This cache is part of the NH State Geoart Series. The coordinates are fake; you must solve the puzzle below to obtain the final coordinates. The caches are placed along the 14.8 mile, dirt Bog Dam Road (also known as the Kilkenny Loop Road) in Berlin, NH. The dirt road is is in great shape, but the road is gated from the end of November to the beginning of May. Check the WMNF website for road closure. Note that all the caches are winter friendly and within 20' of the road – easy P&Gs.
The Small Towns of NH.
Benton is the 15th smallest town in NH and is located in the north central section of Grafton County. The town was granted by Governor Benning Wentworth on January 31, 1764 to Theophilus Fitch and others. It was named Coventry after Coventry, Connecticut hometown to many of the settlers, who arrived shortly after the beginning of the American Revolution. At the suggestion of Governor Isaac Hill, the name was changed on December 4, 1840 to Benton in honor of Thomas Hart Benton, the Missouri senator who championed westward expansion. The population was 364 at the 2010 census with a density of 7.5 sq. mi.
The puzzle: 44 27.Z19 71 18.530
Benton's population is 3Z4.