Skip to content

Red Fishing Shack - Motif #1 Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

gpsfun: This cache has been archived. If the owner would like to replace it and have it reinstated, please contact me through my profile.

Please note that unarchiving a cache places it through the same review process as a newly proposed cache, using the cache placement guidelines currently in effect.

-gpsfun
geocaching.com volunteer reviewer

More
Hidden : 3/15/2004
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:

Red Fishing Shack on Wharf. Most painted and photographed building in America. Ultimate artist's subject representing the New England Coastline.

Welcome to Rockport, MA.

You will need to park on the street at a meter, and walk down Bearskin Neck to get close to this cache.

Do not park on the Wharf as the local parking troll may apply brightly colored to your windshield, or make your car to a magic trick involving a vanishing act.

The cache is near the red building you see near here, but is not difficult to find. The given coordinates are off by just a few feet to you may have to look around just a bit (the geocaching site only permits three decimal places).

Fishing shack was built in 1884 and purchased by the Town in 1945 as a monument to Rockport veterans.

Beware of Muggles in the area.

The cache is a small plastic box, but it may make you a while to find the cache. The USGS Maps of the area are off slightly, so if you look at the cache location on some maps it will show it as being 25-30 feet out into the water.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qb lbh yvxr ybofgre jvgu lbhe [butter]? Gur pnpur vf arne jung ybbxf yvxr n fznyy erq onea, naq lbh jvyy svaq vg urycshy gb pbasvar lbhe frnepu gb jvguva 24 vapurf bs gur ohvyqvat.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)