Welcome to the USA Geoart! The caches are obviously not at the posted coordinates, but they are all located along Route 3 in NH and Route 102 in Vermont. They are all relatively simple finds because I want everyone to be able to find these caches, regardless of age or physical ability. But to find these caches, you must solve the following questions about each state’s symbols. The website I used to gather the information was https://statesymbolsusa.org, so please use the same website to avoid any discrepancies.
In each cache, there is a special little surprise for the FTF if they want it, a little homemade magnet of each state. Will you be the first to collect all fifty?
I also need to give a huge shout out to my Mom, Mummie91957, for helping me immensely with this geoart series. Without her, this geoart would’ve taken much longer to plan out.
California became a U.S. territory in 1847 as part of the treaty ending the Mexican-American War. Shortly after, the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in 1848 inspired a wave of settlers to head to the west coast in search of fortune. On September 9, 1850, California became the 31st state, and is now the third largest state behind Alaska and Texas.
N 44 A.BCD, W 71 E.FGH
A: State Animal:
California Grizzly Bear = 44
California Black Bear = 45
B: State Bird:
California Quail = 7
California Pheasant = 4
C: State Fish:
California Golden Trout = 9
California Brown Trout = 2
D: State Flower:
California Tulip = 5
California Golden Poppy = 6
E: State Gemstone:
Tourmaline = 38
Benitoite = 37
F: State Insect:
California Catface Butterfly = 6
California Dogface Butterfly = 8
G: State Nickname:
The Earthquake State = 1
The Golden State = 9
H: State Reptile:
Desert Tortoise = 6
Salamander = 0