AN URBAN FOREST
Crown Hill Cemetery makes up
a significant portion of the City’s urban forest. The trees of
Crown Hill improve the quality of life and help create a healthier,
more livable environment for the Greater Indianapolis
community.
Crown Hill Cemetery
was established on the Martin Williams farm and tree nursery in
1863. The land included Strawberry Hill, known later as Crown Hill
in section V, the City’s highest hill and the pioneers’
favorite picnic spot. The City of Indianapolis celebrated its
semi-centennial at Crown Hill picnic grounds on June 7,
1870.
Generation after
generation enjoys the beauty of the trees of Crown Hill, collects
their leaves, and benefits daily from their very existence. The
Crown Hill Tree Program cares for, preserves, and plants new trees
for generations yet to come. The Tree Program is made possible with
the support of: Crown Hill Heritage Foundation, DNR Indiana
Department of Natural Resources, Eagle Creek Nursery, Hoover Family
Foundation, Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, Purdue University,
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Vine & Branch,
Inc., The Raymond & Alice Gochenour Tree Fund, The Sallie E.
Gould Tree Fund, The Howard T. Wood Tree Fund (The previous
paragraphs are an excerpt from
(crownhill.org)
As of the
publication date of this cache Crown Hill had 107 unique tree
varieties, fifty of which are native to Indiana, and offers a self
guided tour that they say is best viewed while walking (or
biking).
This mini- tour
consists of 8 trees with round, metal or plastic tags from which
you will derive the cache coordinates using the formula
below:
North AB
CD.EFG West HI
JK.LMN
AB = Hornbeam
(section73)
CD= Bitternut Hickory (section 93)
E= Sassafras (section 15)
FG= Tree of Heaven (non-native) (section 89)
HI= Black Spruce (non-native) (section 224)
JK= Swamp White Oak (section 1)
L= Sweetgum (section13)
MN= Blue Ash (section
F)
Bring your own
pencil as the cache has only a stubby, and the following: FTF
Prize: Ubear & Stinky pathtag. The cache also contains 3
straight-from-the-bank, uncirculated Minnesota commemorative
quarters.
Happy
Hunting
You can check your
answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.