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Telling time Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/19/2020
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Note: The cache is not located at the posted coordinates. You must solve the puzzle to find the cache location. (This is not a field puzzle. It is possible—and recommended—to solve it entirely at home.)

One of the many important things to learn as a child is how to tell the time from an analog clock. But can you use these times to find a geocache? I found this piece of paper lying around with a list of times and distances on it... Seems a bit odd to me. Maybe you can help me make sense of it.

GC92W6M - Telling time
Time Distance
1:38 AM 898.2 feet
9:32 AM 1.1 kilometers
10:06 AM 0.5 miles
5:22 PM 1376.0 yards
5:50 PM 1336.5 meters
9:50 PM 604.7 meters
"After the first, relative to the last"

I recommend working in Decimal Degrees while you're solving to maintain the greatest precision. Convert to Degrees Decimal Minutes at the end to input into the checker. The checker is set up to accept "fuzzy" coordinates (within 30 feet of the final) but you should strive to be as accurate as possible!

You may use Certitude to confirm your puzzle solution. Good luck, but most importantly have fun! :)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle] Ubhe unaq cbvagf gur jnl [Hide] Anab (zber vasb va Pregvghqr)

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)