Alioth Traditional Cache
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Alioth is the third star in the hand of the Big Dipper. It is also the brightest, as it shares an apparent magnitude of 1.8 with Alkaid. Alioth is also a member of what is called the “Ursa Major moving group,” which basically means that 50,000 years from now some stars in the Big Dipper will have changed their relative locations and it won’t look like a dipper anymore!
Many people love constellations, others love good walks in the woods, while some just love to collect smileys! If you love all three, then this is the geocache series for you.
To find the “Polaris Bonus Geocache” you will need to find all of the other caches in the series and obtain a clue from each one. When you have visited the seven stars of the Big Dipper you will be able to determine the location of the “Polaris Bonus Geocache.”
I would recommend visiting the caches in this order.
Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Phecda, Merak, Dubhe, Polaris Bonus Geocache
Not all the walking is on trails, but I have done as best I could. There will certainly be some walking down overgrown trails, through relatively open forest and a little bit on the Sprague Brook Park Trail. Most people will probably be able to bee-line it from one cache to the next if you follow the suggested order. However, when searching for the “Polaris Bonus Geocache” (hopefully from Dubhe) you should stay on the Sprague Brook Park Trail until you are within a 150 feet of the bonus cache coordinates you determined.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Qbjarq gerr 50 srrg rnfg bs genvy
Treasures
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