Big City Cacher Challenge X Mystery Cache

The cache IS at the posted coordinates. Please ensure to re-hide well, this area can get busy with muggles!

In order for you to qualify for this challenge, you must meet the challenge criteria. You may sign the log and post a note to the cache page at any time, but you may not claim your smiley until you have met all of the requirements.

America's Largest Cities:

According to the 2020 US Census, the 25 largest cities in the United States by population are:

1. New York, New York
2. Los Angeles, California
3. Chicago, Illinois
4. Houston, Texas
5. Phoenix, Arizona
6. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7. San Antonio, Texas
8. San Diego, California
9. Dallas, Texas
10. Jacksonville, Florida
11. Austin, Texas
12. Fort Worth, Texas
13. San Jose, California
14. Columbus, Ohio
15. Charlotte, North Carolina
16. Indianapolis, Indiana
17. San Francisco, California
18. Seattle, Washington
19. Denver, Colorado
20. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
21. Nashville, Tennessee
22. Washington, District of Columbia
23. El Paso, Texas
24. Las Vegas, Nevada
25. Boston, Massachusetts

Your Goal:

You must find a cache in at least 10 of the 25 counties home to America's largest cities (as defined by the 2020 US Census). Any cache or event type (excluding Locationless Caches and Adventure Labs) may be used to satisfy the requirements. The eligible counties are:

1. Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond Counties, New York***
2. Los Angeles County, California
3. Cook County, Illinois
4. Harris County, Texas
5. Maricopa County, Arizona
6. Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
7. Bexar County, Texas
8. San Diego County, California
9. Dallas County, Texas
10. Duval County, Florida
11. Travis County, Texas
12. Tarrant County, Texas
13. Santa Clara County, California
14. Franklin County, Ohio
15. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
16. Marion County, Indiana
17. San Francisco City and County, California
18. King County, Washington
19. Denver County, Colorado
20. Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
21. Davidson County, Tennessee
22. District of Columbia
23. El Paso County, Texas
24. Clark County, Nevada
25. Suffolk County, Massachusetts

***Disclaimer***: Some cities on this list, such as Chicago and Dallas, have small portions of their borders that extend into neighboring counties. For the purposes of this challenge, only the counties listed above (which are the counties in which the cities are primarily located) will count for qualifications with one exception: New York City

New York City is comprised of 5 boroughs/counties:

1. The Bronx (Bronx County)
2. Brooklyn (Kings County)
3. Manhattan (New York County)
4. Queens (Queens County)
5. Staten Island (Richmond County).

Because New York's city limits cover the entirety of these 5 of these boroughs/counties, they will be treated as one entire zone. Finding a cache in any combination of the 5 will satisfy finding New York City. However, finding a cache in more than one NYC borough/county will not constitute multiple counties for the purposes of this challenge (example- finding a cache in 1 NYC borough/county is equal to finding a cache in all 5 for this challenge)

Please use the Project GC checker below to verify your qualifications: