GC3PXVM Traditional Cache CSP - East Leadville
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: South Park National Heritage Area @ | Hide Date: 06/21/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 12.152 W106° 04.960 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Takes less than an hour  Scenic view  Camping available  GeoTour 

East Leadville

This geocache is part of Colorado's South Park GeoTour, which means you can win prizes by finding 20 or more caches. Visit our website for more information and to download your GeoTour Passport!

Container Type: Lock & Lock
Code Location: Inside container
Access Info: This cache is located on USFS property.
Winter Access: Depends on road conditions.

 

 

 

East Leadville was first platted in 1879, four years after the founding of nearby Horseshoe. There has been some speculation that the towns were one in the same but more recent research suggests otherwise. Like many mining towns in South Park, the community saw great success in its early years but became a relative ghost town after the silver crisis in 1893. Today, it is hard to imagine that a bustling mining town once existed on this site.


 

From highway 285, take County Road 18 (Fourmile Road) west, which leads directly to the site of East Leadville.
   

 

 Custom URLs

Add cache to watch list
Log your visit
Picture Gallery

 Hints

Base of tree

 Nearby Caches

GC1DEC5 Groovy Gravy (2.33 kms N)
GC3P99H CSP - Paris Mill (10.61 kms N)
GC1DED8 Windy Gap? (23.64 kms NE)
GC3P1BR Almost Safe or Who Robbed The Bank (24.15 kms W)
GC3PB39 CSP - Trout Creek Pass (33.67 kms S)

    


Driving Directions

 Logs

5 Logs: Found it 5  

Found it 08/25/2018 By johnclaus
This was a fun, quick hike from our camp at Horseshoe. TFTC!!

Found it 07/07/2018 By thirdeyerob
Kids are having fun, it's been a good way to get them interested in hiking.

Found it 06/21/2018 By dan1868
Working on the CSP series. Nice little cash off the road. Sat down and had lunch under the tree. Tftc!

Found it 06/02/2018 By intrepiidexplorer
Tftc. Taking the tb for a ride

Found it 06/02/2018 By LostinDenver
Thankful for our first find this morning. First of many finds (hopefully) as @intrepiidexplorer and I begin our quest for this geotour. Our first. This cache was in great shape. Traded swag. Tftc!