Welcome to the USA Geoart! The caches are obviously not at the posted coordinates, but they are all located along Route 3 in NH and Route 102 in Vermont. They are all relatively simple finds because I want everyone to be able to find these caches, regardless of age or physical ability. But to find these caches, you must solve the following questions about each state’s symbols. The website I used to gather the information was https://statesymbolsusa.org, so please use the same website to avoid any discrepancies.
In each cache, there is a special little surprise for the FTF if they want it, a little homemade magnet of each state. Will you be the first to collect all fifty?
I also need to give a huge shout out to my Mom, Mummie91957, for helping me immensely with this geoart series. Without her, this geoart would’ve taken much longer to plan out.
Colorado joined the union as the 38th state on August 1, 1876. It is America’s eighth largest state in land mass and is located in the Rocky Mountain region of the western United States. The area was given to the United States in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican-American War (1846-48). In 1858, the discovery of gold brought new settlers. During the Plains Indian Wars (1860s-80s), Colorado’s wild frontier was the scene of intense fighting between Native Americans and white settlers.
N 44 A.BCD, W 71 E.FGH
A: State Animal:
Rocky Mountain Elk = 48
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep = 46
B: State Bird:
Lark Bunting = 1
Crow = 8
C: State Fish:
Greenback Cutthroat Trout = 8
Lake Trout = 4
D: State Flower:
Sunflower = 5
Rocky Mountain Columbine = 0
E: State Gemstone:
Turquoise = 34
Aquamarine = 36
F: State Insect:
Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly = 3
Monarch Butterfly = 7
G: State Nickname:
The Centennial State = 4
The Rocky Mountain State = 0
H: State Tree:
Colorado White Spruce = 5
Colorado Blue Spruce = 7