The Marshall Steeplechase Mystery Cache

The above coordinates do not take you to the cache, they only take you to a starting point for solving the puzzle. The final cache is found after viewing the steeples of some local churches in Marshall.

I’ve seen this done by Arthur & Trillian in Fulton, and by FullQuiver in Columbia. This is similar to those, but with a slightly different twist. It may look hard at first, but with a little thought before starting, it is actually pretty simple and much can be accomplished before even turning on a GPS.

Here is how it works. There are ten numbered pictures of church steeples provided. You need to match the church name to the steeple. The number of the steeple will replace the church name in the final coordinates. Coordinates are provided for each church, but the coordinates are only to the location that the picture was taken from, not the church itself, and not even which church picture was taken there. Some of the churches may be a ways off, but should be obvious after a quick glance around. Be careful, some are trickier than others.

You should never have to leave your car to see the churches from the coordinates given, and may not even need to go to the coordinates to get the answer. Also, some of the churches are used more than once and some not at all. Even if you have to drive to every coordinate, it should still take under an hour to finish the cache. Most of them are close together.

The Churches (in alphabetical order):

• First Baptist Church
• First Christian Church
• First Presbyterian Church
• First United Methodist Church
• Handy Chapel
• Mt Olive Missionary Baptist Church
• Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
• Southside Assembly of God
• St Peter Catholic Church
• Trinity Episcopal Church

The Final Coordinates:

Coordinates where pictures were taken from (in no particular order):

• N 39° 06.780 W 093° 12.003
• N 39° 07.221 W 093° 11.875
• N 39° 06.636 W 093° 12.838
• N 39° 07.160 W 093° 11.633
• N 39° 07.329 W 093° 11.776
• N 39° 07.111 W 093° 11.399
• N 39° 07.290 W 093° 11.704
• N 39° 07.173 W 093° 11.811
• N 39° 06.269 W 093° 12.518
• N 39° 07.116 W 093° 11.608

Just a suggestion, but when I did the similar cache in Fulton, I picked up the steeples while driving around town looking for other caches. The final cache is a medium sized lock and lock container with a log book, pen, a geocoin, a travel bug, and various small trading items to start with. The coin is one that I found in another cache I maintain that has a special mission. It is collecting first to find stories. I thought it would be appropriate to place it for the first to find here.

The Steeples:

Permission was obtained for placing the final cache, but Sunday morning probably wouldn’t be a good time for hunting. I suppose that might have been a hint.

Congrats to aaron7575 on the ftf!