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County Bounty Cubed - Nifty Fifty Puzzle #18 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/13/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the posted coordinates.

How well do you know, or can find the answers to some puzzles about our great 50 United States?



There are only 2 states that do not have counties as their political and geographical subdivisions; Louisiana has parishes, and Alaska has boroughs. (There are five “county-boroughs” that make up New York City.)

Texas has the most counties at 254, and Delaware the least at 3. In California, 25% of the state’s population lives in Los Angeles County, with an average population per county of 638,000. The average population per county in Kentucky is 36,000.

So brush up your cubing skills. The answers will match the number of counties in 10 different states. Use the states to find the final coordinates.

N 40° (AZ) (KY) . (CT) (KY) (NE)
W 112° (UT) (NE) . (NE) (ND) (ND)

0 = 33 + 2


1 = 43 + 33 + 2


2 = 43 + 2


3 = 23 + 23 -1


4 = 53 - 5


5 = 33 - 6


6 = 83 ÷ 2 - 2


7 = 23


8 = 43 - 23 - 3


9 = 53 - 33 -11

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Srryvat n yvggyr ehfgl?

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)