Kilbourne's BigHole Cache Traditional Cache
Kilbourne's BigHole Cache
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This cache is located in the extreme southern deserts of New Mexico
about 25 miles west of the Texas/New Mexico state line. The ammo
box container sits in a large lave rock pile not too far below the
rim on the south end of Kilbourn Hole.
The purpose of this cache location is to get folks out to Kilbourne
Hole. It is one of a series of large unexpected volcanic
"sinkholes" located in the desert west of El Paso. This formation
was once the exhaust vent of a large extinct volcano...in time it
collapsed on itself and left the large deep depression that you
will see. The area is rich with dark volcanic rock and crystalized
minerals. Do a little rock hounding while you are there. The
Chihuahan desert landscape, and Potrillo Mountains to the west are
awesome and will make you feel hundreds of miles from any
civilization. People like to target shoot out there...so wear
bright colors. Watch for snakes, and bring water. Be careful...the
lava rocks are sharp.
You'll be traveling about 20 miles of good dirt roads..a little
washboarded...very doable by all 2WD vehicles in dry condtions. A
few ROAD DIRECTIONS are in order: From I-10 take the Artcraft exit
(Exit 8) and travel west into New Mexico (You'll be heading towards
the National Weather Service's large white doppler radar dome on
the horizon). Climb the west mesa and turn right at the 4 way stop
atop the mesa onto Airport Rd (marked). Go only 2/10 mi and turn
left onto Industrial (marked). Travel west about 3/10 mi...cross
the railroad tracks and continue another 1/10 mi then turn right on
Co Rd A17 (marked) (waypoint 31.51.451 / W106.41.585). This is
where you go to dirt. Travel this road 11.2 miles...you'll be
heading NW along the west side of the rail road tracks. At 11.2 mi
(waypoint N31.58.262 / W106.49.169) turn left and head west on Co
Rd A11. This is a narrower road with more turns in it. Travel this
dirt road 8.9 miles to a turn that heads north directly towards
Kilbourne Hole. There is a signpost at the turnoff (waypoint
N31.57.270 / W106.57.684) but no sign. Travel about a third of a
mile to the high point before the sharp dropoff; park here
(waypoint N31.57.515 / W106.57.840). The cache is several hundred
yards in the direction of about 290 degrees. The cache is on the
opposite facing slope on the other side of the wash.
Cache location was tested on 5/11/08 with ORIGINAL coords in
original GPS. It parked us directly on top of the ammo box!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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