City of Oaks Raleigh, North Carolina
*** The cache is not at the posted coordinates***
City of Oaks Cache is a Battleship type game that is designed to give you a fun and informative tour of our beautiful city. *** Disclaimer*** Not only does this cache take you to many of Raleigh's landmarks and historical features it also takes you to some areas and venues that on some days may be very busy with limited parking. So plan accordingly. I hope that you will take your time and enjoy each of the sites as you visit them. Please note the difficulty rating. This is not a park and grab and will likely take you several hours or more to complete while you gather the information needed to solve the final coordinates.
Below is a modified Battleship game board which consists of a 5X5 grid. Hidden on the grid are 3 boats,all of which are the ever-elusive "2 holed" PT Boats, named PT-1, PT-2, and PT-3. To find the coordinates of the battleship (final cache), you must first locate these 3 PT Boats. Once they are located, you will have to do some slight calculations to obtain the coordinates of the final cache (battleship). To fire a shot, simply visit the location of one of the 25 virtual targets it the Raleigh area. There are no cache containers at any of these locations. Determine if the answer to the question for that location is true or false. If the answer is true, it is a "hit"; if the answer is false it is a "miss". There is no need to go to all 25 locations, but you will need to find all 3 PT boats (2 "hits" per boat for a total of 6 "hits") in order to obtain coordinates for the final cache.
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
| A |
N 35° 46.387
W 078° 38.619
16 bike racks are in concrete |
N 35° 47.459
W 078° 40.110
Center date on plaque is 1866 |
N 35° 46.696
W 078° 38.152
2 large rocks on left of stairs |
N 35° 47.959
W 078° 43.084
There are 2 wolves on statue |
N 35° 46.970
W 078° 38.335
1 light over each door |
| B |
N 35° 46.900
W 078° 38.344
6 buttons on Mr. Olds vest |
N 35° 47.081
W 078° 37.757
Small plaque in concrete says H.E. Browder |
N 35° 46.607
W 078° 38.159
4 flag poles on sidewalk |
N 35° 46.530
W 078° 38.179
There is 4 triangular windows over door |
N 35° 46.757
W 078° 39.761
4 Posts support entrance shelter |
| C |
N 35° 48.133
W 078° 43.266
Each light post has 8 globes |
N 35° 46.446
W 078° 38.425
4 silver balls on statues base |
N 35° 46.982
W 078° 38.173
Plaque Dedicated 1871 |
N 35° 46.718
W 078° 40.444
Rock sign says Rose Gardens |
N 35° 46.824
W 078° 38.332
8 rosettes on door |
| D |
N 35° 47.670
W 078° 42.398
Date on bottom of marker is 1957 |
N 35° 45.743
W 078° 39.834
2 pigs guard the entrance |
N 35° 47.568
W 078° 37.947
Date on bottom of marker is 1956 |
N 35° 46.865
W 078° 38.252
4 stones border the door |
N 35° 48.629
W 078° 42.186
Large Spindle Piece is Bronze(on plaque) |
| E |
N 35° 46.319
W 078° 38.372
Name in stone Raleigh Plaza |
N 35° 47.272
W 078° 38.075
Bottom word on sign says Iced Tea |
N 35° 47.691
W 078° 42.009
Busses welcome on sign |
N 35° 46.932
W 078° 38.334
top step has 2 granite slabs |
N 35° 46.629
W 078° 38.152
Large plaque has 4 rosettes |
Once you have determined the position of all 3 PT boats, you will need to determine the orientation and move some numbers around some. Here is all the information you will need to figure the final coordinates:
On the grid North is up
PT-1 is not traveling in the same direction as PT-3
PT-3 is the easternmost boat
All PT Boats are either heading north or east
For translating rows to numbers, A=6, B=7, C=8, D=9, E=0. The front portion of a PT boat represents the columns (numbers (1-5). The rear portion of a PT boat represents the rows (numbers 6-0)
FINAL COORDINATES:
Latitude: N 35° 44. (PT-2 rear) (PT-3 rear) (PT-1 rear)
Longitude: W 078° 40. (PT-1 front) (PT-2 front) (PT-3 front)
This cache was inspired by GC14F8D Charleston Under Siege and a weekend in Charleston doing it with NittanyDave. A special thanks to Intothewoods for that cache. Also many thanks to NittanyDave and our reviewers for guiding me through my first multi and 25 stages at that! Last but not least thank you Blinky7 for helping me every step of the way from "Golly gee whiz" in Charleston to the hiding of the final container in Raleigh.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.