The City Park GeoTrail (CPG) launches on Friday, May 22nd, 2015. The Trail consists of five (5) geocaches placed at points of interest within Hagerstown's City Park. Caches will be found at the parks museums as well as one other point of interest within the park. An untrackable token will be awarded to the first 900 geocachers who complete the City Park Geotrail!
To be eligible for the token, geocachers must have a CPG Passport. Initial quantities of the passport will be available at the Kick-off Event.
To claim a CPG token, geocachers must find and log all five (5) CPG geocaches, sign the cache logs, record the code word from each cache onto their passport, and have the passport verified at the City Of Hagerstown Parks & Recreation Department (351 N. Cleveland Avenue) or the Visitors Welcome Center (6 North Potomac Street). Please refer to the passport for complete validation instructions. Only ONE token can be claimed per Geocaching.com caching account for completing the trail and NONE will be mailed out. This enables us to spread the most smilies to those who visit The Washington County GeoTrail. We appreciate your cooperation and hope that you enjoy the trail.
Participating in the CPG geotrail is fun and we hope that many people join in. However, it is not a requirement for logging your find on this cache once you find the container.
CPG - Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
One of the finest small museums in the nation is located by the City Park Lake. The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts contains permanent collections of Old Masters, American paintings, sculptures, textiles and Oriental art. In addition to the permanent collection, the Museum regularly features rotating traveling and juried exhibitions, new artists and ethnic collections. What began as an initial gift from the founders has grown into an extraordinary permanent collection that includes over 7,000 paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures and other works of art representing a variety of international cultures. Exhibitions highlight the permanent collection and the work of living artists, as well as local and regional artists and students.
Sunday afternoon chamber music recitals are a Museum tradition. Children’s art, weaving and photography are among the Museum’s most popular classes. A family film festival and children’s art festival are offered each summer.
The supplied coordinates will lead you to the entrance of the Washington County Museum Of Fine Arts. Using information obtained from touring the museum and observing it's artworks you will be able to determine the coordinates for the final stage. Answers are found in a linear tour starting in the Museum's 'Old Master's Hall'. Stage Two is within walking distance of Stage One.
To navigate successfully to the final, you will need to solve for "ABCDEF". The coordinates for the final are:
N 39º 38.ABC, W 077º 43.DEF
- In Giovanni Mazone's "Saints Mary Magdalene And Paul" how many items are being held in the two figures hands? = A
- Using Anna Hyatt Huntington’s "Diana of the Chase"...The third digit of the year this bronze was cast MINUS the fourth digit of the year this bronze was cast = B
- Using the informational card mounted alongside John Gotzon Borglum's half-sized bust of "Lincoln" the third digit in the year of Borglum's death = C
- Using Pierre-Auguste Rodin's "St. John The Baptist ... the fourth digit in the year of the sculpture's creation = D
- Using Norman Rockwell's "The Oculist" ... the number of letters in the name of the baseball team logo on the young boy's cap = E. BE CAREFUL! This one is likely the toughest in the trail. If needed please check the hints.
- The number of words in the quote by Oscar Wilde in the museum's courtyard archway = F
The City Park GeoTrail wishes to thank the Hagerstown Parks & Recreation Department and the Hagerstown Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau for their timely assistance with planning this adventure.
The WCG also wishes to thank the following hiders who spent countless hours in planning and deploying the caches – ALs Guide, Always Lost 00, BraxPack, davee-n-cachincarrie, Kitakima, LPYankeefan, Snurt, tazscouter, tiger77aam and WVKiwi.