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Walk in the Park, You Can Count On It Multi-Cache

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tuomaskk: Since the final location keeps getting muggled constantly, I have finally decided to archive this cache.

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Hidden : 1/29/2010
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Take a stroll in the park and count the nice things you see. The cache listing attributes are for the starting location, where you can park your car and do the counting. I suggest walking to the final location.

After a few DNFs and not enough people even logging anything for a few months, I decided to mark up the difficulty level by half a star, and add a few more hints. Just try to find it without them first, and if you get a DNF, then read the hints.

From the starting point:
P=The number of pillars that support the local Pantheon.
B=nearby Bench is dedicated to the memory of a person, count the letters in that name.
R=number of Red ball "caps" in the nearby jungle gym.
G=Number of lettes in the name of the park
W=number of outdoor Watering holes. Two or more faucets still count as one watering hole.
Z=W-1

Y=(P*R*G*B*Z+800)%1000
X=(G*P+R*P+Z*Z*Z+2*R+4*Z)%1000

The symbol '%' is the modulo operator. So the answer is always between 0 and 999 inclusively.

Reference: (visit link)

Final Location:
N 47 40.Y
W 122 08.X

Congratulations to DT3 for FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

T: Vapyhqr NYY bs gur yrggref va gur SHYY anzr bs gur cnex. J: Whfg pbhag gur ybpngvbaf bs gur jngre sbhagnvaf, abg gur snhprgf. Rnpu erfgebbz pbzcyrk unf bar jngrevat ubyr. SY: Abg vafvqr gur cnex. Lbh zvtug unir jnvgrq sbe fbzrguvat urer orsber. Xarr uvtu cynpr. Gur pnpur pbagnvare vf qnex. Gehfg lbhe trbfrafrf.

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)