GC2XJHB Wagon Wheel Gap
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: 4CowPies Adopted by 4WardHunters @ | Hide Date: 06/04/2011 | Status: Disabled
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N37° 46.541 W106° 49.971 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

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The cache is located near the information boards along the Rio Grande River. Plastic jar wrapped in duck tape with black lid. In 1863 a group of prospectors led by Charles Baker came to the San Juan Mountains. Leaving the area to winter in New Mexico, one of their wagons was damaged, so they left it behind near this gap in the mountains. This small canyon was carved out by the Rio Grande River. A wagon wheel was found somewhere near here in the 1870's and local legend beliefs say it is the remnant of that same wagon. Miners referred to the location of this area as "the gap where the wagon wheel was found". In time, the name stuck and it is now called Wagon Wheel Gap.

08/10/2018 By Heartland Cacher
Greetings I'm Heartland Cacher, one of the volunteer reviewers for new caches submitted to Geocaching.com.

This cache was brought to my attention by one or more of your fellow cachers that think this cache is missing and/or in need of maintenance. I want to thank you for the time that you have taken to contribute to geocaching in the past and I am looking forward to seeing your cache up and running in the future. I'm temporarily disabling it, to give the owner the opportunity to check on the cache, and repair it, if necessary. Cache maintenance includes listing maintenance including updating any changes to the text, updating coordinates, removing needs maintenance attributes and enabling the listing. If the owner feels they will not be able to repair this in a timely manner, let me know, and I'll archive it. This will keep the cache from continually showing up in search lists. It can be enabled once you have made repairs. Please use the “Write Note” feature to leave notes on the cache page. Please do not use the "OWNER MAINTENANCE" log until you do the maintenance and the cache is ready to be found again.


When repairs to this cache are completed and it is time to enable your cache, it will be no problem. You can re-enable the cache page http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235 by clicking the link under the cache name or by checking the box that says the cache is active. You may also drop me a note and let me know the GC waypoint number of the cache or better yet, the URL of the cache page. If a "Needs Maintenance" log was posted, you will also need to log an "Owner Maintenance" log to clear the "Needs Maintenance" icon from the geocache page. http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=404

I look forward to hearing from you. Do not reply to this email. It is sent by a no-reply mailbot so I won't get it. To respond, please do NOT send me an e-mail or a message center conversation as they lack needed functionality for reviewing. Leave a new "Reviewer Note" log here on your cache page. If you're not familiar with this process, see the instructions https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=97&pgid=74. I have your cache on my watchlist, and I will receive a notification when you write your note.

Additionally, please note that if I've not heard from you in 4 weeks, I may be forced to archive this cache. Don't let your cache get archived for non-communication

Thanks for your understanding,
Heartland Cacher
Your friendly Geocaching.com Reviewer

08/03/2018 By TexasMoon
Looked through all the bushes and came up with nothing. I think it has been removed.

07/31/2018 By Farmer Jones
Will try again sometime

07/23/2018 By ShawSquad5
We searched all through out the bushes and was unable to find it:(

07/14/2018 By rebeccachirinos
Looked all over but couldn’t find