CACHE LOCATION CLUES - MONTROSE TO PORTERWOOD - Caches 11, 12, 13, 14 available June 7
MONTROSE STATION N39.04.005 W079.48.590
Clues to Cache #11 include numbers on yet another old railroad benchmark -
Reference point #4, which can be found at N39.04.397 W079.48.580.
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Questions for Cache #11:
1.Number of degrees in a right angle multiplied by 20, subtracted from the
smaller four digit number of Reference point #4.
2. Number of degrees in a compass divided by 6, multiplied by -1
3. Deduct 1.
Total above & write it here______________
Use this number with Montrose North to compute new North coords below.
4. Write in the three-digit number on Ref. point #4.
5. Add 20.
Total above & write it here______________
Use this number with Montrose West to compute new
West coords below..
WRITE DOWN THESE NEW COORDS AND FIND
CACHE #11. N39.05___.____ W079.47.____
(It's across US 219)___________________________________________________________________
Cache #12 Before you get to Cache #12, you need to look
for Reference point #5, another trailside sign with a two digit number that you
will need later. It’s at N39.05.625 W079.45.811.
Cache 12 clues:
1. Square the two-digit number on Ref. point #5 and add 15.
2. Next most valuable US currency bill above $50 multiplied by 4.
3. Subtract number of wheels on a unicycle.
Total above & write it here______________
Use this number with Cache 11 North to compute new North coords below.
4. Fahrenheit temperature of boiling water at sea level multiplied by MINUS 1.
5. Famous highway established in 1926 linking Chicago, Illinois with Santa
Monica, California
ROUTE _ _ multiplied by MINUS 1.
6. Add 2.
Total above & write it here______________
Use this number with Cache 11 West to compute new West coords below.
WRITE DOWN THESE NEW COORDSN39.05.____ W079.46.____ AND FIND CACHE #12.
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Cache #13 Clues:
1. Multiply the two-digit number on Ref. point #5 by 14 and add 2/3 of original
number.
2. The number of singers in 10 barbershop quartets, multiplied by MINUS 10.
3. Add the number of strings on a violin multiplied by 10.
4. What is the age of an 8-year-old dog in human years multiplied by -1?
5. Add 6
Total above & write it here________________
Use this number with Cache 12 North to compute new North coords below.
5. Multiply the first number in Cinco de Mayo by the second and multiply by
MINUS 10.
6 Multiply the number on Ref. point #5 by MINUS 2.
7. Subtract 1
Total above & write it here_______________
Use this number with Cache 12 West to compute new West coords below.
WRITE DOWN THESE NEW COORDS
N39.05.____ W079.44.____ AND FIND CACHE #13.
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Cache #14 Clues:
1. How many eggs in three dozen?
2. How many years in four decades divided by 10?
3. What is the freezing temperature of water in
Fahrenheit degrees, plus 1 ?
Total above & write it here_____________
Use this number with Cache 13 North to compute new North coords below.
4. How many hours in three days?
5. How many years in 3.5 centuries divided by 5?
6. Add the number of socks in a pair multiplied by half the number of days in
April.
Total above & write it here___________
Use this number with Cache 13 West to compute new West coords below.
WRITE DOWN THESE NEW COORDS
N39.04.____ W079.42.____ AND FIND CACHE #14.
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Welcome to Porterwood Station N39.04.240 W079.42.016.
Cache #15 Clues: Observing from around the Porterwood Station display board..
1. What is the three digit number on mail box?
2. What is the route number of Shavers Fork Road on street sign?
3. Subtract 33
Total above & write it here_____________
Use this number with Porterwood North to compute new North coords below.
4. Arrange the two numbers involved in IRS taxdeadline day to form a three digit
number.
5. Revolutionary war slogan - “Spirit of __ __”
6 Add 1.
Total above & write it here_______________
Use this number with PorterwoodWest to compute new West coords below.
WRITE DOWN THESE NEW COORDS N39.04.____ W079.41.____ AND
FIND CACHE #15.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR CACHE #16:
To get the coordinates for Cache #16, you will need to catch some numbers from
three reference points between Caches #15 and #16.
Reference point #7- N39.04.624 W079.41.521
Reference point #8 - N39.04.892 W079.41.642
Reference point #9 - N39.05.288 W079.41.189
Cache #16 - continued
1. Middle three digits in a phone number on a sign at
Reference point #7, divided by 2.
2. First two digits of 4-digit number on Reference point #8.
3 Subtract 11.
Total above & write it here_____________
Use this number with Cache 15 North to compute new North coords below.
4. First three digits of the six-digit number on Reference
point #8.
5. First three digits on a building at Reference point #9.
6. Subtract 49.
Total above & write it here___________
Use this number with Cache 15 West to compute new West coords below.
WRITE DOWN THESE NEW COORDS N39.05.____ W079.40.____
AND FIND CACHE #16
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If Cache #16 is open, stop in
and say hello, tell them you’re geocachers, and they will give you a clue to
Cache #17.
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Caches #17 thru #19 are found between trail stations at Bretz and Hendricks.
Bretz Station is 1.08 miles from Cache #16, thru the city of Parsons. At the end
of the second bridge, on the right, look for a sign saying “Forest Service -
Nursery Bottom.”
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Click HERE to go to the next section - Bretz to Hendricks