This is an indoor/outdoor cache. First you must visit the Minute Man Visitors Center located at 250 North Great Road, Lincoln, MA and view the exhibit. The coordinates for the parking lot are the coordinates listed at the top of the page.
Once at the exhibit there are 10 stops that you will need to make. Each stop will yield a number that will belong to the coordinates of the cache.
While you are at the Center, you might enjoy watching, "The Road to Revolution," a free, 25 minute, award winning, multi-media production. The program gives an excellent introduction to the historic events of April 19, 1775.
The Visitor Center is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily from April 1 to November 4. The film is shown daily every thirty minutes, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
When you have all of the numbers, proceed to the Whipple Hill Conservation Area: Trail Map
To start your adventure, go to the Minute Man Visitors Center and obtain the following numbers:
1. British Forays - How many half-barrels of gunpowder did the British troops remove on September 1, 1774? __ 50 (answer A)
2. Stockpiling Arms - The number of tents that the colonists garnered and concealed. 20__ (Answer B)
3.The Wayside and Concord Authors - The Lothrops purchased The Wayside in 188 _? (answer I)
4. Discover Lexington and Concord - How many men were in the relief force that Earl Percy led? __000 (answer F)
5. Exploring Minute Man Historical Park - How many miles long is the Battle Road Trail 5.__ (answer C) Hint: The answer is NOT zero.
6. The Evacuation of Boston - In November, 1775, Henry Knox arrived in Cambridge with 6 __ cannons. (answer H)
7. The Alarm Answered - Approximately how many residents were ready to defend Lexington? 7 __ (answer E)
8. Awakening the Countryside - How many militiamen stood guard outside the house? 1 __ (answer J)
9. Spies - Gage ordered __ men to walk in country clothes from Boston to Worcester. (answer D)
10. Frederick MacKenzie - On April __8th, MacKenzie watched his men board transport boats in Boston's Back Bay. (answer G)
Place the answers in the correct place and you will have the cache coordinates.
N 42° A B . C D E
W 071° F G . H I J
We have had to add an offset due to some Muggle activity.
Add .003 to the North and .008 to the West.