North Beach - Former MML Geotrail 2013 Traditional Geocache

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Calvertcachers: We would like to thank everyone for visiting this MML hide!

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Hidden : 1/4/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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The Maryland Municipal League Geotrail 2013
Celebrating Maryland’s Cities and Towns.
North Beach - MML District 4

The 2013 MML geotrail and geocoin promotion ended on April 1, 2014. We would like to thank everyone for participating and a special thanks to the Maryland Geocaching Society members for all their support. Be sure to visit the MGS website at www.mdgps.org for the latest news on geocaching in Maryland.

For updated information, visit the MML web site at MML link or the Maryland Geocaching Society web site at MGS Link

When the Geotrail launched in January 2013, this cache was originally a puzzle cache using a sign from the old museum. However, the museum is in the process of relocating. Therefore, please make your way to the final hide location at: N 38 42.741 W 076 31.967.

We may re-work this puzzle when the historic signs are installed at the new location. Please take the time to stop by the Bayside History Museum.

The final is in a beautiful new North Beach facility, and is a standard container stocked with a variety of items. This cache is only available from sunrise to sunset. Please no night caching! Don't forget, if you wish to earn the new MML geocoin, please record the code word and post a picture with you log.


Today’s population is composed primarily of year-round residents who know they have found the best of all worlds: a safe, friendly, walk-around town away from the congestion and hassle of the city; a place where government wears the face of one’s neighbor and every resident can keep a finger on its pulse. Citizenship is alive and well in this jewel of a town on the Chesapeake Bay.


Socially and culturally, North Beach has a rich and diverse history. Originally platted in 1900, the town provided an ideal site for the vacation cottages of part-time residents from nearby Washington and Baltimore, but it also served well as the home of working watermen. When the Bay Bridge opened in 1955 bringing easier access to Atlantic Ocean resorts, summer crowds at the western shore getaways soon dissipated. The end of legalized gambling was the final blow that ended the heyday of North Beach as a rollicking resort.

Following that period of decline, recent years have produced a rebirth of civic pride and a burgeoning sense of community. Old buildings have been removed, houses refurbished, and flower beds coaxed into bloom. Plans are underway for a museum and environmental education center, a senior citizens’ apartment complex, and a primary care medical facility. Visitors flock to North Beach in June for the North Beach House and Garden Tour and in August for the town’s annual Bay Fest. Antique stores attract shoppers while beachcombers delight in the search for sharks’ teeth fossils. Mother Nature is the town’s greatest asset.

Fossils discovered along the shores of North Beach and Chesapeake Beach.

Today’s population is composed primarily of year-round residents who know they have found the best of all worlds: a safe, friendly, walk-around town away from the congestion and hassle of the city; a place where government wears the face of one’s neighbor and every resident can keep a finger on its pulse. Citizenship is alive and well in this jewel of a town on the Chesapeake Bay
The Town of North Beach thanks you for visiting!

Thanks to Calvertcachers for helping with this hide!
Thanks to the Calvertcachers, Snurt, and the Maryland Geocaching Society for assisting with this project!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)


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