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Makin' You Smile: Getting Around The Big City Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

ricson917: The widening of 144 and other construction projects has made it necessary to archive this series. Remember, it is all about the miles and the smiles :-)

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Hidden : 1/25/2015
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is a puzzle series that can be found in the Richmond Hill area. When you finish the series you will have smiley face made of smiley faces on your map. Do NOT look for the cache at the listed coordinates unless you like to swim. The cache is not in the water!


Use the hints below to travel around Atlanta in order to calculate the co-ords. You will need to figure out the correct station in order to get the coordinates.

FINAL COORDS: N 31 AB.CDE W 81 FG.HIJ

Start at the station that In 1845, George Washington Collier opened a grocery store that in 1846 served as Atlanta's first post office and take a journey around the 'Big City'.

A. Home to Atlanta's first country club and where golf legend Bobby Jones learned to play.

B. After the Civil War, this area became Atlanta’s first planned community and one of the nation’s first garden suburbs.

C. This area is in the heart of the Midtown with walking access to the High Museum of Art and Colony Square.

D. This area is a newly incorporated city, incorporated in December 2005.and is Georgia's sixth-largest city.

E. The hospital here was dedicated in February 1978.

F. This area was called Irbyville through most of the 19th century.

G. A nearby location earned the privilege of serving as the official venue for the 1996 Olympic Games' Cultural Olympiad.

H. The deepest station at 120 feet or 36 meters the "walls" are carved out of solid gneiss rock and host the longest escalators in the Southeast.

I. This area serves a central part of Dekalb County and handles an average of 14,600 boarding's per weekday.

J. Prior to the arrival of white settlers, this was the intersection of two Creek Indian trails the Pitch Tree Trail and the Sandtown Trail.

Remember, it is all about the miles and the smiles!

You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ba gur orez ng gur onfr bs gur gerr

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)