GC2JPYK Traditional Cache Overlook
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1 out of 5
By: TrinidadLake @ | Hide Date: 11/21/2010 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N37° 08.627 W104° 34.030 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Access or parking fee  Scenic view  Available during winter  Wheelchair accessible  Parking available  Drinking water nearby  Public restrooms nearby  Picnic tables nearby  Bicycles 

Cache near the Trinidad Lake State Park Carpios Ridge Overlook.

Day light caching only please.

Trinidad Lake State Park




Day-use fee or Colorado state park pass required.


The U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers built the dam that created Trinidad Lake as an irrigation and flood-control project in 1978.

The park has been managed by Colorado State Parks since 1980. Take a minute at the overlook and think about the six small communities that were once located in the Purgatoire River Valley that is now covered by the lake. Each of these small communities evolved from old coal mining camps. An occasional mine entrance (most sealed by the lake) and tailings still exist as evidence of the industry that once flourished here, when "coal was king."

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14 Logs: Found it 13  Write note 1  

Found it 07/02/2019 By IJAdventures
Fun

Found it 06/25/2019 By Nettle Finder
On day 11 of our 13 day RV trip. Started on TX and hit some states a little east and headed up to SD and now back down to TX hitting some states a little west. Love the big ones!

Found it 06/22/2019 By IntrovertedNormals
TFTC! Beautiful place!

Found it 06/16/2019 By alicomeaux
Found it! Kids first geocache! Thanks. They are so excited!

Found it 06/15/2019 By Rvatornate&Fatcleo
A nice place to take a break on our hike. Great vista. Took nothing, left nothing, signed the log. Thanks for the cache.

Found it 09/13/2018 By Rusty & Libby
Great view. Thanks for the cache

Found it 09/09/2018 By Dmac1911
Very pretty and well visited cache.

Found it 09/09/2018 By Trinity9307
Good catch

Found it 09/01/2018 By miriamethubert
Quick hike around the campground grabbing caches before diner. TFTC, SL and exchanged swags

Found it 08/27/2018 By dancinguurl
First time geocaching! Found it with a friend! Yay!

Write note 08/21/2018 By the10man
Found it, and the snake underneath it!

Found it 08/19/2018 By Denianah
Beautiful view. Thanks for the cache

Found it 08/19/2018 By bbelk
Nice view. Very impressive cable lock.

Found it 08/11/2018 By argifford
Tftc