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25 for 2025 Challenge #13: 2500 Landlocked Caches Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/6/2025
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The challenge:

Find 2500 caches total in landlocked US states

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This cache is NOT at the posted coordinates. Please see the additional waypoint below for the actual coordinates of the container. This cache is a challenge cache, which means that the additional requirement displayed in red text above must be completed in order to log a find.

Permission for this cache placement was given by the management staff of the Red Cliffs NCA and the St George Field Office BLM. There is no need to cross the fence into the endangered tortoise habitat to retrieve this cache. Please practice CITO and place cache back as found.

A landlocked state is one that has no direct access to the ocean. There are 27 such states in the United States, and there are degrees of "landlockedness" that account for how many other states you must pass through in order to reach the sea. For the purposes of this challenge, all of these states are equal. Your goal is to find a combined total of 2500 caches in these states. The full list is provided below.
Triple Landlocked
  • Nebraska
Double Landlocked
  • Colorado
  • Iowa
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Kansas
  • Missouri
  • South Dakota
  • Utah
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming
Single Landlocked
  • Arkansas
  • Arizona
  • Idaho
  • Kentucky
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Montana
  • North Dakota
  • New Mexico
  • Nevada
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Pennsylvania
  • Tennessee
  • Vermont
  • West Virginia

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Cersbez nggnpurq gb gur srapr.

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)