"Flag Hill" Flag Pole
N 33° 28.819 W 117° 39.343
11S E 439079 N 3704729
This is a new Flag Pole - Memorial Day 2010! No plaque (yet) but this pole replaces one that fell in a wind storm.
Waymark Code: WM96CD
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2010
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See Geocache GCA8C2 - OCBSA Cache to Eagle for the long story.
To reach this Project ya gotta hike at least a half hour - on Patriot Trail in the City of San Juan Capistrano - with a good deal of elevation gain.
This pole replaces another (also set by an Eagle Scout) that fell in a wind storm. The first pole was to commemorate 9/11 and was erected by Ryan Pickell. It was vandalized and replaced in 2007 - then a wind storm destroyed that one.
So, for his Eagle Scout Project - younger brother Kyle replaced it with a larger stronger pole - the nearby caches' story comes fro the OC Register story - (
visit link) (June 2, 2010)