The Find Your Chesapeake GeoTour
Nanticoke Watershed Alliance
The Chesapeake Bay, the great rivers that feed it, and the vast landscapes surrounding them are at the center of our nation’s story. More than 2,600 miles of designated water trails, 55 units of the National Park System, and scores of state parks, local parks, and wildlife refuges are found within the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Each takes part in conserving special places for visitors, residents, and future generations. The Chesapeake Bay region is filled with rich history and heritage, opportunities for education and science, and beautiful scenery suitable for explorers of all ages. Join us in discovering the Chesapeake region when you “Find Your Chesapeake” and take advantage of our beautiful treasure.
The Find Your Chesapeake (FYC) GeoTour launched June 9, 2018 with over 60 caches within Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania. and Delaware. A trackable geocoin will be awarded to the first 400 geocachers, while supplies last, for locating at least 20 FYC caches. To be eligible for the coin, geocachers must download a passport from the Find Your Chesapeake GeoTour website. Geocachers must find and log at least 20 finds, record the code word from each cache on their passport. After discovering the 20 required caches, geocachers may have their passports validated via mail at the National Park Service, Chesapeake Bay Office located at 410 Severn Ave, Suite 314, Annapolis, MD 21403. Please refer to the passport for complete validation instructions.
Participating in the FYC GeoTour is fun and we hope that many people join in. However, it is not a requirement for logging your find on this cache once you find the container.
The Nanticoke River has the highest concentration of bald eagles in the northeastern United States! Eagles can be tough to identify in the air when compared to turkey vultures, ospreys, hawks, and other large Eastern Shore birds. Here is a handy identification tip: To determine if the soaring bird is an eagle, look at its wings. Bald eagles usually soar with their winds almost flat, while other birds hold their wings up in a shallow V-shape called a dihedral. So go look along the river and see how many eagles you can spot using this trick!
The Geocache
This geocache is a two stage puzzle cache. At the given coordinates, N38 29.038 W75 49.445, you will encounter a beautiful mural. Each section is separated by a window. Section 1 is on the left and Section 5 is all the way to the right. Count only item in that section.
Section 1
- A = # of men in this section.
- B = # of birds in this section minus one.
Section 2
- C = # of Native Americans in this section minus the # of birds in the air in this section.
Section 3
- What is being built in this section.
- Boat: D = 4
- Cabin: D = 5
- Bridge: D = 6
Section 4
- E = # of men shoeing horses.
Section 5
- F = # of men with bushel baskets.
The coordinates for the final location are N38° 29.ABC, W75° 49.DEF
The checksum of ABCDEF is 15.
Thanks to KSullivan, Pegasusmoon, and Pyro1970 for helping with this hide.
This geocache is available during daylight hours. The Nanticoke River Discovery Center is open from 9am to 4pm Monday through Friday.
NOTE: 12/09/2023 - The mural is no longer there, so you can go straight the the final which is listed in the waypoints below.