Welcome to the Five States Benchmark Challenge!

Cache is at posted coordinates but you must meet the requirements of this challenge in order to log a find.

The Rules:

To complete this challenge you must meet the following conditions.

1. Find and log 5 benchmarks - one in each of 5 different states.
   
   Your qualifiers (in this case, your benchmarks) need to be loggable (and logged) on geocaching.com for them to count. Only Found benchmarks count (not destroyed, looked for it, think it's there, etc.).
   
   You need to personally find it and log it here. No arm-chair benchmarking. No “told my friend where it is and they found it for me” benchmarking. You need to discover it, be there, see it, log it!
   
   Thank you & Happy Benchmarking! Happy Caching! Happy Trails!

Logging Requirements:

When you log your 5 benchmarks, please list the following:

1. Permanent Identifier (PID) (listed in the format AB1234 (two letters and four numerals))
2. Designation (the name, called a designation, has no set format. It could be JONES or E 37 RESET or WASHINGTON MONUMENT 1913 or simply X 429)
3. The State in which you found the benchmark
4. The Date you found the benchmark

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   My 5 States:

   - - PID - - - - - - -Designation - - - - - - - - - - State - - - - - - - Date Found

   a. MK2188 - - - A 301 RESET - - - - - - - - - - - NE - - - - - - - -25 JAN 2012

   b. MJ1454 - - - MANAWA 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - -IA - - - - - - - - 16 FEB 2014

   c. GG0689 - - - SE KAN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - KS - - - - - - - - 07 MAR 2014

   d. HE0186 - - - CARTHAGE - - - - - - - - - - - - -MO - - - - - - - -09 MAR 2014

   e. NM0844 - - - X 325- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -SD - - - - - - - - 26 APR 2015

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   Additional Information:

   • Any posted "Found It" logs that do not meet the requirements of this challenge will be deleted.
   • If you have not met the requirements of this challenge, you may visit this cache, sign the log book and post a note on this page. When you have met the requirements of this challenge, you may then post a "Found It" log without having to revisit the cache.
   • FTF Honors go to the first person (or team) to Qualify and Sign; if multiple people signed at the same time and qualify, Co-FTF works.
   • Please contact stargazingwoman with any questions.
   • Note: The attributes reflect the cache location, not the various benchmark locations.
   • Note: The D/T reflects the various distances you may walk/hike/climb/drive and the research you may find yourself doing in order to locate 5 benchmarks, 1 in each of 5 different states. It is unlikely for a person to find these all in one day. Some are easier to find than others. Please stay safe and legal and honor "no trespassing" and "private property" signs and other laws.

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   Although this is not required, Good bench mark hunters will post the following items in their benchmark logs.

   1. Coordinates on your GPS, phone, or other device.
   2. Elevation reading.
   3. Close-up photo of the disk, rod, or other bench mark type.
   4. A second photo from a few feet away showing the mark and the general surroundings/location.

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   I hope you enjoy benchmarking as much as I do!

   
   ***** Congratulations to BTCO Cachers for FtQaF: First to Qualify and Find! *****
   
   

   The cache name is based on the amateur radio operator phonetic alphabet, continuing a theme for my caches.
   --... ...-- and Happy Caching!

   
   

   BYOP!