After the bombing of Pearl Harbor during World War II, the possibility of enemy attack on the U.S. mainland became very real. At one point, Japanese submarines operated in offshore waters and actually shelled some shipping operations and oil installations off the coast of California and Oregon.
To guard against potential invasion, the U.S. Army built fake farm buildings with shingled roofs, and fake windows and dormers. They actually housed an early warning radar station including a diesel generator, electronic equipment, and two 50-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns.
The soldiers and civilians stationed at the phony farmhouses reported any suspicious boats and planes to a communications center in San Francisco, ready to dispatch fighter planes if the crafts were identified as hostile.
Radar Station B71 is the last relatively intact post and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 19, 1978.
To log this cache please message the six-digit number found on the yellow Pacificorp metal sign attached to the nearby telephone pole (about 80' from the posted coords). Do not post the number in your log and/or gallery. Alternatively, you can send via message an original photo of you with the farmhouse in the background.
Driving instructions: Please note that GZ is located along a one-way road that runs south to north. Most routing apps correctly show the turnoff from Klamath Beach Road onto Coastal Drive near the geocache No Bridge just Balls and Bears (GC7D1AH). Also, don't miss the Earthcache Fractured Coastline (GC2ZM7K) along the route. And be forewarned: No RVs or trailers allowed on the section of Coastal Drive near the cache.
Virtual Rewards 3.0 - 2022-2023
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between March 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 3.0 on the Geocaching Blog.