Berlin was voted as the coolest small town in America in 2014. This puzzle cache will help you visit the town and walk down Main Street and stop at several of the historical locations there. Leave time for shopping and a meal from one of the restaurants. In addition to having lots of unique stores and activities all year long, Berlin’s Main Street was used in the movies the Runaway Bride and in Disney’s Tuck Everlasting.
UPDATE April 2024: since mortards adopted the cache, we were finally able to visit the site and adjust the puzzle to match the coordinates of the current location of the cache. The coordinates may not be perfect but they should be much closer than they were. Hint has been updated along with some other minor corrections/updates to the cache page.
The cache is NOT at the original listed coords!!!
You will visit 3 sites in order to gather the information needed to determine the final cache coordinates. All sites are within walking distance and accessible year round.
Site 1 (Published Coordinates): War Memorial
A = On the WWII sign: subtract one from the number of letters in the COUNTRY next to Sgt. Paul James Scott
D = Number of FLAGPOLES at the Memorial
F = On the Vietnam sign: the THIRD digit in the year next to St. Michael Edward Gordy
Site 2: (N 38° 19.477 W 075° 13.140)
B = On the sign of this historic building: the number of “A”s in the two-word name of the hotel.
C = On the sign of this historic building: the last digit in the YEAR it was established.
Site 3: (N 38° 19.597 W 075° 13.203)
E = the number of words in the NAME of the church.
CACHE COORDINATES:
N 38 19.ABC W 075 13.DEF
N 38 19 . ___ ___ ___ W 075 13. ___ ___ ___
CHECKSUM (A+B+C+D+E+F) = 25