This geocache is located at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden. There is an admission fee for the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden. Reserving timed tickets is recommended prior to your visit. Admission tickets are also available at the Welcome Desk upon arrival. You can purchase tickets, view discounts and see the hours of operation at their website https://pittsburghbotanicgarden.org/plan-your-visit/.
Entrance to the parking lot is located on Pinkerton Run Road at N 40° 25.007’, W 080° 10.194’.
ABOUT THIS GEOCACHE:
The posted coordinates are for the parking lot. This is a series bonus mystery geocache requiring you to find the following two geocaches also located at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden:
GC5QACM Welcome To The Garden
GC5QADF Birds
To begin your tour start at the Welcome Center located at N 40° 25.047 and W 080° 10.305. This is the first stage of the Welcome To The Garden geocache and an excellent place to obtain a garden map that you will need to start the Woodlands Tour. The above two geocaches can be found in any order. The length of the tour will depend on which order you choose to find these caches, but plan on a tour of about 1 mile round trip from the Welcome Center. At each of the above geocaches you will find a portion of the final coordinates for this geocache posted on the inside of the geocache container lids. The final coordinates for this geocache are:
N 40° 25. ___ ___ ___ '
W 080° 10. ___ ___ ___ ’ .
Please use the established trails to find all of the geocaches. This geocache is hidden within a few feet of the trail, no bushwhacking required.