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Divided Lake Mystery Cache Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

rustyspinner: The bench that is part of the solution is no longer there. I am going to archive the cache instead of re-working it.

I will retrieve the cache ASAP and move along the travel bugs that are in it.

thanks to those who found this one and tried to find it recently.

I hope that nobody stole the bench, it was a nice tribute and a great place to sit and enjoy the lake.

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Hidden : 10/19/2007
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The above coordinates will NOT take you to the cache. They will take you directly to the middle of Kahle Lake. I called this the divided lake mystery cache because Kahle Lake is divided directly in half by two counties, Venango and Clarion. This is where your quest to find this cache begins.

The first thing you will need to do is read over the questions below as some of them will require online research to find the answers. I repeat, SOME of the questions you will NOT be able to find the answers to at the lake, so do not head out until you have done your homework! No worries, it is not that difficult and a simple Google search will give you the correct answers in just a matter of minutes. The answers to the other questions will be easily answered at the correct boat launch described below.

There are two boat launches on this lake, one in Venango Co and one in Clarion Co. You will need to find out which one is in Clarion County and go to that boat launch parking lot. The same online search you used to answer some of the questions below will also show you which boat launch you will need to go to and how to get there.

Coordinates to the cache are: N41 AB.CDE 079 FG.HIJ

Once in the Clarion County boat launch parking lot, all the answers to the remaining questions should be easy to obtain, just do your arithmetic carefully. GOOD LUCK!!

AB is the number of posts in the parking area WITH a cable attached to them minus 1

C is the number of letters in the first word of the saying in quotes on the memorial located near the boat launch plus 4

DE is the number of posts in the parking area WITHOUT cables minus 3

FG is the first two digits in the total acreage of the lake plus 13

H is the number of letters in the name of the lake

IJ is the minimum length a Largemouth Bass must be in order to keep it in this lake (this is the same for all Big Bass Lakes) Plus 3

Once you find these answers, you should be able to plot them and find the cache without problems. The cache was hidden at a spot that will give you a view of the lake from a different perspective. There is a decent path that will take you directly to the cache. Please stay on the path as there are berry bushes and other thorny type bushes right off the trail. The path is easy going and is flat all the way to the cache. There might be one small water hazard you will need to cross, but a large adult step should be sufficient to navigate it.

While you are in this area, you might want to find the two other caches that are located around this lake. The Kahle Lake Multi (a boat of some kind is highly suggested for this one) and the Kahle’s “Dam” Cache.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gb svaq gur cngu, ybpngr gur bhgubhfr

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)