THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES.
This geoart series takes you on the Mesa del Sol Trail System, which starts and ends at the Aperture Center Trailhead. The entire loop is around 3¼ to 3⅓ miles and without shade or cover from storms, so plan accordingly.
I considered making this geo-art series into a large letter “Q” based on one of Albuquerque’s nicknames and seen on the nearby Albuquerque studios. Still I will make use of Albuquerque and New Mexico history questions to determine the actual location's coordinates.
The first Spanish capitol in the province or Kingdom of Santa Fe de Nuevo México was named San Juan de los Caballeros. What is the place named today?
Española and Ohkay Owingeh: N 34° 58.833' W 106° 37.490'
Santa Fe: N 34° 58.796' W 106° 37.465'
Las Cruces: N 34° 58.860' W 106° 37.520'
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Background image of the Cross of Burgundy flag by Ningyou and in the public domain at Wikimedia Commons, usable under under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.