GC3Y568 Traditional Cache East-West Seed Cache
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: mnst @ | Hide Date: 10/05/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 29.608 W104° 55.330 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

Easy hike along the Douglas County Regional East-West Trail. NOT ACCESSIBLE FROM GRIGS ROAD, you must access cache from the trailhead near the parking coordinates.
This is a seed cache in an ammo can with cache "pods" and real seeds. Located just off the path (so Stay the Trail). The East-West Trail is a Douglas County gem with ridgeline views of Denver and the entire front range. Currently connecting The Bluffs to the east and will eventually extend to Chatfield State Park. Very popular with cyclists and hikers. Updated the container due to the local critter activity.

Info. from the Douglas County web page:
11700 Griggs Road, Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Trail Rating: Moderately Easy; some climbing for short distances; elevation change approximately 200 feet.

Trail Length: The trail is complete from Redstone Park in Highlands Ranch to Bluffs Regional Park, a total of 17 miles. Proposed finished trail length will be approximately 26 miles.

Trail Surface: Natural trail surface.

Users: Multi-use: hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking; dogs on leash.



Amenities: Restroom and picnic shelter at Griggs Road Trailhead.

Location: Highlands Ranch; trail extends to Lone Tree and eventually into Parker. Take C-470 south to S. University Blvd., right on Wildcat Reserve Pkwy., left on McArthur Ranch Rd. to Griggs Rd. Drive south 2 miles to trailhead on left. Or from Santa Fe take Daniels Park Rd. north 5 miles to Griggs Rd.; trailhead on right.

Park Information (6.5 acres)
1 - Picnic shelter (seating capacity 32)
1 - Park lot (capacity 34 + 2 equestrian parking stalls)
1 - Portable restroom
NO Electricity and Water

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PK3Y568 - GC3Y568 Parking
N 39° 30.213 W 104° 56.473
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CodeNameTypeCommentsDateCoordinatesDistance
PK3Y568GC3Y568 Parking Parking Area  10/05/2012 N 39° 30.213 W 104° 56.473 1.98 kms NW 

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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 06/28/2019 By ThomasHolisAmes
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Found it 06/01/2019 By KRABONK
Diese schön große Box ließ sich schnell finden.
Danke sagt das Team Krabonk

Found it 03/26/2019 By Pebblesinthecity
Walked right up to this one as well. Thanks for the cache.


I parked at Daniels Gate Park and hiked one section of the trail and then doubled back to the car. I was not sure I would have enough time to grab all the caches on my list, but I did. So I continued on and hiked the other side of the trail. The trail is in great condition and there were less than 5 areas of mud/snow and it was close to 75 degrees in the afternoon. For the first time in about 6 months, I actually broke a sweat while hiking. I found all of the caches that I went after (16/16). I was planning to grab 4 more that were part of a series, but that section of the trail is closed until April. I had a great day, and I love caching in the winter/early spring because there is less bushwhacking involved and the caches are not as well hidden. Also less muggles. Total mileage for the day was about 7.5 miles in about 4 hours. Thanks to everyone for the caches here on the trail.

Found it 10/24/2018 By fearthefish
Out and about caching with the world's most lovable geocacher herndonrd (also known as Mister Disneyland - the happiest man on Earth) and we decided to grab some caches on this trail and get Captain Cuddles degrees for the 360° challenge.

As is the norm when we cache together, herndonrd found the container while I looked in all the wrong places. He was gracious enough to sign the log for both of us and then put it back where he found it. After that, we were back on the trail and off to find another one. Thanks for the fun hide and for your contribution to a great day of caching.

P. S. No animals (including humans, aliens, or PayMeCache) were harmed in the writing of this log.

Found it 10/24/2018 By herndonrd
Out caching with FeartheFish which means me driving his butt all over the place. Really neat with the empty containers- give it a fav! TFTC!

Found it 08/25/2018 By sheephorn
Found it.

Found it 07/28/2018 By Edwards654
Made the quick find however the lid was off the container and animals had obviously gotten into it. Mice had chew the log book we replaced the book in a fresh baggie. Emptied the water and spiders out of the container and restocked it. Replaced the lid tightly and rehid it. Hopefully it will be in good shape for the next geocacher. Thanks for the nice hike

Found it 04/16/2018 By 20BradyS
Very fun! I enjoyed it a lot.

Found it 04/16/2018 By 20Evanc
It was good to find

Found it 04/05/2018 By YamaGypsy
It's a rare find like this in urban areas any more. Quite surprised with the lack of camo, but soon more foilage should help. Lots of fun stuff for the kiddos. TNLN Thanks!