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Schmidt Park (Lanthanum) Multi-Cache

Hidden : 7/28/2025
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Schmidt Park is in northwest Rochester, MN. It is listed as being 40 acres in size. It contains a playground and an open play field, and in the winter it is a good place for sledding. It is Rochester city park #57.

This is a 4-stage multi. To calculate the coordinates of the final, gather information from the posted coordinates and the 3 playgrounds (see waypoints).

Posted coordinates:

A = Digital root of the 6 digits on the sign

Upper playground (WP):

B = Number of benches around this area

C = Number of double slides

Middle playground (WP):

D = Number of swings

Lower playground (WP):

E = Number of holes in the teal climbing wall (do not include the tan portion of the wall)

F = Number of red rings on the monkey bars

Final:

The final is located at N 44 05.BA(E-D) W 92 29.(E-B)(E-F-C)(F-C)

The container has room for small swag and trackables.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ragre sebz gur abegu naq jbex sebz gur vafvqr (qb abg nggrzcg sebz gur bhgfvqr)

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)