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.
NEVADA
- Origin of name: Spanish word for “Snow-covered”
- Capital: Carson city
- Largest city: Las Vegas
- Population: 2,758,931 (2012 est) Ranked 35th in the US
- Nicknames: Silver State (official); Sagebrush State; Battle born State
- Highest point: Boundary peak, 13,147 ft
- Admission to union: October 31st, 1864 (36th)
- State motto: All for our country
- State song: Home Means Nevada
- State tree: Bristlecone pine
- State flower: Sagebrush
- State bird: Mountain Bluebird
- Area: 110,622 sq mi. Ranked 7th in the US.
Did you know……...
1) In 1931 the Pair-O-Dice Club was the first casino to open on Highway 91, the future Las Vegas Strip.
2) Nevada is the largest gold-producing state in the nation. It is second in the world behind South Africa.
3) Las Vegas has more hotel rooms than any other place on earth.
4) Most of the state is desert but the Sierra Nevada mountain range near Reno and the Ruby Mountains near Elko has snow for half the year.
5) The state has about 50,000 miles of paved road, much of it featured in films like "Vanishing Point," "Breakdown," "Rainman," and "Lethal Weapon 4."
To solve this one name the state Bird.
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