. This is where the real fun began, as we hit selected caches on two power trails around Castle Rock. The snow is melting just enough to make the road muddy in spots. We were lucky that it wasn't too bad, but my car will get a bath tomorrow! Both of us are recovering from being sick and there was a lot of snow on the ground, so I am really shocked we found as much as we did. We only found a couple entombed in ice and I managed to confuse some llamas for elk, and of course we had a great time! Sorry for the cut and paste logs, but we found a lot in a short amount of time and I didn't take notes. Signed logs as pi paw or paw pi, I can't remember. Thank you for the good coordinates, good hints, and the smiley! Find #3175.

08/03/2018 By OurBradyBunch8
Nice blue ribbon

08/03/2018 By FJ8
Ty

07/22/2018 By shelleah
I cached with LilRyRy and CDRSheppo on our way to a birthday party in Denver to finish the Hidden Creatures event. This area has a lot less litter than farther east, but I still picked up two bags worth of trash from the side of the road. Thanks for the cache!

07/21/2018 By ABC90D
Quick find. Tftc

07/21/2018 By Team Chili Fries
Geotrail to try and finish the mission that ends this weekend. We headed out after work and found a lot before it started getting dark then had a spotlight to find the rest. We think we found enough will know soon. Ended up not looking for a couple and DNF a couple we couldn't find because the coords were way off. Fun little power trail