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Historical Mitchel Field Air Force Base AL Bonus Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/6/2026
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Cache is not at the listed coordinates.  In order to find the bonus final, you must first complete the Adventure Lab, Historical Mitchel Field Air Force Base. 

Mitchel Field AFB once covered about 1,117 acres of land, and now only a fraction of about 108 acres are left.  The Air Force base had flying fields, runways, and taxiways and buildings. With the devlopment of Long Island, and the closure of the base in 1961, almost all of the runways were destroyed to make way for new buildings, parking lots, and roadway for cars. There are however, still some remnants of the original air strip left, if you know where to look.  The virtual coordinates of this cache was once part of the original airstrip. In 2021, Nassau County opened a new building near the virtual coordinates. Despite the construction, the curved shape of the original remnants of the airstrip remain, as shown on Google Maps.  

The virtual coordinates listed on this cache page does have some movie history significance. In the 1972 movie, "The Godfather", they shot the toll booth scene where "Sonny "Corleone" was violently murdered by multiple gunfire here. They made the area look like the toll booth plaza, and production cost were $100,000, making it as the most expensive scene in the film.  The camera was shot low to the ground, and large billboards were in the background to hide tall buildings. 

 

The AL Bonus final location will bring you to an area where the original airstrip still remains.

To solve for the final location, you will need to complete the Adventure lab.  There, you will need to look at the answers to the questions given.  

 

Solve the answer to N40 AB.CDE W73 FG.HIJ

Many of the answers are straight forward, however, some answers has more than one number, and some answers are words. For worded answers, find the value of the letter.  Find the hint word next to the answer after the location question has been asked in the Adventure Lab.    


A=?,    hint word

B=?,    hint word

C=?,    hint word

D=3rd letter,    hint word

E=6th letter,    hint word

F=1st number,    hint word

G=?,    hint word

H=?,    hint word

I=1st number,    hint word

J=7th letter,    hint word

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

          

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvag jvyy or tvira va gur Nqiragher Yno. Ybbx sbe gur rkgen uvag jbeq arkg gb gur jbeq be ahzore nafjre. Uvag=NOPQRSTUVW

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)