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.
IDAHO
- Origin of name: An invented name of unknown meaning
- Capital: Boise
- Largest city: Boise
- Population: 1,595,728 (2012 est) Ranked 39th in the US
- Nicknames: Gem state; Spud government
- Highest point: Borah park, 12,662 ft
- Admission to union: July 3rd, 1890 (43rd)
- State motto: Let it be perpetual
- State song: Here we have Idaho
- State tree: White pine
- State flower: Syringa
- State bird: Mountain Bluebird
- Area: 83,570 sq mi. Ranked 14th in the US.
Did you know……...
1) Elk River is the home of the Idaho Champion Western Red Cedar Tree, the largest tree in the state. Estimated to be over 3000 years old this giant is more than 18 feet in diameter and stands 177 feet tall.
2) The elevation of Cambridge is 2,650 feet above sea level with the surrounding mountains reaching elevations around 8000 feet and plummeting to around 1500 feet in Hells Canyon.
3) Hell's Canyon is the deepest gorge in America.
4) Seven Devils' Peaks, one of the highest mountain ranges in Idaho, Includes Heaven's Gate Lookout, where sightseers can look into four states.
5) American Falls is unique from most communities because the entire town was moved in the mid-1920s when the original American Falls Dam was constructed.
To solve this one name the state Bird.
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.