GCZ0QH Multi-cache 66 Preble's Jumping Mice
Type: Multi | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: ernie66 @ | Hide Date: 10/22/2006 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 16.886 W104° 53.634 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 11
No Dogs  Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Available during winter  Dangerous Animals  Parking available  Public restrooms nearby  Picnic tables nearby  Bicycles  Horses 
A short 2-stage multi in Douglas County's Columbine Open Space, a small but pleasant park along I-25 south of Castle Rock.
Columbine Open Space includes a protected area for the endangered Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse. Due to the Mouse, no dogs are allowed in this park and hikers are not allowed in the area immediately adjacent to Plum Creek.

You may be lucky enough to see Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep said to inhabit nearby Hunt Mountain, or the usual deer, elk, pronghorn, coyote, and other typical wildlife found in this region. Wildflowers are prevalent in spring and summer.

The Douglas County website has park information and a trail map http://www.douglas.co.us/dcoutdoors/trails/open-space-trails/columbine-open-space-trail

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15 Logs: Found it 13  Didn't find it 1  Owner Maintenance 1  

Found it 09/08/2018 By LostinDenver
Today, during the “You might be an Adrenaline Junkie if…” challenge, I came down to this part of town to grab some points. This cache was a blast. I brought swag and decided to add to the collection rather than swap. Did a little CITO. TFTC!

Found it 09/07/2018 By nerak2001
Thanks for the short hike through this area. I always drive past but never stop. Quick find at WP1. Neat to see the buildings up close.

Found it 09/02/2018 By FresnoDancingFool
This was a nice fairly easy two-stage multi to go with the challenge cache I found. Good job and TFTC!

Found it 08/28/2018 By tehjoester
TFTC! Took trackable, SL D&D.
Found with LandD7475 and Doug&Cindy09.

Found it 08/28/2018 By DOUG&CINDY09
Out with LandD7475 and tehJoester , we found the first stage quickly, made the hike to the GZ and made a quick find, TFTC SL D&D

Found it 07/28/2018 By f1ipper
Work brought me to Colorado Springs. I flew into Denver and on the drive down, I stopped to pick up this cache. I need to increase my Multi cache numbers. This is a nice little area. I didn't spot any jumping mice though. I dropped of a TB in the final. Thanks for hiding.

Found it 06/30/2018 By Pinerypros
Thanks for bringing to area didn't know existed. Wish the signage and info sheets were available to know more about the area. TFTC SL

Found it 04/28/2018 By herndonrd
Got this before the CITO. TFTC!

Found it 04/28/2018 By Trea
Got to the CITO a bit early so I went after this multi. Everything is in great shape.

Found it 02/18/2018 By ColoradoSmith
Tftc!!

Found it 01/01/2018 By THeSKuLL
Out and back on this quick multi!
TFTC!

Owner Maintenance 12/24/2017 By ernie66
Checked on the cache today and replaced stage 1.

Didn't find it 11/24/2017 By ColoradoSmith
No luck at the first stage :(

Found it 08/20/2017 By Hale1016family
Thanks for the find. Nice secluded spot.

Found it 08/19/2017 By LeewayeDiscGolf
Here for an all day letterboxing event and had to get a cache for the souvenir. This was a fun one. Nice container. Stage 1 was found by some of the letterboxers who were sad it was empty. Lol. Checked it when we left for the day and all was well.