GC41764 TT 5B
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Tom.dog @ | Hide Date: 11/12/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 08.015 W104° 40.882 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
     

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NGS Benchmark Series.

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This is a series to show geocachers more of our nation's benchmarks. Though they can be found in every county in the continental U.S. benchmarks are are just another little known survey tool to the public. But when you look on the NGS site or Geocaching.com you can see every detail about them. There is also description for each that tells exactly where they are. These descriptions interest me the most, at times you have to wonder where in the world did the railroad track go that was 50 feet from a certain benchmark years ago. I hope that this series gives a historical insight to geocachers of what our country looked like in the years past.

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AA3441
Location: Douglas County, CO
Designation: TT 5B
Marker Type: bench mark disk
Setting: Set into the top of a round concrete monument
Stability: May hold, but type commonly subject to surface motion.

STATION DESCRIPTION

DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1933 THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES (32.2 KM) SOUTHEAST OF CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO, ON THE EAST SIDE OF EAST CHERRY CREEK ROAD, IN SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 65 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., OWNERSHIP--DOUGLAS COUNTY. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 83 (PARKER ROAD) AND STATE HIGHWAY 86 IN FRANKTOWN, COLORADO, GO SOUTH ON STATE HIGHWAY 83 FOR 17.3 MILES (27.8 KM) TO JONES ROAD, GO EAST ON JONES ROAD FOR 3.3 MILES (5.3 KM) TO EAST CHERRY CREEK ROAD, GO SOUTH ON EAST CHERRY CREEK ROAD FOR 2.3 MILES (3.7 KM) TO THE STATION ON THE EAST. THE STATION IS A BRASS DISK IN A CONCRETE MONUMENT, IT IS 28.3 FEET (8.6 M) NORTH OF A BRASS SHINNER 22568 ON THE CORNER POST OF THE ROW FENCE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF PALMER DIVIDE RD AND E. CHERRY CREEK RD, 64.6 FEET (19.7 M) NORTHEAST OF A BRASS SHINNER 22568 ON THE CORNER POST OF THE ROW FENCE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION, AND 49.7 FEET (15.1 M) NORTHWEST OF A BRASS SHINNER 22586 IN THE NORTH ROW FENCE OF PALMER DIVIDE RD.

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The cache has been placed a short ways to the North of the benchmark. You can't miss the mark, it sits almost a foot above the ground.

05/14/2019 By Colorado GeoDemon
This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

05/14/2019 By Colorado GeoDemon
The white rock is there but the cache container appears to be MIA. I hope the CO can replace soon.

04/14/2019 By Berb57
I only had a minute to stop. Found the white rock but no cache. I'll have to come back sometime and see if it blew away in this wind. Maybe someone else will find it first.

12/25/2018 By Path_Lighter
Merry Christmas! Out caching with Mokidog on this cold, clear, windy day. Found the container about 60 feet away from the GZ. Moved it back. SL TFTC

12/25/2018 By mokidog
Found on Christmas morning with PathLighter. Love the benchmark caches! TFTC

08/04/2018 By OurBradyBunch8
Thank you

08/04/2018 By FJ8
TY from Snowmass

07/02/2018 By turtleboy29
Reading description if cache while car goes by and a very nice guy in a pickup asked if I was ok. He seemed quite concerned. TFTC

12/24/2017 By weizen
SL - thanks

12/13/2017 By cptfitty
Out caching on nice day. TFTC