This is a letterbox hybrid and can be found without a GPS if
you'd like. You may want a compass (the magnetic kind) but it's not
absolutely necessary. The cache has a log/stamp book, ink pad, and
signature stamp. If you have your own personal stamp, stamp the log
or just sign it. If you have your own log book, stamp it with the
cache's signature stamp. (Please do not take the ink pad or the
cache's signature stamp.) Geocoachers are not required to stamp
the log book with their personal stamp.
The cache and the schoolhouse are on the banks of a branch of
Dugway Brook which runs underground through this valley,
reappearing north of Euclid Heights Boulevard, going through and
under Cumberland Park, under Mayfield Road and into Forest
Hill Park. The portion that flows under Cain Park was covered up in the
late 30's.
Print out a Superior
Schoolhouse brochure and park on the east side of the south end
of Cumberland Road.
The schoolhouse is open Tuesdays, 1:00-4:00 p.m. and the first
Saturday of each month from 9:00 am-noon, April through December.
You may want to coordinate your trip but it isn't necessary.
Reading
The posted coordinates are for the manhole at the southern end of
the park: in the valley south of Cumberland, west of Lee and north
of Superior. Start there and imagine what it might have been like
when the brook flowed through these banks. Walk to the northwest,
toward the schoolhouse, keeping your imagination going. While on
your way, read about the schoolhouse and imagine what it must have
been like in the old days and how it has changed over the
years.
Writing
On the brochure, find the number of dollars originally paid for the
property on which you're standing. Also, as you walk around the
schoolhouse, count the number of windows on the second story of the
north side. If you'll be using a compass, you'll want both these
numbers when you do your arithmetic.
Arithmetic
Take the number of windows on the second story of the north side
and multiply by ten (10).
Windows x 10 = A
Take the number of dollars originally paid for the property and
subtract the number of stories the schoolhouse has above
ground.
Dollars - Stories = B
Add the results together and divide by two.
(A + B) / 2 = C
Set your compass to this number ("C"). Now go stand on the
schoolhouse back step. On the other side of the valley is
Cumberland Road. The river flows in a culvert under the valley
between you and the road. Follow your compass, set your GPSr to the
FINAL waymark ("Cache Location") and/or read from Shakespeare's
Macbeth Act I Scene IV where Macbeth says:
The Prince of Cumberland! That is
a step
On which I must fall down or else
o'erleap,
For in my way it lies.
It should be pretty simple from here.
The cache container is a small camoflouged Lock-and-Lock box
with the letterbox stamp and log book. There is limited space for
trading items. I wasn unable to get very accurate long/lat, so both
waymarks are averages of multiple coordinates.