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Mystery at the Escarpment Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/27/2012
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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There is not a container at the displayed coordinates.


I have been stopping at the overlook in Thacher Park a lot and I have been wondering why no one has a mystery cache there.  Well now there is one hope you have fun while looking for it. To complete this cache you will have to get some numbers from the signs at the overlook.  The coordinates displayed will bring you to the parking area at the overlook. If you want to try this cache in the winter go ahead but please cover your tracks in the snow. Congratulations to tenebrus FTF! This had been a Premium and Charter Members but I decided to open it up to everyone. Permit number for 2014-2016 JBT14-2

Update May 1st 2022 - sign 2 is missing now according to other geocachers so I have substituted out the letters for numbers for those questions.


N42°3B.5DE
W074°F1.HI2
 
 
Sign 1
N42°39.092
W074°00.413

F-third digit in how many years ago
E-add up all the individual numbers on the sign that reference the feet above sea level then subtract eleven
 
Sign 2 (this sign according to other geocachers is missing so I have provided the answers by replacing the letters with the numbers)
N42°39.085
W074°00.407
 
A-first digit in elevation of Mt. Equinox
G-last digit in elevation of Mt. Greylock
J-which world war are the depots from
C-second digit of the route number near the water tower on Washington Ave.
 
Sign 3
N42°39.024
W074°00.369
 
I-third digit of the year Emma Treadwell Thacher donated 350 acres
B-last digit of the year John Boyd Thacher died
D-first digit of the acres donated in 1920
 
Sign 4
N42°39.017
N074°00.366

H-add up the numbers in the year the Indiana bat was put on the Endangered Species list then subtract twenty two

Additional Hints (No hints available.)