MA & PA Trestle Mystery Cache
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The MA & PA Trail has several good caches along it. While this cache is not on the trail, it is close to where a trestle for the M&P line once spanned a depression now part of a golf course. A thorough search of the area just to the east will reveal ties left behind when it was dismantled in the mid 1900's.
The coordinates on the page are actually to a nearby trailhead on the MA & PA Trail. To find the actual coordinates for this cache, you will need to first visit the Trail's website at www.mapatrail.org. The answers for the variables are in the website, and will guide you to the final location which is N39.31.ABC and W076.22.DEF.
Safe parking is very close to GZ, although muggle activity in the lot may be high depending on the season. It has the approval of the Harford County Park and Recreation administration.
From the website find:
A = the number of miles the train ran in Harford County, plus 1, and divided by 4
B = number of permanent signs along the trails, minus 2 and divided by 3
C = number of letters in the name of the city that was the northern terminus of the MA & PA RR
D = the number of trail sections multiplied by 2
E = the second number in the Edgeley Grove Farm street address
F = number of the month that summer membership meetings are held
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Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
fubeg fgbzc guebhtu jbbqf