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Starbuckville Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/30/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

***NOTE - THE PUZZLE HAS BEEN CHANGED AS OF 7/20/20. IF YOU SOLVED IT BEFORE THIS DATE, YOU NEED TO RE-SOLVE IT!*** This cache is located near the Starbuckville Dam and Bridge. The dam and bridge span the Schroon River between the towns of Chester and Horicon.

The coordinates above will take you to a parking area. Once there, you will see a plaque. You will need some information from this plaque to calculate the coordinates for the final cache location. At this location, you will find an ammo box.

FINAL LOCATION - N 43 40.BAB, W 073 46.CCD

A = the first digit of the year that the project was completed.

B = the number of people in memoriam PLUS the number of town supervisors.

C = the number of letters in the name of the lake mentioned.

D = the number of towns involved in the project MINUS the number of town supervisors.

There is some tree cover at the final location, but the final coordinates were an average of 247 readings on my GPS. Please make sure that you rehide and cover the cache well after you find it.

You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Hfr gur oevqtr (ABG gur evire) gb trg gb gur bgure fvqr. Ybbx orgjrra gjb cvarf.

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)