Jan 2018: A short and easy walk along a service road and into the Bosque. While the cache is no longer on actual Open Space property, please make sure to take time to enjoy the Open Space birdlife, native trees and shrubs, the 0.6 mile perimeter walking trail around the fields, the community gathering space with picnic tables, benches, shade structure, artwork and three Open Space Interpretive signs, as well as looking for the numerous other geocaches in the area, including BernCo’s ‘Burque Birding GeoFlight: #3 Durand Open Space’ geocache.”
The land that now comprises the Durand Open Space was owned by the Durand family for approximately 100 years and was farmed in alfalfa and used as permanent pasture. In the mid-1950s, the property was put into use as a landing strip for single- and twin-engine airplanes. Known by residents and pilots as the “P-Patch”, the landing strip and an adjoining hanger were used to conduct aircraft repair and restoration. The landing strip was closed in the 1970s when large transmission power lines were installed north of the property. Following the closure, the property reverted to agriculture. In 1999, the Durand family sold the 10-acre property to Bernalillo County as open space to preserve the property from development.
Cache with confidence this cache and all the BernCo Bernie caches are approved through the Bernalillo County Parks and Recreation and the Bernalillo County Open Spaces!