NOTE: The cache is not located at the above coordinates.
Read the description below to determine the actual cache location.
In the days before the existence of GPS technology mariners
determined their location by using celestial navigation techniques. One of the
techniques used to determine longitude was to use “Local Noons”. This technique
required the use of a sextant and an accurate chronometer. The sextant was used
to measure when the sun reached it highest point and the time was accurately
recorded. Using this time it is possible to calculate your longitude when this
time is compared to a known location most often the Prime Meridian.
The coordinates listed above are where I ate lunch on
Saturday. I was fishing and I ate lunch right at the Local Noon. Sunday I ate
lunch at the Local Noon surprisingly at the same Latitude but it was 1 minute
12.864 seconds later. (I have a really accurate watch) I hid the cache where I ate on
Sunday.
The cache is a Rubbermaid container hidden in a wooded area
of a nice park.
A helpful website is :
NOVA