I have fancied putting togehter a geo art for a while now & being as the old series is a bit tired, had a chat with USAndy to do this re-run. This is a one of a series of 50 puzzle caches that will take you around the town of Thornbury. All puzzles are so easy to solve we have made the D rating a 1 on most, as the hides are easy to find as well.
All the caches are to do with the USA and will give you info on all the states.
To help you navigate the public footways around this area, the Explorer 167 map will be helpful.
The whole walk in one go will be no less than 12 miles, depending on other caches you can grab on the way round. There is a bonus cache as before.
Please see number 1 USA Mega series re-run #1; Alabama for car parking, if you need it.
GEORGIA
- Origin of name: In honour of George II of England
- Capital: Atlanta
- Largest city: Atlanta
- Population: 9,992,167 (2013 est) Ranked 8th in the US.
- Nicknames: Peach state; Empire state of the south.
- Highest point: Brasstown Bald, 4,784 ft.
- Admission to union: January 2nd, 1788 (4th)
- State motto: Wisdom, Justice, Moderation.
- State song: Georgia on my mind.
- State tree: Southern live oak
- State flower: Cherokee rose
- State bird: Brown Thrasher
- Area: 59,425 sq mi. Ranked 24th in the US.
Did you know……...
1) The City of Savanna was the first steamship to cross the Atlantic. It sailed from Georgia.
2) The pirate Edward "Blackbeard" Teach made a home on Blackbeard Island. The United States Congress designated the Blackbeard Island Wilderness Area in 1975 and it now has a total of 3,000 acres.
3) Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River.
4) Okefenokee Swamp encompasses over 400,000 acres of canals; moss draped cypress trees, and lily pad prairies providing sanctuaries for hundreds of species of birds and wildlife including several endangered species.
5) Marshall Forest in Rome is the only natural forest within a city limits in the United States.
To solve this one name the state Tree.
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.
The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast. There is a stats listing, so you can see how many Little Bridges you have found, you can find it HERE . If you would like to add to the series, please contact Stan via the Little Bridges website with your caching name, name of your Little Bridge and the GC code and he will give you a number for your bridge. To qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches "Little Bridges # xxxx then the name" including spaces so it will get picked up and added to stats list.