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Nifty Fifty Challenge: 50 County Top 10 Favorites Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/10/2023
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Welcome to a Highway 50 Challenge

The cache IS at the posted coordinates. 

You can sign the log anytime, but to claim a find, you need to complete the following challenge:

 

When you see a cache with a lot of favorite points, it's usually a good bet it will be worth a visit.  Whether it's the location, the creation, the view, container, or some other part of the experience, those caches that collect favorite points do so for good reason.  When looking around for some new challenge ideas that fit my style of caching, I stumbled upon this idea, which I love!  Big shout out to MNTA for the original idea and their now archived version of this unique challenge (GC7R26B).  This challenge is designed to encourage you to get out and find some favorites...  all across the country.  Sometimes the most popular caches tend to be where most people are...  so big numbers in big cities.  But there are so many fun caches (and many of my personal favorites) to be found far and wide.  Each and every county in this country has something unique to offer our caching culture and community.  This is also placed at one of my favorite spots.  Come for the cache, stay for the view!

Access to this cache is from the downhill direction EASTBOUND on Highway 50 only.

Challenge Qualifications: Find a Top 10 Favorited Cache in 50 Different Counties.

To qualify for this cache you need to have a find on one of the Top 10 favorited caches in 50 distinct and different US counties.  That's 50 unique cache finds to qualify... This is highway 50, after all.  Finding THE FAVORITE cache in each county sounds a little too exclusive, so any cache in a county's TOP TEN list will count as that county's find!  Hopefully this encourages you to get out and explore more!  You could qualify for this cache using California alone, with its 58 counties, but any county in any US state will count towards your qualifications. Track your progress or prove your worth with this checker.  The checker has a lot to check, to it can take a few minutes to give you your results... 

PGC Checker

Some of the most favorited caches in each county have been archived, so this checker should allow those to count in addition to the Top 10 ACTIVE caches with the most favorite points per county.  I'm pretty sure I'm well beyond 50 counties to qualify, but the first 50 that show up for me, as of publication are as follows:

Adams County (MS) (#1♥54): GC7B69F A mark in time (2017-12-11)
Alpine County (CA) (#1♥55): GC61A8 Monitor the trees. (The 25,000th Cache!) (2022-05-15)
Apache County (AZ) (#1♥414): GCGTTA Painted Desert (2021-05-13)
Bannock County (ID) (#1♥405): GC5C Southern Idaho's First! (2021-11-25)
Beltrami County (MN) (#3♥49): GC26PRN Termites (2017-11-29)
Benton County (OR) (Archived♥78): GC1KQ3B Don't Even Think Of Caching Here! (2012-04-04)
Benton County (TN) (#1♥63): GCAAD0 Centerville Stop I-40E (2017-12-05)
Big Horn County (MT) (#1♥401): GC6F9E Military History Series - Little Bighorn Nat. Mon. (2022-10-14)
Bonneville County (ID) (#1♥128): GCG2RB Bring & Brag (Where the Red Fern Grows) (2021-11-25)
Boulder County (CO) (Archived♥163): GC4994 Pearl Street Webcam (2017-12-27)
Box Butte County (NE) (#9♥6): GC13BNZ St. Wenceslaus (2022-10-16)
Brazoria County (TX) (#1♥57): GC82D6 1st National Oak Park (2018-12-07)
Butte County (SD) (#7♥9): GC559BF Warrior Trail #2 (2022-10-14)
Canadian County (OK) (#5♥33): GC57D5 Cache or Czech? (2022-10-18)
Carson City (NV) (#1♥455): GC2XHEQ Arachnophobia (2014-08-25)
Carter County (MT) (#3♥29): GC559DC Warrior Trail #5 (2022-10-14)
Chase County (KS) (#2♥27): GC7RQ9F The Flint Hills (2022-12-26)
Chase County (NE) (#4♥3): GC977VV Beached... waiting on a flood! (2022-10-17)
Cheyenne County (KS) (#1♥1065): GC31 Arikaree (2022-10-17)
Churchill County (NV) (#2♥135): GC5A56 Get Back into the Air Conditioned SUV (2021-11-24)
City of Saint Louis (MO) (#1♥1309): GC7ED St. Louis Arch Virtual Cache (2017-12-04)
Clackamas County (OR) (#1♥4691): GCGV0P Original Stash Tribute Plaque (2016-12-21)
Claiborne County (MS) (Archived♥98): GC2B05 Windsor Ruin Cache (2017-12-11)
Clark County (KS) (#8♥1): GC4FW7B S.S.C. (2022-10-17)
Clark County (NV) (#1♥1918): GC729A Welcome to Las Vegas (2021-05-09)
Clearwater County (MN) (#1♥213): GCB286 Even The Mighty Start Small (2017-11-30)
Clinton County (IA) (#2♥35): GC7AJVZ Clinton's Easiest Multi-cache (2017-12-03)
Coahoma County (MS) (#1♥10): GC2KDJ6 Mississippi Blues Trail: Ike Turner (2017-12-09)
Coconino County (AZ) (#1♥543): GCAF3E Grand Canyon Explorers (2014-03-05)
Cole County (MO) (#1♥78): GC9B8B A Capitol Cache (2014-02-16)
Cook County (IL) (#4♥813): GC5165 ORD Layover (2021-09-26)
Cooper County (MO) (#6♥6): GC15HQW SICK-A-MORE HILL (2014-02-16)
Crawford County (WI) (#7♥19): GC1KCNT Fort Crawford (2017-12-02)
Crittenden County (AR) (#2♥94): GC4FCWR Welcome to Arkansas! (2017-12-09)
Cumberland County (ME) (#1♥894): GC128 The Fort Williams Cache (2015-11-29)
Dallas County (TX) (#1♥650): GC3710 The Grassy Knoll (2014-03-02)
Davidson County (TN) (#2♥531): GCMF4B Every Breath You Take (2017-12-06)
Dawes County (NE) (#3♥14): GC1247P 385 Gold Rush Byway (2022-10-16)
Denver County (CO) (Archived♥720): GC2KCRP LoDo TB & Geocoin Hotel (2018-06-09)
Deschutes County (OR) (#10♥81): GCG4KV Mark, Get set, GO ?? (2016-12-21)
Dewey County (OK) (#1♥8): GCTYC3 "Lest We Forget" (2022-10-17)
Dickson County (TN) (#3♥6): GC2XGFV LTL- 163 - I Love to Cache, Part Deux (2017-12-05)
Dillon County (SC) (Archived♥75): GCKH9A S.O.B.! Where's That Cache? (2015-12-06)
Douglas County (MN) (#3♥24): GC3HHG9 Big Ole (2017-11-30)
Douglas County (NV) (#1♥97): GC8254 Logan Shoals Vista Point (2014-08-18)
Douglas County (OR) (Archived♥61): GC47M5M Mark Twain (2013-12-30)
Dubuque County (IA) (#3♥210): GC359Z4 "The Original 1988 Field of Dreams" (2017-12-02)
Dundy County (NE) (#3♥20): GCXFQX Custer Slept here (2022-10-17)
El Dorado County (CA) (#1♥156): GC80AA Inspiration Point (2012-12-10)
El Paso County (CO) (#1♥686): GC659F Pike Never Made It! (2022-11-21)
You have found 50 of 50 required caches.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Unatvat Nebhaq.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)