Congratulations to Tangleforge for the First To Find.
Parking for this cache is available at Martinez Park in Fort Collins. The cache is about a quarter mile walk from the parking lot along paved surfaces.
The Cache La Poudre River is a National Heritage River designated by Congress in 2009, as one of 55 National Heritage Areas throughout the United States and was the first to be established west of the Mississippi.
The Cache la Poudre River is essential to the lives of the more than a half-million people in the northern Colorado Front Range and is the heart of the National Heritage Area. View irrigation ditches and canals built in the late 1800’s by early settlers, many of which are still in use today. Bike the Poudre River Trail for miles of natural beauty and rich history. Sites of historical interest within the Heritage Area include the Fort Collins Water Works, the Great Western Sugar Beet Flume (a National Historic Site), and the Eaton House at the Boardwalk Park Museum in Windsor, all of which contribute to the history and story of water use in the West.
Read the informational sign at Ground Zero. From that location look across the river and see the flow chart painted onto the bridge structure. Indicate the current flow rate of the river and share a photo showing the river flowing by the painted flow chart.
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.