08 Indiana (New Final Location) Mystery Cache

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Strider: It is time for these to go, thank you to everybody who found them over the last 7 years. These will be picked up over the next few weeks, weather and time permitting. If anyone wants to get some of them let me know which ones.

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Hidden : 11/3/2018
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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8/24/2019 Replaced the cache at new, moved, coordinate and fixed the page, new, corrected solution and geochecker.

This is part of the Missouri 50 State Star Geoart, 51 caches, one for each state and a bonus cache. The 50 State caches are all along roads with parking nearby. Each cache will have an easy puzzle to solve or questions to answer to get the coordinates for the final container. The caches are NOT at the posted coordinates, find the answer, solve the puzzle to get the final coordinates. Have fun and be safe!
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Indiana is a U.S. state located in the midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America. Indiana is the 38th largest by area and the 17th most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th U.S. state on December 11, 1816. Indiana borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north, Ohio to the east, Kentucky to the south and southeast, and Illinois to the west.

The average altitude of Indiana is about 760 feet above sea level. The highest point in the state is Hoosier Hill in Wayne County at 1,257 feet above sea level. The lowest point at 320 feet above sea level is located in Posey County, where the Wabash River meets the Ohio River. Only 2,850 square miles have an altitude greater than 1,000 feet and this area is enclosed within 14 counties. About 4,700 square miles have an elevation of less than 500 feet , mostly concentrated along the Ohio and lower Wabash Valleys, from Tell City and Terre Haute to Evansville and Mount Vernon.

Indiana has an extensive history with auto racing. Indianapolis hosts the Indianapolis 500 mile race over Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway every May. The name of the race is usually shortened to "Indy 500" and also goes by the nickname "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing." The race attracts over 250,000 people every year making it the largest single day sporting event in the world. The track also hosts the Brickyard 400 (NASCAR) and the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand PrixFrom 2000 to 2007, it hosted the United States Grand Prix (Formula One). Indiana features the world's largest and most prestigious drag race, the NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, held each Labor Day weekend at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis in Clermont, Indiana. Indiana is also host to two major unlimited hydroplane racing power boat race circuits in the major H1 Unlimited league: Thunder on the Ohio (Evansville, Indiana) and the Madison Regatta (Madison, Indiana).

To find this cache add 0.075 to the North coordinates and subtract 1.379 from the West coordinates.

Bonus Info: Middle letter of the middle word of the venue for the Indy 500.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Cersbez ng onfr bs gryrcubar cbyr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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