Street Smarts Mystery Cache
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Puzzle cache: do not go to the posted coordinates!
The instructions for solving this puzzle are very simple. You need to visit each street in the list below. Once you have arrived at the street (and parked safely, of course), go to the coordinates listed for that street and have a look around. At each spot you'll find a clue that will help you determine the coordinates of the cache container.
Here are the streets:
| Portland |
Davis Street |
N 45° 31.461 W 122° 40.992 |
| Medford |
Main Street |
N 42° 19.512 W 122° 52.490 |
| West Linn |
8th Avenue |
N 45° 20.749 W 122° 39.150 |
| Bend |
Third Street |
N 44° 03.678 W 121° 18.148 |
| Estacada |
Springwater Road |
N 45° 18.829 W 122° 23.499 |
| Albany |
Broadalbin Street |
N 44° 38.156 W 123° 06.431 |
| Hood River |
Oak Street |
N 45° 42.533 W 121° 30.981 |
| Aloha |
Tualitin Valley Highway |
N 45° 29.665 W 122° 52.349 |
| Ontario |
Sunset Drive |
N 44° 01.437 W 116° 59.285 |
| Corvallis |
Fifth Street |
N 44° 34.338 W 123° 15.552 |
| Newport |
Oregon Coast Highway |
N 44° 38.400 W 124° 03.183 |
| La Grande |
Adams Avenue |
N 45° 19.789 W 118° 06.088 |
| Lakeview |
4th Street |
N 42° 11.593 W 120° 21.115 |
| Salem |
Portland Road |
N 44° 59.557 W 122° 59.115 |
| Eugene |
Coburg Road |
N 44° 03.953 W 123° 04.436 |
| Canyonville |
Jeffreys Road |
N 42° 56.468 W 123° 17.384 |
| Hammond |
Pacific Drive |
N 46° 11.955 W 123° 57.105 |
It is important that you visit these streets in the order presented above. Here's a picture of the route, courtesy Google Maps.
When you've completed the trip, you'll have travelled about 3,500 miles. Estimated driving time is around 65 hours, so save this puzzle for a point in your life where you have plenty of time and gas money. Please post any interesting travel stories in your log!
You can check your solution here.
Congrats to FTF F Troopers and theRubinator!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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