Cache Across the Avenues, DC Edition: Colorado Ave.
The CAA (Cache Across the Avenues) DC Edition: This is a series of caches that will take you on a caching tour of all four quadrants of the District of Columbia. One cache will be hidden on each of the 50 State Avenues (actually 48 Avenues + a Street and a Drive). These caches each contain a code word that will lead you to one final cache (to be placed) located in our nation's capitol upon completion of the series. We will be publishing these caches in batches of five.
About this cache: The cache is located on Colorado Ave. in the neighborhood of 16th Street Heights .Where you are standing, you can see the historic Colorado Ave. bus terminal. This was where the streetcar line ended and passengers could transfer to a bus. This is still an active Metro bus station.
Length of Avenue: 1.6 miles
Rank in Size: Tied for 23rd (along with North Carolina Ave.)
Quadrants: NW
Facts about the Avenue:
- The 14th Street streetcar line ended here at the Colorado Ave. bus terminal.
- Colorado Ave. runs from the intersection of Georgia and Missouri Aves. to where it becomes at cul-de-sac in Crestwood, ending at Rock Creek Park.
