JANISH Traditional Cache
Tom.dog: Removing this cache as part of an ongoing effort to reduce my total active caches down to a manageable fleet of quality hides that will be easier to maintain.
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NGS Benchmark Series.
I wanted to make 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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AA3417
Location: Douglas County, Colorado
Designation: JANISH
Marker Type: Survey disk
Setting: Surrounded by a mass of concrete
Stability: May hold, but type commonly subject to surface motion.
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY MOUNTAIN SURVEYING AND MAPPING INC 1993 (KCH)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 16 MILES (25.7 KM) SOUTH OF CASTLE ROCK,
COLORADO, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LORRAINE ROAD, IN SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP
10 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., OWNERSHIP-- DOUGLAS COUNTY.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERCHANGE OF INTERSTATE 25 AND
GREENLAND ROAD ( EXIT 167), GO SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ON THE EAST
FRONTAGE ROAD FOR 1.15 MILES (1.85 KM) TO BEST ROAD, GO EAST ON BEST
ROAD FOR 0.5 MILES (0.8 KM) TO FURROW ROAD, GO SOUTH ON FURROW ROAD
FOR 0.25 MILES, (0.40 KM) GO EAST ON FURROW ROAD FOR 0.3 MILES, (0.5
KM) GO SOUTHEAST ON FURROW ROAD FOR 0.25 MILES, (0.40 KM) GO SOUTH ON
FURROW ROAD FOR 0.25 MILES (0.40 KM) TO LORRAINE ROAD, GO SOUTHEAST
AND EAST ON LORRAINE ROAD FOR 1.15 MILES (1.85 KM) TO THE STATION ON
THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE STATION IS A BRASS DISK SET IN
CONCRETE, MARKED WITH A DOUGLAS COUNTY FIBERGLASS WITNESS POST, IT IS
9.9 FEET (3.0 M) WEST OF A BRASS SHINNER 22568 ON A FENCE POST IN THE
NORTHEAST ROW FENCE, 10.3 FEET (3.1 M) SOUTHEAST OF A BRASS SHINNER
22568 ON A FENCE POST IN THE NORTHEAST ROW FENCE, 55.2 FEET (16.8 M)
NORTHEAST OF A BRASS SHINNER 22568 ON A FENCE POST IN THE SOUTHWEST
ROW FENCE.
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The cache is at the base of the post with shiner 22568 pinned on. The benchmark is directly SE of here and directly S of the nearby witness post. It was covered with some dirt when I found it, it would be great if anyone finding the cache could brush it off if need be to keep it from not being found. Have fun and good luck!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Cbfg, fuvare 22568.