+Dakota Cachers Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Since I am relatively new to this sport, I was just wondering where some really unique places are in the geocaching world. Where has geocaching taken you, that you never new existed? Here are a couple that we found and really enjoyed. 1. GCGJQF- Ghost 1 2. GCJJK9- Catchwater Vista Dakota Cachers Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 I've recently started to look at DNF logs to gauge the uniqueness of cache experiences because of experiences with a cache of my own. If people are happy to DNF it may bear some consideration. Best DNF ever. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Like Snoogans, I'll put up one of my own caches: Terrace Pond North. Bearfort Ridge is a mountain about twenty miles long and two miles wide, made of purple puddingstone. It's an old sand dune, colored with manganese, with white quartz inclusions. I've never seen anything quite like it anywhere else. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 I'll join in - my favorite is a hide in a literal ghost town here in Western Nebraska - "Old Dunlap Ghosts". Quote Link to comment
+gof1 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 A amazing natural formtion! GCND05 Looking for a place to hide a cache led me to find this place. Why I Geocache! The most amazing part of Geocaching is the places it takes you. Quote Link to comment
+NorthWes Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Two of these (Wild & Urban) are my top favorites for many reasons; the other two are ones I placed while looking for the most out of the way yet accessible locations here... awesome places in my own back yard. All four are in places I'd never have ventured without geocaching to lead me out there. Wild - Lake Mead Cache #1: Anniversary Mine (Nevada) GCCA5F - Leave Las Vegas behind and explore mining country and a hidden desert slot canyon that leads you beyond federal lands... - the kind of place Basilisk loves to cache - no motorhomes, no pavement, no services... just you and the desert; Urban - View Carre' (New Orleans) GCE02C - cannot believe this intro to the Big Easy... a tour de force by Bamboozle. My kids still talk about it...; City Park - Serenity View (Anchorage AK) GCNGKC - A million-dollar view of Alaska complete with eagles, mountains, moose, bear, whales, water, sunsets... so quiet that you can hear the wind and wildlife and nothing else - all just a couple of hundred yards from pavement in the big city, and just fifteen minutes from my home; Federal Park - Tram at Winner Creek Gorge (Girdwood AK) GCWARK - The US Forest Service has improved access along the old Iditarod Trail where it climbs towards the pass behind the Alyeska Prince Resort. The trail includes a hair-raising ride across a rocky creek gorge in a hand-powered tram... an experience that'll take your breath away, in Alaska's northernmost pocket of coastal Sitka Spruce rainforest, just a 45 minute drive south of Anchorage. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Like Snoogans, I'll put up one of my own caches: Terrace Pond North. Bearfort Ridge is a mountain about twenty miles long and two miles wide, made of purple puddingstone. It's an old sand dune, colored with manganese, with white quartz inclusions. I've never seen anything quite like it anywhere else. I have to agree with my filppered friend. His TPN cache is an excellent one and Bearfort Ridge is a scenic and geological marvel. Another one that comes to mind is Edisons Dark Rock. In the late 1800s, Thomas Edison build a huge iron mining and manufacturing complex in the highlands of NJ. He lost millions and closed the operation by 1900. The ruins of this complex still exist, overtaken by forest. There are still foundations and mines, including a narrow shaft about 3 feet in diameter that goes about 100 feet into the side of a hill. The Dark Rock cache is deep inside this mine shaft. I never knew this place existed even though it's only 10 miles from my house as the clam flies. It has it all, history, scenery and a challenging cache find for those of use who are claustrophoboic. Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Urban - View Carre' (New Orleans) GCE02C - cannot believe this intro to the Big Easy... a tour de force by Bamboozle. My kids still talk about it...; Why that didn't come to mind first I'll never know. I don't know how many times I have posted that cache as one of the most unique cachin' experiences I've ever had. I was there pre-Katrina. I've been meaning to go back with The Snoogstress and compare my pictures and camcorder footage. The word of mouth on that cache is huge in Texas. It is on sooo many profiles as a favorite. Quote Link to comment
+Bud Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Saurocache, our first find of 2004, and still one of our most memorable; fossilized dinosaur footprints in a riverbed. Sadly, it's no longer active, but still a neat place to visit. Quote Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 This thread shows some good spots: Linky Quote Link to comment
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