Port Lands
A Celebration of Portland
The cache is not at the posted coordinates. Please solve the following puzzle to determine the actual location...
Following are 14 satellite images. All of them were taken above Portland. Click the images for an enlarged view.
To solve the puzzle, locate each image in Google Earth.
Add the degrees of latitude of the first 7 images to get XXX.
Add the degrees of longitude of the last 7 images to get YYY.
The cache is at:
N 45 32.XXX
W 122 55.YYY
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The sixth image was rotated about 180 degrees to bring the text into correct orientation.
Satellite images in Google Earth are updated regularly and may no longer match the scenes above. As of publication date, all images are the current, most recent (and default) images in Google Earth. I have selected images that are not likely to change. However, you can use the time slider in Google Earth to select an earlier image if you have trouble spotting something. Normally, this should not be necessary. If you do confirm that an image is outdated, let me know in your log and I will get it updated.
Click "Roads" in Google Earth's Layers panel to turn street labels on and off as desired. For a less-cluttered view, turn off "Places" and "More".
Please feel free to work with your geocaching friends on the puzzle, and let me know if you need any assistance.
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If you enjoy poking around in Google Earth and want a significantly challenging puzzle, stop reading and start Googling!
Otherwise, read on for some truly horrible poemlets, listed in a random order, that should significantly reduce searching time:
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Where the Looking Glass and Grand do meet
The Portland Riverwalk can't be beat
A coin was tossed
Portland won and Boston lost
Our city is such a gem
So too is PWM
Enjoy your walk and beat the heat
Take a stroll down Moulton Street
It's time to show some Portland spunk
And visit the home of the hardy Wangunk
Keep up that winning spree
With a visit to 71663
No need for a curse word,
Just check in with the kiwi bird!
Keep it weird but never phony
Float your boat on the Salamonie
No need to be morose,
Ask for help from Los Barbados
Flying out of PDX?
Stop nearby and stack your decks!
Make the CO proud:
Just unscramble pugealoude!
Time to take a break,
With a visit to Big Rideau Lake
Our land is green and merry
Just like County Tipperary
Lest your progress be slowed
Head up the Wallerawang Road
Work your fingers to the bone
Mining that gorgeous Portland stone
No more clues to count on?
Throw on some Williams, Don
Sing along, dance and jive
Jamming along posh Shore Drive