Evansburg Loop Multi-cache
Oceanic815: Hate to shut down this cache, just over 10 years old. Leaving area to adventure across the USA in our RV soon. A lot has changed with the caching scene in our local area, and it has become stagnant and dying...guess the prolific hiders ran out of guard rails and light posts.
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This is a 5-stage multi-cache, the first along a portion of a biking, walking, and equestrian trial. This is a piece of the Perkiomen Trail off-shoot that was once called the “Evansburg Loop” on the trail maps. The whole trail is paved, with a horse-friendly border. This cache was planned and installed while biking, but it could be done while walking or even on horseback. The round trip from the parking area and back is a little over 5 miles. While setting this cache up, we saw many deer and hawks, several other bird species, and even a hot air balloon. There are good sunsets visible on the trail – if you don’t mind the ubiquitous electrical high tension power lines (and their hum or crackle depending on the humidity)! All of the cache stages are within the right of way of the trail, and none are hard for cachers to find. Just enjoy the trip and the exercise! Before you turn for final stage, you can choose to keep riding on the Perkiomen Trail for a while if you want. You never need to actually leave the trail to find any of the stages except for the last, which is about 20 feet off trail.
Parking coordinates are given for Palmer Park, a Skippack Township park. There is a short connector trail from the parking area to the main trail.
If the Perkiomen Creek is at flood stage, Stages 4 and 5 will be inaccessible. Otherwise, this cache should be accessible year-round, even after a heavy snowfall.
Stuff you need to know (revised Sept 2011 after flooding from Hurricane Irene):
At Stage 1 you will be given coordinates to Stage 2.
At Stage 2 you will find a 4-digit number “ABCB”. To find Stage 3, start with your Stage 2 coordinates and subtract the sum (A+B+C+2) from the decimal portion of the North (latitude) coordinate, and add the two numbers 128 and (A x B x C) to the decimal portion of the West (longitude) coordinate.
At Stage 3- PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL HERE, AS THE TRAIL CROSSES A BUSY ROAD. Keep youngsters close. What you are looking for at about 10 feet away from the road. It will give you a set of coordinates. Take these coordinates, and add 0.011 to the latitude (N) and subtract 0.102 from the longitude (W) to get the actual coordinates of Stage 4.
At Stage 4 you will find a 2-digit number “D.E”, hidden in the same style as Stage 1. The fifth stage is at N40 13.### and W075 26.FEF. To find the fifth stage, start with the coordinates you found at Stage 3 (before you did the extra math) and subtract ((E x E x D)+13) from the decimal portion of the North coordinate. To get the West coordinate, F=D+1.
Stage 5: Please replace as found so that it has chance to survive flooding.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Fgntr 1: Tb ybj... 2 srrg bss oynpxgbc
[Stage 2: None needed.]
Fgntr 3: B-uneqjner.
[Stage 4: Yellow]
[Stage 5: None needed.]