This is a letterbox, please don't take the stamp
The listed coordinates bring you to a sign "Nature's Carpet", it has clues to the final.
The final is at:
N39 15.AA9 W84 32.0B4
A= # of word in the 1st sentence of the paragraph (don’t count the title as a line) Starts with “Mosses can…” (Can’t = 1 word)
B = # of words in the second sentence / 2 = 8
Sum check A+B=15
The cache is a study lock-n-lock. 25 feet up the steep hill opposite the creek. You are looking for a large stump. Please replace the rocks covering the container.