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.
Iowa was admitted to the union as the 29th state on Dec. 28, 1846. Iowa forms a bridge between the forests of the east and the grasslands of the high prairie plains to the west. The Mississippi River forms its entire eastern border. The Missouri River and its tributary, the Big Sioux, form the western border, making Iowa the only U.S. state that has two parallel rivers defining its borders.
N 44 A.BCD, W 71 E.FGH
A: State Bird:
Eastern Goldfinch = 45
Western Goldfinch = 46
B: State Flower:
Carnation = 4
Wild Rose = 1
C: State Nickname:
The Hawkeye State = 8
The River State = 7
D: State Tree:
Birch = 6
Oak = 5
E: State Motto:
Our Liberties We Prize... = 37
I Direct = 35
F: State Rock:
Granite = 5
Geode = 3
G: State Soil:
Tama Soil = 8
Clay = 9
H: State Capital:
Ames = 5
Des Moines = 2