0065-Compass Rose Mystery Cache

PLEASE NOTE: If you solved this puzzle prior to August 13, 2023, you will have the wrong final.

Is there any such thing as “up” and “down” ? A cartographer would say, “No”. Down is not towards the earth's South Pole and up is not towards the earth's North Pole. This mistaken notion comes from the way we traditionally hold flat maps. The Nile river would never flow north if north were really up. Unfortunately, in an effort to explain why north is not up and south is not down, many people conclude there is no up or down in space, which is clearly wrong. There is an up and down in space. "Down" is simply the direction gravity is pulling you, and "up" is just the opposite direction. Since there is gravity everywhere in space, there is also an up and down everywhere in space. Gravity is a centrally attractive force, so "going down" means falling or being pulled towards the center of the nearest massive object. If you are in space and the earth is the nearest astronomical object, you fall towards earth. Down is therefore towards the earth's centre and up is away from the earth's centre when close to the earth.
N 44° 21.609' W 77° 50.060'