Welcome to the Farewell to Finder’s Fest geo-art, brought to you by the Forest Minions! This series celebrates weird and unusual things throughout the Sunshine State. Please do not go to the posted locations. Rather, solve the challenging quiz found at the bottom of each page, for the final location. For the letterbox caches, please leave the stamp in the cache. They are not trade items. For the discerning traveler, we’ve included the GPS coordinates for these bizarre locations, when we were able to establish them.
Zero Milestone – Location 29.8984, -81.3144
This big six foot diameter coquina sphere in St. Augustine, sits beside A1A near the visitor center. Perhaps you’ve seen it and wondered “What’s that big stone ball?” It’s the Zero Milestone that was placed here in 1929 to mark the eastern end of the Old Spanish Trail that ran from St. Augustine all the way to the Pacific where it terminated at San Diego, California. The trail was the first transcontinental route from ocean to ocean.
Here is the super duper, way challenging, really hard trivia question, which, if solved properly, will lead you to the final coordinates:
Question: The world's largest padlock weighs this much.
A: 1 Miligram = N29° 26.056' W81° 45.449'
B: 80 Bazillion Tons = N29° 26.046' W81° 45.449'
C: 916 Pounds = N29° 26.036' W81° 45.449'