Confederate Park

Cache information:

The posted coordinates will take you to a woman reading to her two charges. You are standing before the aforementioned monument erected in 1915 honoring the Women of the Southland. To find the coordinates to the next location you must search the nearby area and locate “JRA No 67” and “WPF No 28” which are within 60 feet of the starting coordinates.

⊕ Once located, JRA will help you determine your North coordinates. Take ALL the numbers stamped thereon and Subtract 3713111.

⊕ Once located, WPF will help you determine your West coordinates. Take ALL the numbers stamped thereon and Add 5305871. Do not include any graffiti, only those numbers stamped upon each at the foundry. Of course you need to place the decimals in all the right places (XX.XX.XXX) to your results to have the correct coordinates.

The next three legs will provide you with the coordinates to the next location in succession. These coordinates will be in plain sight, they will not be hidden in containers…

You are almost home.

◊ Which (#) annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans was held at this location?

◊ What was the average age of the veterans who attended?

◊ What dates did the reunion span?

◊ What year was the reunion held?

With these answers in mind solve the follow for the coordinates to the final cache.

Whereas:

⊗ A is the sum of the reunion number and the average age of the veterans;

⊗ B is the difference between the final date of the reunion and the beginning date;

⊗ C is the difference between the last two digits in the year of the reunion and the total number of days of the event.

History of Confederate Park
Confederate Park is located near downtown, in the Springfield area of north Jacksonville. First named Dignan Park, for a chairman of the Board of Public Works, it opened in 1907 and contained the City’s first supervised playground. The United Confederate Veterans chose Jacksonville as the site for their annual reunion in 1914, and the park as the site for a monument honoring the Women of the Southland. Five months after the reunion of an estimated 8,000 former Confederate soldiers, the City renamed the park, and the monument was erected the next year. During the early decades, citizens came from all over Jacksonville to attend cultural events at the park or to see the beautiful Rose Arbor. Visitors strolled along the lovely Hogans Creek Promenade that opened in 1930, and in more recent years attend events sponsored by the Springfield Improvement Association & Woman’s Club.

2013 JAXPARKS GeoChallenge:
The City of Jacksonville has teamed up with The Cache Station and The Friends of Jax Parks to bring you the second annual The JaxParks GeoChallenge. This year, the Friends of Jax Parks have hidden 30 new caches that will let you explore a diverse selection of parks around Jacksonville.

Rules for the JAXPARKS GeoChallenge:
For a complete list of all the parks in the JaxParks Challenge, official rules and instructions on how to receive your Geocoin click Rules for the JaxParks Challenge

Have fun and enjoy the tour of some of JaxParks coolest parks!!

Jacksonville Parks Information:
For informantion on: Parks and Recreation Department (JaxParks)