Out searching for geocaches this Christmas Day. In area and remembered that had always wanted to plant a cache at this location, besides this area brings back Army memories.
This is an old and no longer used bridge that spans Wildcat Creek and connected the small town of Keats, KS, to one of Fort Rileys main tank trails. The bridge is deteriating and isblocked off against vehicular traffic.
When I was in the Army, I was a Combat Engineer. One of my many functions in life was to reconnoiter bridges for demolition, repair, or for military vehicular traffic. There are only 3 bridges on Fort Riley where I was able to train on without interfereing with post traffic. This bridge was visited MANY times in the 8 years I was at Fort Riley.
Also, this area is supposed to be good for hunting and fishing. Had done some fishing here when I first arrived in the area in 1993 and was lucky enough to catch some small mouth bass and catfish - nothing to brag about. There is a registration/information kiosk on site and, if you plan on hunting/fishing, ensure you register for you will be on federal property. There are US Reservation Boundary markers throughout the area.
Enough of that dribble - now for the cache. At GZ, there are five (5) diamond-shaped objects. Coordinates will place you center-mass of the diamonds. It is up to you, the wiley geocaching adventurer that you are, to find which diamond that the cache is placed on. Usual type container/placement for this type of hide - nothing special.
Cache placed on Christmas Day as my present to fellow geocachers!!
To get to cache location, travel east/west on Anderson Road between the towns of Riley/Manhattan, KS. Once in the town of Keats, KS, turn south at the intersection of Reservation Drive. Travel south until you can no longer travel (you will be at the bridge).