West Virginia Botanic Garden Mystery Cache
West Virginia Botanic Garden
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PLEASE REHIDE WELL. OTHERWISE MUGGLES CAN FIND WAY TO EASILY!
Thanx!!!
Some information below is taken from a 2012 WBOY article and some from the WVBG Brochure.
My thanx to both sources.
Additional information can be found on the WV Botanic Garden Website
In 1912, the water reservoir opened up, supplying fresh water to the city of Morgantown.
In 1969, the reservoir was closed and eventually the 28 acre basin was drained. However, some towers and markings remain, maintaining the site's mark in Morgantown's history.
"This was a major source of water when the Mon River was too polluted, when the wells weren't providing enough water, they were polluted because people had out houses close to their wells. So you needed to have good clean water for Morgantown to develop," said Barb Howe of the WV Botanic Garden.
The area has since been leased to the West Virginia Botanic Garden. You can visit the garden for free. It is open dawn to dusk.
For this cache you will gain the needed information about the Garden from the interpretive signs located at the coordinates posted below.
The gate to the lower parking lot is open on Saturdays and national holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on Sunday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (weather permitting). Otherwise you may park in the upper lot and walk down to the rest of the garden.
The hike for this cache can be about 1.5 miles long, (or a little more), depending on the trails you take. The terrain is also very level with some trails even being paved. In researching this cache I spend around 2 hours walking the trails, reading the signs and otherwise enjoying the area.
Cache is not at the posted coordinates.
To be able to find this cache, determine the number of letters in the requested word/s:
NOTE: Numbers and dates, IE. "100" or "1935", count as a single word.
Sign 1. A Small Dam and a Big "Bowl"
2nd column, 1st line, 6th word
Sign 2. A Year-round Refuge for Wildlife
1st column, 14th line, 2nd word
Sign 3. Adapting to a Wet Life
top column, 3rd line, 3rd word
Sign 4. "Clean Mountain Water" Not So Clean?
1st column, 7th line, 11th word
Sign 5. Remnants of the Past
2nd column, 7th line, 4th word
Sign 6. Strong Men and Horses
1st column, 8th line, 1st word
Sign 7. The Tibbs Run Reservoir
2nd column, 4th line, 2nd word
Sign 8. Too Many Deer in the Woods?
top column, 5th line, 3rd word
Sign 9. Useless Swamps or Priceless Resources?
left column, 8th line, 3rd word
Sign 10. Wetland Wonders
1st column, 2nd line, 2nd word
Sign 11. What Kind of Wetland?
right column, 8th line, 2nd word
Sign 12. Who Wants Clean Water?
top column, 2nd line, 8th word
Final is at: N 39 37.ABC W 079 52.1EF
A = Sign 1 minus Sign 2
B = Sign 3 minus Sign 4 (- 2)
C = Sign 5 plus Sign 6 (- 3)
D = Sign 7 minus Sign 8
(sign is missing so I just gave you this for the time being.)
E = Sign 9 plus Sign 10
F = Sign 11 plus Sign 12 (- 2)
Optional requirement:.
Email me the two answers from the sign at the following coordinates:
Caretakers Marker at N 39 37.863 W079 52.192
(The sign is next to the parking area.)
1. What was the name of the longest serving caretaker.
2. When facing the sign, what is standing on front of you?
And as always, remember to cache safe and have fun!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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