Containers on the Santa Fe National Historic Trail Geo Tour are military ammunition canisters, small plastic geocache container, large Bison Container or Brochure-Holder boxes, with an identifying Santa Fe Trail Association yellow sticker on the box, and the dark green geocaching.com ID is on the side of the boxes with the information of who set the cache and who to contact for information. Each cache contains a logbook to sign, a variety of items that provide information about the Santa Fe Trail as well as swag items. If you are participating in the Passport activity, the code word is located on the inside of the box, on the top of the lid and is clearly identified as Code Word. Permission to set caches has been obtained. We ask that all cachers please respect all property at the sites where our caches are set.
The Rabbit Ears (actually two peaks) are about 7 miles northwest of the town of Clayton, New Mexico and about 1 mile north of the road. This landmark was named for a Cheyenne Indian called Rabbit Ears who was killed nearby. The Santa Fe Trail ran several miles to the north, but it was a guiding landmark for the approach to McNees Crossing. Rabbit Ears is a National Historic Landmark and served as a focal point for a series of camps and landmarks that are known as the Clayton Complex. Included in the complex are Mt. Dora, Round Mountain, McNees Crossing, and Turkey Creek Camp. Be sure to check out the new 3-panel interpretive wayside exhibit placed at this site by the New Mexico Scenic By-ways.