GCWAHV Unknown Cache Sundial Park
Type: Mystery | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Ivy Dog Parents @ | Hide Date: 05/29/2006 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 43.153 W104° 56.085 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 11
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This cache was Designed by Black-Jack in 2005. We have adopted it and had to make a few alterations to find a new spot. Please enjoy this park.

The Coordinates above ARE for the Sundial in this Park. All around the Sundial you will find the Answers for the Clues Below.

CLUE #1 -- Locate a peak name after a Colorado Territorial Governor. Note the elevation of this peak. (____________)

CLUE#2 -- Locate a peak names after a Brigadier General who died at the age of 34 in the War of 1812. Note the height of the peak. (____________)

CLUE #3 -- Locate a peak name after a great American Botanist. Note his age at the time of his death. (____________)

CLUE #4 -- Locate a peak name after a Dartmouth Graduate Class of 1809. Note the elevation of the peak. (___________)

CLUE #5 -- Locate a peak named after a Nomadic Plains Tribe. Note the elevation of the peak. (____________)

CLUE #6 -- Note the number of people that were with the force of Spanish Cavalry encountered by the same person in CLUE #2 during his exploration of the Louisiana Purchase? (______________)

NEXT - Substitute the answers Found about and into the formula below.

#1(____________) MINUS #2 (____________) PLUS #3 (____________) MINUS 24= XYZ.

Substitute THIS number into the Final Waypoint formula below.

# 4 (____________) MINUS # 5 (____________) MINUS # 6 (____________) PLUS 96=ABC

Substitute THIS number into the Final Waypoint formula below.

N 39.43.ABC

W 104.56.XYZ

This park is a very busy area. The Cache is a 'Play-Doh' container which only has room for a log. Please bring your own pen/pencil.

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11 Logs: Found it 8  Didn't find it 3  

Found it 09/22/2018 By oz8118
The sundial and its brand new plaza is all fixed and ready to be revealed the first week of October. The Mayor will be there, but I will be out of town for the big reveal. I wanted to see if I could get this one before, as it hasn't been found in over a year. I was able to decipher the clues from prior pics I found on the internet. Interesting enough, Pikes Peak is now listed as 14,115' tall, several feet taller than I understood it to be when I first visited it in the 80's.
The cache was a little worn, but still there, yea! The baggie wasn't in good shape, and the log was a little damp. So I replaced the baggie with a new one.
Thanks for creating this one, it was a little tricky to find the right time to come and search. I probably drove by this park four times before but was thwarted by too many muggles playing or walking their dogs.

Didn't find it 03/20/2018 By Back Country Horsemen
I believe the sundial and related info has been completely lost to construction (see photo of GZ).

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Didn't find it 08/08/2017 By spoonz2
We are sure we have the answers correct and the calculations right, but have been twice now and no luck. Drat!

Found it 08/02/2017 By jhnnssglng
The puzzle was easy to solve. We solved it with a denverite. She helped us very much but I think we could solved it without because everything is very easy. We found the cache container after a short seek. The Logbook is a littlebit wet but it's okay. I've put a very small geocoin in it. It's enough space for small geocoins. Please bring them closer to japan. So thanks for the puzzle and for the cache as well. Best greetings from Germany!

Found it 05/13/2017 By tripman1
Had to do the math twice, well hidden and camo'ed, very interesting and busy park.

Found it 03/10/2017 By jasperdakota
Enjoyed the walk in the park. Took a few minutes to find the final. Thanks for the cache! SL.

Found it 10/01/2016 By MiSiYa
When I was visiting Denver in February 2015, we had just started geocaching (we did not even have a GPSr yet) and I was wondering about this puzzle. I tried to find the necessary information online but got different (and contradicting) values, which is why this cache was left on the not-solved list. At this time in our caching-carrier it did not even occur to me to check out GZ to see what is there.
Now, more than one and a half years later I was going to visit Denver again and this cache reappeared during my trip preparations. With the experience obtained in the meantime I was able to solve the puzzle easily while still being back at home. Computed coords looked good on the map and so I put his one on the ToDo-list for my visit.
Today in the morning I had an hour before heading over to Dinosaur Ridge and thus decided to walk over to the little park to check this one out. Lovely sundial and nice view over the park to the west. I was able to confirm my computations and then headed over to the final where I found the perfectly camo'd and well hidden little container. Signed the log, replaced as found and then walked to my favorite cupcake store (on Adams) to buy some celebratory pastries.
Thanks for the interesting, finally solved, puzzle, for showing me Sundial Park and for the nicely hidden cache.

Early morning, alone at the park

Logbook found in good conditions

Found it 09/26/2016 By Ahuimanu Hui
Enjoyed the puzzle, the hide not so much--we're licking our wounds. Nice park. Mahalo and Aloha from Hawaii.

Found it 08/22/2016 By cfabian
Solved coordinates.

Didn't find it 07/12/2016 By stellabella1 105
Dnf

Found it 07/04/2016 By lostcheq
Found with tucker2s tftc