GC7Y1F1 Saturn 2018
Type: Mystery | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: LostinDenver @ | Hide Date: 09/20/2018 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 38.723 W104° 47.918 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
               

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Welcome to Mission Viejo Park.  A Small semi circle park in Aurora, Colorado.  There are several caches in this park. This is designed to be a beginner friendly Mystery cache. As will all parks, be careful of muggles!  Park hours are 8:00 am to 11:00 pm daily. When logging, please share the method you chose to find the final.

This cache was placed in anticipation of the Fall 2018 CITO in the same park. Begin your short journey at the posted coordinates.  Here are three different methods you can use to find the final.  One is intuitive, another is math based, and the last uses coordinate projection.  The container is located under cover in the corner of a fence, where the fence is a little tucked in.  The next person’s property fence sticks out. There is a rail fence in front of it.

The intuitive method.  This is also used sometimes in Letterbox caches.  It is not exact, but gives descriptive hints to guide you to the final.  Walk north on the sidewalk until you see a bridge. It is in the middle of the park on the park’s west side.  Turn left to go over the bridge. Just after the bridge, you will see that the path is paved to the left and a narrow dirt path follows a creekbed which travels east-west.  Follow the dirt path. About 450 feet down the path (traveling west), you will find the cache. It is located under cover in the corner of the fence, where the fence is a little tucked in.  The next person’s property fence sticks out. There is a rail fence in front of it.

Math.  With math, you will have exact coordinates.  Use the Stone Marker to decipher the final coordinates.

A= How far away Saturn is from the Sun
B= Number of Saturn’s rings

X= A - 114
Z=B * 6

Final: N39 38.X W104 48.0Z

Coordinate projection is a common method of determining a point starting at a known point.  This method uses the distance between the points and a “Bearing” (like a degree on a protractor with north at the top.  From the starting coordinates (N39 38.723 W104 47.918) travel 662 feet (as a bird flies) at a bearing of 298.5. These functions are easier with an actual GPS unit.  They can also be calculated using GeocachingToolbox.com.

Congratulations to the5Millers and Herndonrd for the FTF! 35/108

Additional Waypoints

P07Y1F1 - Parking
N 39° 38.696 W 104° 47.821

06/26/2019 By Jojo3663
Intuitive method as a family

06/12/2019 By magillacutty
Cool cache. My son and I did it intuitively :)

06/02/2019 By dauerdude
I liked the many different ways of finding this one and was challenging as well

06/02/2019 By YakkoWakko&Dot
Introduced a newbie to his third cache with this one. Thanks for this find!

04/18/2019 By Sweetwind
Greetings from California! Solved from home before visiting Colorado, using the projection method. I have an app on my iPhone called iGCT Pro that makes it easy. Thanks for my POTD (puzzle of the day)! #1,253

03/25/2019 By MonteLukast
Cool puzzle and cache location! TFTC.

12/17/2018 By jasperdakota
Logging as found with CO's permission. Thanks for the fun puzzle!

12/16/2018 By LostinDenver
Sadly, my cute container has blasted into outer space. It has been replaced by an extraordinarily pedestrian camo pill bottle.

12/16/2018 By Frye guys
Looked where the cords put it and also read the description which put it at the same place but no luck.

12/14/2018 By jasperdakota
I did the coordinate projection with the geochecker success. No luck finding the cache at ground zero. Thanks for the fun puzzle. Will try again another day.

11/07/2018 By Savige
Funny pacman-esque hide, found with Jack of all trades.

10/09/2018 By Rohatx
I made sure Sara took care of this one. She belted out the numbers and I plugged them in. Just as mentioned before, I’m surprised that there were no woofers along the way. Thank you for the mystery!

10/09/2018 By sara crow
I think this is the first mystery I've solved on my own

10/02/2018 By Edwards654
Very nicely done. I used the intuitive method, which was close enough, what with the great description. As backup, I memorized the numbers from the slab, in case I had to resort to GPS use. Tftc.

09/30/2018 By Scaber
Fun cache. I used the intuitive method. Also enjoyed the cache container. Thank you for placing this cache and helping to keep our recreation going.

09/28/2018 By mondou2
Enjoyed the hunt for this cache. SL. Thanks for the fun!

09/27/2018 By Kroozer
Projected my way to this one. Neat container! Signed log. Thanks for a fun walk around the park and a nicely done series!

09/24/2018 By Digital58
I used the offset method to obtain the coords and the letterbox description to get to the dirt path. I was surprised that no canine screamers were out today. I really liked the container. Thank you for the cache.

09/24/2018 By Bhob
Out and about for a few geocaches on a most delightful early fall day - this was the third stop on a park-once-find-six excursion. TN-LN-SL. Thanks !

09/24/2018 By aam86
Tftc. I had fun today!

09/23/2018 By dustyriver
Great day of caching with BriGuy including this cache Our quest for 9 cache types in one day continues = Best Wishes, DustyRiver / Terry

09/23/2018 By 2lablovers
One of the new caches that published during the CITO. Fun to find this as a group. This was a great field puzzle. We were with BackCountryHorseman and Jim and used the intuitive method which worked great.