Geocaching with NaviCache - Cache Details: Benchmark "Savoir Faire"

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Benchmark "Savoir Faire"

by TundraChief (Finds: 8 Score: 23.5) (Hidden: 3 Score: 12.5)

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Coordinates (WGS-84 datum)
N 39° 39.051' W 105° 08.606'
This may not be the actual cache coordinate.

Morrison, Colorado 80465
United States Near By Caches

Hidden On: 12 Dec 2003
Waypoint (Landmark): N00CBB
Open Cache:  Personal use only
Cache type:  Multi-Part
Cache size:   Normal

Difficulty: (moderate)
Terrain: (easy)

Misc: Drinking water available. There are restrooms (water closets) available Pets are allowed. Parking is available

Comments:
A daily fee of $5.00 per day ($4.00 Sr.) is charged for each car entering the park. There is no charge for entering by bike or walking.

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The listed coordinates are for Bear Creek Lake Park where this adventure takes place. Finding the cache will require some online research and mapwork at home and a journey in the park. Depending on your choice of transportation, i.e., walking, biking, horseback, or golf cart, and the route you select, you will cover somewhere between one and four miles roundtrip. Most of your travel will be on improved trails, but there is some bushwhacking in open terrain that is required.

The skills required include researching benchmarks on the Internet and plotting some bearings on a map.

The names of three benchmarks (two triangulation station disks and one tank) are provided. Also provided are three compass bearings, but not in relative order:

LAKEHURST MUN TANK
LINDO
GREEN RESET
Bearing 150 degrees true
Bearing 275 degrees true
Bearing 55 degrees true

To find Waypoint 1, go online to www.ngs.noaa.gov/. Click on “data sheets” and research the coordinates for the above benchmarks. Then, plot the three sets of coordinates and the correct relative bearings to achieve an axis. Two are all you really need, but just for the heck of it, three are given. Do a little more research to find the name of the benchmark at the “axis” and then go “walkabout”.

At Waypoint 1 find the Station Mark that is stamped simply _ _ _ _ _ _ 1977. Disregard the two numbered reference stations that are nearby. All three marks are described in the benchmark details. Within five feet of the correct Station Mark is a micro in a film canister (Waypoint 2) that will provide the coordinates for the exact location of the cache. In case this micro is missing, you can go eastward a hop, skip and a jump and find a duplicate at the base of a small tree that is on the brow of a small rise above a paved path.

The cache is an ammo box with rewards and logbook. “To the victor go the spoils,” but please leave no trash and record your trade. Thanks. Note: The original contents of the cache include a genuine Frias Ranch arrowhead in waterproof match container found in 1966 and a handmade walnut card case by TundraChief (see photo).

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Original contents of the cache.

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