The Naranja
Town Site is an old gravel quarry which was purchased by the
town of Oro Valley in 1996, with an additional 173 acres
purchased in 2000. The area will be developed into a community
park featuring a performing arts center, community center,
baseball, basketball, soccer and tennis facilities, and several
miles of hiking trails.
As of June 2006, planning is still underway for the majority of
the development. The hiking trails have just been rough graded and
the parking area improved. Park in the parking area and procede
west on the trail. The cach itself is a medium sized ammo box. It
is located a couple hundred feet off of one of the trails, but is
fairly easy to reach. Note: You do NOT need to go through
the barbed wire fence to reach the cache. If you find a barbed wire
fence between you and the cache, go back to the trail and continue
on it until you pass through the opening in the fence. You can
reach the cache easily from the trail one you pass the fence.
We initially stocked this cache with the following items:
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Travel Bug World Travel GeoCoin Blue
Mardi Gras Beads Giesha Keychain Silver Ring Sea Shell A Cisco
Systems Pen And, of course, a logbook. As always when in the
desert, watch out for local wildlife, especialy the crawling and
slitering posionous varieties. Don't stick you hand anywhere you
can't see!