Please do not hunt this cache at night and
make sure to observe gate closure times posted at all park
entrances (usually dawn to dusk).
Please note the trails can be quite muddy after periods of
rain.
To find the final coordinates and the cache you will need to
take a brief walk along Vestal's Gap Road within Claude Moore Park.
At each of the 3 stops you will need to read some of the local
history, get some numbers, and do some math.
Now on with the puzzle:
Sign #1: At this stop you will come across a sign that has 3
plaques on it. Interpret the 3 plaques from top to bottom and left
to right.
On the first plaque, please take the last 2 digits of the
birth year of the person named at the top of this plaque. This
answer will be: AB.
On the second plaque, please take the last 2 digits of
the year at the top of this plaque. This answer will be:
CD.
On the third plaque, please take the last 2 digits of the
year at the top of this plaque. This answer will be: EF.
Finally, all plaques identify that they were placed by the
Loudoun Restoration and Preservation Society in what year? Please
take the last digit in the year, and this will be: G.
Sign #2: This sign contains a map of the area. At the
southeast corner (bottom right) of the map a city is identified.
Please count the number of letters in this city. This will be:
L.
Sign #3: On this sign is a floor plan of the Lanesville
House in front of you. How many total rooms existed in the house
prior to c. 1920. Please add 1 to your answer. This will be:
M.
Continue using the floor plan from the previous question. How
many rooms were built c. 1800? This will be: P.
Now that you have stopped at each sign, we can now do the
following math to get to the final coordinates. Taking the answers
from above:
AB + CD + EF - G = HJK
L + M = N
The final coordinates for the cache will be: N39 01.HJK
W077 24.NP
