Each cache in the Green Monster series contains one or two "monster
numbers" prefixed with "N" or "W". To determine the coordinates for
the "Green Monster - Final" cache, add up all of the "N" numbers
and "W" numbers.
For example:
Cache A - N +20° 10.000
Cache B - N +20° 02.000
Cache C - N +02° 00.300
Final lat - N 42° 12.300
Please keep a record of the monster numbers you find in the Green
Monster caches.
Consult
the Green Monster bookmark list for all of the caches in this
series.
One Week Headstart
In the interest of fairness, the owners of the Green Monster
geocaches will wait one week after the caches are initially
published to begin seeking them.
If you are interested in participating in the Green Monster series
by hiding a new cache in your hometown (or anywhere in MA.), please
join us! Email the owner of the "Green Monster - Final" cache for
details. (Click on the owner's name at the top of the "Green
Monster - Final" cache page, and select the "Send Message" or email
address link in the owner's profile.)
This chapter of the "Green Monster" series is a traditional
ammo-can cache in the town-owned Sprague Conservation Land in
Harvard, Mass. Parking is on West Bare Hill Road, at the
coordinates posted below.
There is a brown wooden sign at the parking area / trailhead (see
picture below). The trail initially passes through open fields
currently leased for crops; please respect the local farmer when
passing through it. Where the trail passes from field to woods,
there is a granite bench from which there is a nice view of Mount
Wachusett.
The trail then meanders through the woods, marked with yellow paint
blazes on trees. About midway to the cache the trail forks; you can
take either one (see map below; the left fork is shorter). Near the
cache site is another nice view, this one of Bare Hill Pond.
The trip from car to cache is between half and three-quarters of a
mile, depending on which route you take. No night-caching, please;
Harvard conservation areas are open from dawn to dusk.
The cache is initially stocked with green trade items. Feel free to
stick with this theme or to trade whatever you wish.