“Petrified Canyon” GCME8A GEOCACHE OF THE WEEK – June 20, 2011

Landscape near "Petrified Canyon"

“Petrified Canyon” (GCME8A) takes geocachers into the Martian landscape of the badlands in North Dakota. It’s placed in a petrified forest where ancient trees have turned to stone.

Adventurers discover the traditional cache, placed in late 2004, a few miles from the interstate. The difficulty 1.5, terrain 1.5 cache placed by Snowman and son receives praise from geocachers.

One log reads, “This is really a beautiful place. Thanks for bringing us here.” The cache has earned a dozen Geocaching.com Favorite Points and more than a 160 people have logged a smiley on the cache so far.

Petrified stump near the site of the geocache

But cachers discover more than a small geocache. The cache owner says they may also spot wildlife. Rabbits, mule deer, big horn sheep and even a mountain lion have been seen in the area.

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