History
Laurel Grove Cemetery, also known as Laurel Grove Memorial Park, located in Passaic County, New Jersey, has been meeting the needs of New Jersey and New York residents since 1872. Providing over 200 acres bordering the Passaic River, the beautiful cemetery property is within easy commuting distance from downtown New York City and surrounding New Jersey communities.
Staff at Laurel Grove Cemetery are pleased that they're able to offer a variety of burial options for multicultural and multi-denominational inhabitants of the area, including Chinese-American families, in their specially designed Passaic Garden. Unique features of the garden include burial plots situated on the hillside, designed to improve Fung Shui. The cemetery property also designed a fitting tribute and monument to the memory of the victims of 9/11.
The grounds are dotted with a variety of landmarks, statues, and iron works as well as beautifully manicured lawns, rich growths of trees and shrubbery, floral arrangements and beautiful views and landscapes. The cemetery property offers above-ground burial options in three mausoleums, with another one under construction. A chapel built in 1939 offers a secluded and private location for large or small gatherings. A mausoleum chapel and a crematory chapel are also available, depending on family needs.
Laurel Grove Cemetery is unique in its ability to meet the needs of a variety of cultures, and offers not only a Chinese-American section, but an Assyrian Catholic section, an Afghan section, a Korean section, and sections for Karacay and Ahmaddiya faiths and cultures. Laurel Grove Cemetery is a perpetual care cemetery, which means that the state of New Jersey ensures the cemetery property will be maintained in perpetuity.
Cache
Note: There is no reason to disturb any gravesite to locate this cache.
You can drive to all stages, and all stages are less than 10 feet from your car.
Stage 1 - Retrieve the puzzle for the first 1/2 of the coordinates. Coordinates to stage 2 will be found here as well.
Stage 2 - Solve another puzzle for the second 1/2 of the coordinates. (You will need a calculator or a pen and a long paper)
Stage 3 - Cache
You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.
You will be able to drive up to every part of the cache. This cemetery is not so busy on weekdays but is extremely busy on Holidays that fall on a Sunday.
As you are leaving the cemetery, check out KV3430 across the street in front of the school, by the flagpole.
BONUS: When you are searching for the cache, remember the GAP for use with geocache GC2ATBP