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.
UTAH
- Origin of name: From a Ute tribe, meaning “people of the mountains”
- Capital: Salt lake city
- Largest city: Salt lake city
- Population: 2,900,872 (2013 est). Ranked 33rd in the US.
- Nicknames: Beehive state
- Highest point: Kings peak, 13,528 ft
- Admission to union: January 4th, 1896 (45th)
- State motto: Industry
- State song: Utah, We Love Thee
- State tree: Blue spruce
- State flower: Sego lily
- State bird: California gull
- Area: 84,899 sq mi. Ranked 13th in the US.
Did you know……...
1) The average snowfall in the mountains near Salt Lake City is 500 inches.
2) Utah is the site of the nations first department store. Zions Co-operative Mercantile Institution was established in the late 1800's. It is still in operation today as ZCMI.
3) Rainbow Bridge, Nature's abstract sculpture carved of solid sandstone, is the world's largest natural-rock span. It stands 278 feet wide and 309 feet high.
4) Utah has five national parks: Arches, Canyonlands, Zion, Bryce and Capitol Reef.
5) Utah mountain peaks, on average, are the tallest in the country. The average elevation of the tallest peaks in each of Utah's counties is 11,222 ft.-higher than the same average in any other state.
To solve this one name the state Flower.
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.