GC7ZE0T Traditional Cache PPOO – Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway Marker
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 3 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: momcheers @ | Hide Date: 10/17/2018 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 58.707 W107° 57.947 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Takes less than an hour  Available at all times  Available during winter  Dangerous Animals  Ticks  Park and Grab  Tourist Friendly 

There is a gate pull off for Nine Mile Ranch 170 ft NW of the cache -- There is no need to cross any fences. The cache is in the highway right of way! DO NOT OPEN THE PHONE BOX! THE CACHE IS NOT INSIDE THE BOX!!!

Have you ever wondered what the PPOO painted on this rock is? Well it stands for the Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway. This is one of the few markers that remain along this or any of the routes. This route was long before roads were numbered, so this is a way routes were marked. Most of the time, the markers were posted or painted on telephone poles, and as those were replaced, the markers disappeared also. This marker is kept up for prosperity sake!

The PPOO highway began in 1912 during a time when paved roads were few and far between. It is the shortest transcontinental highway in the US, roughly following the fortieth parallel. It runs almost in a straight line, expect where the lay of the land makes it impossible. The main Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean highway 3324 miles from Los Angeles, CA to New York City, NY. There were a couple of offshoots – which this was one of them. If a traveler needed to go through Salt Lake City, they would travel this route – HWY 13 to HWY 40.

More info can be found on the web at :

http://www.ppoo.org/

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/pikes.cfm

and at many, many other sites….

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Sometimes you have to hide things in plain sight but hide it from the average muggle! This is a common geocache disguise and might be out of place on a phone box. DO NOT OPEN THE PHONE BOX! THE CACHE IS NOT INSIDE THE BOX!!!

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8 Logs: Found it 7  Publish Listing 1  

Found it 06/28/2019 By Fork L Man
nice camo TFTC/bruce

Found it 06/01/2019 By 3cacheteers
Have seen this before. Very clever. TFTC

Found it 05/08/2019 By rangerhal
Very interesting spot. I may have heard about these names of highways before, but it was a long time ago. Thanks for the cache and the great history. Gets a favorite point.

Found it 04/16/2019 By scottyvm
TFTC

Found it 04/06/2019 By HummerHoneys
TFTC
Cool Cache and History
Hummer Honeys ??

Found it 03/30/2019 By Right Turn Only
Quick find with EXB after a nice lunch in Meeker. Our first Colorado cache!

Found it 11/10/2018 By Rojo464
FTF, found this on a beautiful trip to Cheyenne, TFTC

Publish Listing 10/24/2018 By Heartland Cacher
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