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Errol, New Hampshire Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/14/2023
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache isn't located at the posted coordinates.  Solve the puzzle below for the final coordinates.  The cache is located in a small park in Errol.  There is plenty of parking and picnic tables are available.

Errol is a town in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 298 at the 2020 census.  It is located north of the White Mountains along Route 16 at its intersection of Route 26. It has a municipal airport with a single, unpaved runway.

Errol was granted by Governor John Wentworth to Timothy Ruggles and others in 1774, the name taken from Scotland's James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll. In 1789, proprietors of the Errol grant petitioned the General Court that towns between Conway and Errol be required to pay for "a good connecting road". The legislature approved the measure in 1781, mandating what is today Route 16. A winter trade route to Andover, Maine, was built in 1804, connecting Errol to Portland by what is now Route 26. The first settlers arrived at Errol in 1806, and by 1820 the population was 36. It was incorporated in 1836.

Although the soil was considered generally poor, it was suitable for hay, oats and potatoes. With vast forests, the town's chief occupation was lumbering. By 1859, when the population was 130, the town had two sawmills, one gristmill and one clapboard machine.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 69.5 square miles, of which 60.3 square miles are land and 9.1 square miles are water, comprising 13.09% of the town. The Androscoggin River begins in Errol, where the Magalloway River joins the outlet of Umbagog Lake. The town's elevation reaches 2,350 feet above sea level atop a bump above Signal Pond near the town's western boundary. Errol lies fully within the Androscoggin River watershed.  The town is served by state routes 16 and 26.  

FINAL: N 44 46.ABC W071 07.DEF

A: The fourth digit of the year that the population was 130

B: The fourth digit of the year when the first settlers arrived in Errol

C: The third digit of the year when Errol was incorporated

D: The second digit of the year when the legislature approved the measure to build Route 16

E: The third digit in the town’s elevation

F: The fourth digit in the year when Route 26 was built

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

rireterra

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)