GC1492V Traditional Cache Observatory at Pine Valley
Type: Traditional | Size: Large Large | Difficulty: 2.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 3.5 out of 5
By: isisfan @ | Hide Date: 07/10/2007 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 24.326 W105° 20.431 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 3
Dogs  Recommended for kids  Scenic view  Available during winter  Parking available  Public restrooms nearby  Picnic tables nearby  Bicycles  Stealth required  Medium hike (1km-10km) 
• Web: http://www.co.jefferson.co.us/


Pine Valley Ranch Park is adjacent to the Pike National Forest and the South Platte River. It includes an Observatory facility which is used primarily by Lookout Mountain Nature Center. The vision for the management of this park is to provide visitors year-round access to the richly diverse cultural and natural resources so abundant at Pine Valley Ranch Park, while protecting the park's fragile resources.

Getting There: From U.S. Highway 285 at Pine Junction, turn southeast onto Pine Valley Road (County Road 126). Continue 5.8 miles toward the town of Pine, then follow the signs to the park.

The cache itself is near the observatory. The road to the observatory is usually closed, so count on a 1-mile round trip hike with 450 foot elevation gain. The road is gravel, and would make okay mountain biking. The horse trailer lot is closest, but all of the lots have stairs to the next.

In a large tool box, with lots of stuff to start, including a nice fish lure and a hat.

Please hide and cover well when you are done.
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Large Lincoln log, please go to back door.

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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 01/07/2018 By Team Chili Fries
Out hiking with the dogs and found a few more caches out here thanks

Found it 12/04/2017 By jmythng
TFTC

Found it 06/03/2017 By LLYN-lhvwn50
Well, I loved walking along the river, but it was really nice up here, too! Thanks for keeping this cache going.

Found it 08/03/2015 By robespierre50
Headed for the hills today for a few caches with geoguru1. News to me there was an observatory here. First log signatures since Sept 2014, no trace of previous online log this year. Could be bogus. TFTC

Found it 08/03/2015 By geoguru1
Making a caching run into the Pine Grove area with Robespierre50 today. Steep climb and then off down the ridge. Were spoofed by another object for awhile. SL

Found it 06/27/2015 By twosmart & twolittle
Fun bike ride up the hill. TFTC

Found it 09/07/2014 By Front Range Hiker
Enjoyed the hike to the observatory and the cache. SL

Found it 08/12/2014 By TomfromNe
Now that's a box! Spent more time looking for my GPS wrist-watch that I laid down (and walked away from) after taking pictures of mushrooms on the hillside. 30 some years ago the caretaker of the property opened up the observatory for a private tour. Beautiful old telescope within. TN L marble SL. TFTC.

Found it 07/05/2014 By Brian_Armbruster
TFTC

Found it 07/05/2014 By Nicholas.Armbruster
Tftc