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.
Coral Cut Witch – Location 26.7414, -80.0398
The Town of Palm Beach sits on a barrier island, which as you may expect is mostly flat and sea level. However, the southwest corner of a local country club sits on a mound of rock and coquina shell up to 200 feet tall. This may have resulted from deposits slowly building up from the intracoastal to the west and the ocean to the east, serendipitously converging at this spot. A few homes directly south of the golf course were also built on top of this mound, and Country Club Road was eventually cut through it.
The road is fascinating enough from a geological standpoint: different layers and patterns are easily visible. But what makes this stretch a local legend known as the “Witch’s Wall” has to do with the small window carved into the south face and covered with a metal gate. Some say an evil witch lives in one of the homes on top of the mound, and she would kidnap and kill children by locking them behind the gate, their souls to remain imprisoned in the porous coral forever. Visitors could visit the gate and touch it to release a lost soul, but it would only motivate the witch to come out and capture another one.
Here is the super duper, way challenging, really hard trivia question, which, if solved properly, will lead you to the final coordinates:
Question: Which country diverted several of their roads to avoid disturbing communities of elves?
A: Mordor = N29° 28.278' W81° 52.239'
B: Hogwarts = N29° 28.268' W81° 52.239'
C: Iceland = N29° 28.258' W81° 52.239'