Jefferson County Open Space has some delightful parks in their
system. Caches have been placed in some of them. Most of those
caches require a hike of some sort. This cache is intended to get
cachers to at least take a look at Apex Park to see if they might
be interested in further investigation and additional cache
discoveries.
Apex Park is an interesting place both historically and from the
standpoint of a very close secluded place to escape the city. This
is the site of a wagon road to the gold fields in the 1860's and
1870's. Some traces of the road still exist further up in the
canyon than this cache will take you.
The hike is easy and can be done is any kind of shoes. Please
park in the lower Heritage Square parking lot. Coordinates are
given in the additional waypoints for the location within that lot.
Should you see any trash on your way to or from the cache, please
CITO is out. That gesture will be appreciated by all concerned. The
day I placed the cache, the area was spic and span.
The cache can also be accessed from Heritage Square by taking
the footbridge across the creek at the upper end of that
facility.
There is no need to hop the fence if you approach the cache in
either of the suggested ways. The cache is on the trail side of the
fence.
Remember that this area is home to wild animals and snakes. Act
accordingly.
