Welcome to Central Piedmont! A Charlotte Institution since 1963.
If driving, it is highly recommended to park in the visitor parking lot behind the Central High building. It's free for visitors. This cache is also located a short walk from a light rail station. The Library is generally open from 7:30AM - 8:30 PM Monday - Thursday, 7:30AM - 5:00PM Friday, and 9:00AM - 1:00PM Saturday. Schedule changes like Spring Break, and intercession will alter the those hours. For more info about the Library's hours of operation, click here.
This geocache book is hidden on the 2nd floor in the library stacks. To locate it, you must fill in the missing letters and numbers in the cache’s Library of Congress call number. Your trip from the initial coordinates to the book will lead you past the solutions for each clue. Read all the questions before beginning your trip, or you may need to back track.
Geocaching 101 by G.B. Hooper has a LOC call # of:
@V
1$02
.%46
H66&
2024
@ = The fourth letter of the brand that manufactures the book drop.
$ = The purple and yellow number at the center of the map of Charlotte mural. The mural is located up the stairs on the 1st floor.
% = The third letter of the name of the library.
& = Find the year the J.D. Beagle Box office (located on the ground floor) was dedicated and add all 4 digits together.