The Cub Scout’s guide to finding treasure
The Geocaching Answer Key
for Parents and more information about Troop 577 can be found at www.HIJKLMNO.com
Avast ye, lads and lassies! Thanks for attending
this activity made by Troop 577. We are pleased to have you attempt to find our
geocaches. Within them you may find some very interesting stuff; please take
one per scout and sibling. All hearties should sign the log within as well.
You
will need:
·
This sheet, it has the
locations of our geocaches in both decimal degrees and degrees,
minutes, seconds. *Those are the two usable forms of pinpointing.
·
Google
Maps; if that won’t work, use the
map app you have that lets you pinpoint specific places.
·
On Google Maps, you can
change between street view and satellite view. I recommend using street view
for getting to Grasslawn Park and satellite view for
finding geocaches.
How to pinpoint with Google Maps
Google Maps (uses decimal degrees):
Enter the decimal degrees of the geocache you are
searching for into the search bar and around there the geocache specified will
be hid.
Ex. 48.293811, -11.095544 (check for negatives and include them if
they’re there). We have also given the
GPS coordinates in degrees, minutes, and seconds, if you prefer to enter them
that way.
*If the written hint isn’t
enough, you can look at the picture hint (www.HIJKLMNO.com)
Geocaches:
#1 The Parrot’s Perch
Hidden by: Mrs. Dorsey of the High Seas
Booty near: 47.6680774, -122.1479410 / N47°40’05.1”, W122°08’52.6”
Hint:
Ahoy mateys! Spy
the big, green, mossy tree
Just west of the beaten path
Circle the tree while you look up for booty
And you’ll find the hidden cache
#2 Silver
before Gold
Hidden by: Ishan
the Gruesome
Booty near: 47.6685,
-122.1460 / N47°40’06.6”, W122°08’45.6”
Hint:
Arghhh gazing upon home plate under a metal bleacher there will
be treasures that will make you richer.
Hidden by: Tomo, the
Terror of the Isles
Booty near: 47.668600, -122.144500 / N47°40’6.96”, W122°8’40.2”
Hint:
Yo ho ho, the
treasure you seek is near the crow’s nest-like tower of light, near its base
with the green and dirt.
#4 By Those Immortal
Hidden by: Omo, He
Who Sails Alone
Booty near: 47.669238,
-122.144246 / N47°40’09.3”, W122°08’39.3”
Hint:
Search around the silver statue until you
find,
The prize that you’ve been searching for all this time!
#5 Wrapped in Chains
Hidden By: Alex, the Avenger of the Spanish
Main
Booty near: 47.667157, -122.145802
/ N47°40’01.8”,
W122°08’44.9”
Hint:
As the men wrapped in chains played their
game, they may have stepped over some lost treasure.
#6 Stolen Loot
Hidden by: Matthew the Marooned
Booty near: 47.667361,
-122.147500 / N47°40’02.5”, W122°08’51.0”
Hint:
Aaaarrrggghhh!!! By tree shall be thee
only entrance!
Those bilge-suckers be cursed!
It be left by the fallen log.
#7 The Many Mysteries of
Captain Whitebeard
Hidden by: Captain Whitebeard, a.k.a. Mr.
Dorsey
Booty near: 47.668373,
-122.146211 / N47°40’06.1”, W122°08’46.4”
Hint:
Arrrrrrrrrrr Mateys!
When I grow tall enough I
want to be
A mast,
or a sparrrrrrrrrrrr,
or maybe a yardarrrrrrrrrrm.
But for now, I will just
hold a geocache
in an old mayonnaise jarrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Congratulations! You have now completed Troop 577’s geocache hunt!
Geocaching App/Geocaching
Registered:
If you had fun with this
activity, you should download the Geocaching App, the
registered version, with your parents’ permission. By setting up an account,
you will get access to many easy free caches. If you’re ready for a challenge
or want to be an avid ‘cacher, you can sign up for
premium. (www.Geocaching.com)