Current at 9/14/2008 (Online waypoint URL)
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Traditional Cache Orchard Street Ravine (Work in Progress) by FunnyNose (2/2)
N47° 32.306  W122° 22.774 (WGS84)
UTM  10T   E 546693  N 5265188
Use waypoint: GCY620
Size: Small Small    Hidden on 9/6/2006
In Washington, United States
Difficulty:  2 out of 5   Terrain:  2 out of 5
Orchard Street Ravine (Work in Progress)

Orchard St. Ravine is a 2.2 acre site comprised of two Parks owned parcels of land separated by an unimproved street right-of-way (38th Ave SW), with another unimproved right-of-way (SW Orchard St.) bordering the northeast side of the site also included in the greenspace. The majority of the woodland site contains a madrone-Douglas fir forest situated on west and southwest facing slopes, while the remainder of the site is fairly flat and open with dense thickets of blackberry. The forest type found at Orchard St. is one that is fairly scarce in Seattle – data reveals that only 52 acres out of 2700 acres of Seattle’s urban forest in Parks ownership that was surveyed contains the conifer-madrone forest that is present at the Orchard St. site. As is seen throughout the city, the woods exhibit signs of decline and invasion by non-native species.

Visit the website of the people responsible for spearheading the restoration Friends of Orchard Street Ravine

This park is on the end of a narrow and steep dead end residential street, So night caching would not be cool.


Work is progressing on the trails


Clearing out the blackberries and ivy

The Huling Hounds score yet another FTF !!

The Rockitbiker entrance is untested and should only be used by professional glissaders.

"Cache seekers (hold harmless the cache owner) and assumes all risks, responsibilities, and mental condition involved in seeking this and any cache."


Additional Waypoints (1)

CodeNameTypeLinksCommentsDateCoordinatesDistance
PKY620   Park HereParking Area   Google Maps    9/9/2006   N 47° 32.294 W 122° 22.803 0.03miles SW

Additional Hints Hints

Current at 9/14/2008

Found it 9/7/2008 by cartagirl
I found this cache with a friend, Icongirl, who lives nearby. This is her first cache! The GPS sent us into some blackberries, but after some poking around while getting poked, we realised we were on teh wrong track. We eventually found our way.

We also found one at the top of the hill. Such a lovely part of Seattle -- what great views!

Thanks for the cache.

Found it 8/17/2008 by Barnabirdy(s)
Last of our West Seattle adventure. Thought at first the coords were leading us astray but they proved to be right on and, once believed, led us to the prize. Thanks for 8 today, Funnynose, including those two DNFs, of course Blush .
Barnabirdy(s)

Didn't find it 6/29/2008 by geozoid
It makes one wonder when relative newbies find a cache that you spent almost an hour to find, and didn't. Oh well, I guess that's how it goes. It also doesn't help when you copy the wrong hints. This one will have to wait a while. So sad.

Found it 6/29/2008 by GeoHunters08
It is so fun to go to these new little parks that we never even knew existed! TFTH

Found it 6/25/2008 by MadCADcacher
Cool place, I am new to Seattle and it's nice to see the sights while caching.

Didn't find it 5/17/2008 by tomison
We spent a few minutes looking around when a neighbor came out and was very concerned about our searching the area. He is one of the people helping to restore the area and they have a lot of new plantings they are worried about as well as volunteer Madrona seedlings which he says are fairly rare. We looked at all of the hint items, prior to his visit and didn't see anything. He mentioned that they recently did a major trash pick up and it may have been found and tossed.

Found it 4/17/2008 by TiFel
This was quite a lovely spot. For some reason it felt peaceful and serene. TFTC and taking us to this spot.

Found it 4/12/2008 by dannyandmal
Lovely little place to stop and take a breather. TFTH

Found it 3/5/2008 by rodgowdy
Very refreshing to observe so much work going into this area, it's a great spot. Thanks for bringing us here! (770)

Found it 3/5/2008 by mgosho
Neat little park in development. TNLNSL

Found it 2/17/2008 by SuperDudeSam
I got a screwdriver.

Found it 2/17/2008 by Mahawking
Mom had it before I got there...dang DS!! TFTH!

Found it 2/17/2008 by Lil'J
I was hanging with MPS when it was found!

Found it 2/17/2008 by MashedPotatoSlinger
I didn't even get as close as dad did, I mostly let naj3, Mahawking and my annoying big brother SuperDudeSam do this one for me. I kept Lil'J out of trouble, though.

Found it 2/17/2008 by bolosky
This one was easy for me, because I got close, pointed and then naj3 and the boys did the actual work. I just provided encouraging noises from the sidelines.

Found it 2/17/2008 by naj3
Thank you for the parking coords.. they made life easier for this one. Hmmm this one this one nope that one. I dove in for the grab! TFTH!

Didn't find it 1/21/2008 by brodiebunch
No luck but this looks like a cute little park when its finished. Had a brief chat witih a granola-type who was doing some park maintenance. Perhaps another time.

Found it 12/30/2007 by Valdes
Found after giving up the upside approach and going around to the more traditional approach. Some brush cutting in immedated area of cache but still undisturbed. Box is becoming one with the environment but still dry.

Didn't find it 11/18/2007 by M&M
No joy for us today. Did have a nice talk with one of the neighbors who volunteers here.

Found it 10/28/2007 by Cat-in-the-hat
[#1849] I am visiting the area on business from Long Island, NY. I had the weekend to myself so what a better way to enjoy sites then caching. Today was a little overcast so some of the views were a little restricted but overall I had a fantastic time. I finally broke down and at the end of the day did the tourist thing and rode to the top of the Needle. Wow - this one took a little work to get to. Thanks for a fine cache!

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South side of large Madrone Tree