The ground zero location is on the far west end of the main urban park in Anchorage, a mile-long strip park named officially "Delaney Park" but is better known as "The Park Strip". It is the oldest park in Anchorage, established as part of the original Anchorage township plat in 1917 and named for James Delaney, one of the first mayors of Anchorage. The park was originally used simply as a firebreak and airplane landing strip. In 1929, Merrill Field Airport opened, so the Delaney Park airstrip was no longer necessary and it became known as "The Golf Course" of Anchorage.
In 1954 the Parks and Recreation Department began to develop recreation facilities for a variety of activities and events, including ice skating, softball, horseshoes, and, later, tennis. In 1958 the Park Strip was mobbed to celebrate the Alaska Statehood. Today the park is the downtown location used for a variety of community events, sports, and festivals year-round, and of course it is full of geocaches too.