The cache is NOT at the listed coordinates!
In order to decipher the coordinates for this mystery geocache, you will need to complete the Geocaching Adventure Lab titled "Columbia, Maryland: The First 5 Villages." To do this, you need to install the Adventure Lab app on your smartphone. Once installed, you can access this Lab here.
After completing the Adventure, you will have the codes needed to find this cache. No need to write them down - they will be listed in the journal entries you unlocked during your Adventure. The location of this geocache will be somewhere between the first and last location of the Adventure Lab (you will need to drive or cycle), at the following coordinates:
N39 12.WLHCOM W076 51.LROB
D/T rating considers the Adventure Lab in addition to the hide. There is no pen in the cache, so make sure you bring one. An unactivated FTF micro coin was left for the FTF.
Once you decipher the coordinates and find the Adventure Lab Cache, it will contain a clue for one quick, final adventure that lets you learn about yet another location in Columbia. When you see the clue in the cache, I am sure you'll want to go for this final adventure. If not, it will end up "bugging" you later! It's walkable from the cache, and (if you need it) there is a hint available below to help you figure out what you will be looking for when you get there.
As always: Don't be that guy! Please leave the cache as good as or better than you found it.
Want a Digital Banner for Your Profile?
For those geocachers who: (a) complete both Columbia, Maryland Adventure Labs; (b) find both corresponding mystery geocaches (GC8Y2QB and GC919RR), and (c) discover the final adventure for both of these bonus caches, I have created a digital banner that can be placed in one's geocaching profile. It can be found below. Enjoy!
***Update (10/09/2020): Thanks to all those who completed and rated this Adventure, Groundspeak HQ has granted me permission to create an additional Adventure Lab – "Columbia, Maryland: The Second 5 Villages" is now available!***
---To Learn More about Columbia, MD---
Much information provided in the Geocaching Adventure Lab corresponding to this cache was retrieved from the references below. All of them are great sources for additional information on Columbia, Maryland:
Ball C. Long Reach Rising: A vibrant village center for today. Presented February 18, 2020 at a Long Reach Village Board Meeting. https://www.howardcountymd.gov/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=fJJZOZTuUC0%3d&portalid=0.
Burke M, Emrich R, Kellner B. Oh, you must live in Columbia! The origins of place names in Columbia, Maryland. Columbia, MD: Columbia Archives; 2008.
Columbia Association. Columbia Association - History. https://www.columbiaassociation.org/facilities/columbia-archives/history/. Accessed August 2, 2020.
Kellner B. Columbia. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing; 2005.