mcd785 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) Take a look at this site. http://www.wimp.com/hugearrows/ kind of wondering if anyone knows much about these arrows and if there are any caches placed on any of them. Edited December 22, 2014 by mcd785 Quote Link to comment
+BikeBill Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) Interesting history! I'd never heard of these. It looks like Interstate 80 roughly follows the route. I wonder if there's a list of the individual arrow locations somewhere. Most of the shacks and towers are probably long gone but there's a good chance that a lot of the concrete arrows remain. They'd be hard to remove. Edit: I found a more comprehensive link: http://sometimes-interesting.com/2013/12/04/concrete-arrows-and-the-u-s-airmail-beacon-system/ Apparently, many of the arrows were destroyed during WWII as the government was concerned that they could be used as a navigation aide by enemy aircraft. Also, the East/West transcontinental route was not the only airmail route that used the arrows. Edited December 22, 2014 by BikeBill Quote Link to comment
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Load of info here: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=317453&view=findpost&p=5322948&hl=concrete+arrows&fromsearch=1 The forums search button is your friend Quote Link to comment
+kc9gbo Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Found one that has a cache nearby by accident while planning for a trip this coming summer, it is in Wyoming. Cache: http://coord.info/GC4QECZ Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Load of info here: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=317453&view=findpost&p=5322948&hl=concrete+arrows&fromsearch=1 The forums search button is your friend Yes... this does show up on the forum pretty often. Quote Link to comment
+joshuar9476 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 There are few of those caches here in SE Indiana History of Airmail Arrows #1 History of Airmail Arrows #2 History of Airmail Arrows #3 The gentleman that hid is huge into benchmarking as well. Quote Link to comment
mcd785 Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) Thanks everyone for the input, as the kids and i are just getting started with geocaching. i have discovered the kids are enjoying the caches from cemeteries , or have historical ties. as seen with the pics i posted when we found the original corner of northwest mo (185o border) ( hey anything to get them to enjoy learning....) and have fun. the wife is wanting to me to buy a camper.......wonder if she is gonna let me plan the road trips?!?!?! Edited December 23, 2014 by mcd785 Quote Link to comment
+captnemo Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Thanks everyone for the input, as the kids and i are just getting started with geocaching. i have discovered the kids are enjoying the caches from cemeteries , or have historical ties. as seen with the pics i posted when we found the original corner of northwest mo (185o border) ( hey anything to get them to enjoy learning....) and have fun. the wife is wanting to me to buy a camper.......wonder if she is gonna let me plan the road trips?!?!?! Even if she won't let you plan the routes, it will open up a lot of area for you to cache. Quote Link to comment
+secondgunman Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Load of info here: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=317453&view=findpost&p=5322948&hl=concrete+arrows&fromsearch=1 The forums search button is your friend Yes... this does show up on the forum pretty often. Also try this thread. I've got a post in one of those threads with a link to a list of the old arrows. Quote Link to comment
+Bubbles&Bonkers Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Take a look at this site. http://www.wimp.com/hugearrows/ kind of wondering if anyone knows much about these arrows and if there are any caches placed on any of them. Those are super cool and I've never heard of them before! Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment
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