Filling in a gap in the geocache trail around Fountain Lake left when AZAppels Archived their cache, T C (GC3JDMY), originally hidden May 1, 2012!!
Container is a black bison tube with no room for SWAG or TBs. BYOP and you may need a TOTT!!
Difficulty due to the high muggle traffic and some thorns!!
CONGRATS TO AZAppels FOR THE FTF!! VERY APPROPRIATE!!
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The following is from the Archived cache's Profile:
From here you can see the world famous fountain of Fountain Hills. The fountain reaches a height of 560' when all three pumps are on (for special occations) or 330' with two pumps (which is most of the time). The nozzle was built in Zurich, Switzerland and weighs almost a ton and sits in the 33 acre lake. The official founding birthdate for Fountain Hills is December 15, 1970 which is the date the fountain was turned on for the very first time.
The following is from the Fountain Hills Website:
The fountain sprays water for about fifteen minutes every hour at the top of the hour. The plume rises from a concrete water lily sculpture in the center of the large man-made lake.
Finally, the nearby Fountain Hills’ Civic Center Trail was the first trail opened under the Town’s Urban Trail Plan called FIT for Fountain Hills Integrated Trails. The trail was dedicated and opened in early 2013 after two years of planning and development.
As of April 2019, a number of additional trails are being planned and will be opened as funding permits.
The Civic Center Trail features spectacular scenery with the Fountain Hills World Famous Fountain, and views of the McDowell, Four Peaks and Superstition Mountains. The trail is 3.2 miles in length over relatively level ground and begins and ends at Fountain Park. The trail will take people through some quiet residential streets before returning to and travelling through the Fountain Hills downtown retail area. This area includes retail shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues.
See the attached map for the specific path that travels from Fountain Park up El Lago Boulevard to Mountainside Drive, then to Palisades Boulevard, then to Websty Drive, then to Avenue of the Fountains, then to Saguaro Boulevard, and finally back to Fountain Park.