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.
VERMONT
- Origin of name: From the French “vert mont”, meaning “green mountains”
- Capital: Montpelier
- Largest city: Burlington
- Population: 626,630 (2013 est). Ranked 49th in the US.
- Nicknames: The green mountain state
- Highest point: Mt. Mansfield, 4,395 ft
- Admission to union: March 4th, 1791 (14th)
- State motto: Freedom and Unity
- State song: Hail, Vermont
- State tree: Sugar Maple
- State flower: Maple
- State bird: Hermit thrush
- Area: 9,620 sq mi. Ranked 45th in the US.
Did you know……...
1) Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capital without a McDonalds.
2) Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream company gives their ice cream waste to the local Vermont farmers who use it to feed their hogs. The hogs seem to like all of the flavours except Mint Oreo.
3) U.S. President Calvin Coolidge was the only president born on the fourth of July. Born in Plymouth 7/4/1872.
4) Montpelier Is the largest producer of maple syrup in the U.S.
5) With a population of fewer than nine thousand people, Montpelier, Vermont is the smallest state capital in the U.S.
To solve this one name the state Bird.
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