Get Centered Mystery Cache
Hidden : 1/17/2003
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: virtual (virtual)

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Geocache Description:

Please come and visit the GENERALLY ACCEPTED location for the geographic center of Massachusetts. You will learn what object exists at the cache coordinates. The object is on private property, but casual visitors are welcome to VIEW the site.

Geographic Centers (from the USGS)

Because there is no generally accepted definition of a geographic center and no completely satisfactory method of determining it, there may be as many geographic centers of a State or county as there are definitions of the term. The geographic center of an area may be defined as the center of gravity of the surface, or that point on which the surface of an area would balance if it were a plane of uniform thickness. Curvature of the Earth, large bodies of water, irregular surfaces, and other factors affect the determination of center of gravity. In determining the centers of the States, islands adjacent to their coastlines and large bodies of water were excluded. The geographic centers and positions listed below should be considered as approximations:

State: Massachusetts
County: Worcester
Locality: Northern part of City Of Worcester

Now, there is a locationless cache called Geographic Center - Bull's Eye. It references a Web page that purports to provide coordinates for state geographic centers. Also, there is an archived cache named Center of Mass, that used the USGS description. I am not buying either of those locations. What makes me the expert...? I found this SIGN in front of the object at the cache site:


To claim your find, please email me answers to BOTH of the following:

1) A description of the object found at the coordinates
2) The two uppermost metal digits on the utility pole west of the cache

**** EXTRA CREDIT: Tell me about the object that preceded the current one

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ebnq anzr

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)


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