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GC3P103
ASHBYType: Traditional | Size: Micro 
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| Terrain: By: Tom.dog @ | Hide Date: 06/21/2012 | Status: Available Country: United States | State: Colorado Coordinates: N39° 14.648 W104° 52.703 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0 
NGS Benchmark Series. This is a series to show geocachers more of our nation's benchmarks. Though they can be found in every county in the continental U.S. benchmarks are are just another little known survey tool to the public. But when you look on the NGS site or Geocaching.com you can see every detail about them. There is also description for each that tells exactly where they are. These descriptions interest me the most, at times you have to wonder where in the world did the railroad track go that was 50 feet from a certain benchmark years ago. I hope that this series gives a historical insight to geocachers of what our country looked like in the years past. ---------- AA3402 Location: Douglas County, CO Designation: ASHBY Marker Type: survery disk Setting: surrounded by a mass of concrete Stability: May hold, but of type commonly subject to surface motion. STATION DESCRIPTION DESCRIBED BY MOUNTAIN SURVEYING AND MAPPING INC 1993 (KCH) THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 9.5 MILES (15.3 KM) SOUTH OF CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO, ON THE EAST SIDE OF INTERSTATE 25, IN SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., OWNERSHIP-- COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERCHANGE OF INTERSTATE 25 AND SOUTH LAKE GULCH ROAD EXIT 172, EXIT THE HIGHWAY AND GO TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERCHANGE, THE STATION IS BY THE RIGHT OF WAY FENCE. THE STATION IS A BRASS DISK SET IN CONCRETE FLUSH WITH THE GROUND, MARKED WITH A DOUGLAS COUNTY FIBERGLASS WITNESS POST, THE STATION IS EAST OF THE NORTH BOUND ON RAMP AND NORTH OF UPPER LAKE GULCH ROAD, IT IS 112.2 FEET (34.2 M) EAST OF A BRASS SHINNER 22568 ON A SIGN POST WHERE THE NORTHBOUND ON RAMP AND THE NORTHBOUND LANE OF I25 JOIN, 12.8 FEET (3.9 M) SOUTH OF A BRASS SHINNER 22568 ON A ANGLE CORNER FENCE POST, AND 16.9 FEET (5.2 M) NORTHWEST OF A BRASS SHINNER 22568 ON A FENCE POST. ---------- This cache is hidden only a few feet from the benchmark. It was covered by some dirt when I found it, but it should be good to go now. DO NOT park next to the cache. This is illegal, as there are signs posted that say no parking. There are plenty of safe and legal spots to the South. Have fun and good luck!
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East concrete barrier, South side, down low covered with rocks.
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