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Flushing Meadows Park Mystery Cache

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Jeremy: Final location has been destroyed by construction crews :(

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Hidden : 2/18/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Cache is not at the listed coordinates. The coordinates bring you to a parking lot. You must figure out the hints to find the cache.

N 40° AB.CDE

W 073° FG.HIJ

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44.571 50.557

Pope Paul VI visited this area on October ?, 1965.

"A" = the missing date.

44.575 50.705

"F" = Is the first digit of the number of years this object supposed to endure.

44.679 50.725

"E" "J" = The total number of letters in the first and last name of the person that the garden is dedicated to. I worked with this person and he cherished and watched over this park since childhood.

"B" = Add the digits of his year of birth. Then add the digits of his year of death. Take the smaller number and subtract it from the larger number.

44.808 50.700

"G" = The 3rd digit in the height of the Unisphere

"CD" = The day the Unisphere was presented to the 1964-65 World’s Fair. Not the month or year.

45.067 50.540

"H" is the fourth digit of the FMP number.

"I" = Take the last 2 digits of the FMP number. Add them together and then divide by 2.

***Thank you to mmacgown, MBomber33 and CP590 for their help and input on my first puzzle.***

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

abg zntargvp

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)