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Lee Hall Multi Multi-Cache

Hidden : 1/7/2009
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This 3-stage multi will take you to a historic location, then a short drive to stage two, and a nice stroll in the woods to the final.


You will need to collect some information about the Lee Hall Mansion at the first stage in order to calculate the coordinates for stage two.

Answer the following questions based on an informational sign you will find at stage one to fill in the numbers for the stage two coordinates. You are looking for a matchstick container.

N37 11.ABC
W076 34.DEF

A. The Mansion was built by what year? 185?

B. A Confederate hot air balloon was launched from here on April ?7 1862?

C. This sign was placed in what year? 200?

D. The mansion was used as a headquarters during what year? 186?

E. Subtract 4 from the number of letters in Joseph Johnston's middle name?

F. What year did Lee go bankrupt? 18?0

The final stage is a small lock-n-lock container.

Stages 2 & 3 are located on Newport News Park land. The park is open from sunrise to sunset
This cache is approved under Newport News Parks Permit #129

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[stage 2] va gur sbex [stage 3] oebja naq penttl

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)