I have fancied putting togehter a geo art for a while now & being as the old series is a bit tired, had a chat with USAndy to do this re-run. This is a one of a series of 50 puzzle caches that will take you around the town of Thornbury. All puzzles are so easy to solve we have made the D rating a 1 on most, as the hides are easy to find as well.
All the caches are to do with the USA and will give you info on all the states.
To help you navigate the public footways around this area, the Explorer 167 map will be helpful.
The whole walk in one go will be no less than 12 miles, depending on other caches you can grab on the way round. There is a bonus cache as before.
Please see number 1 USA Mega series re-run #1; Alabama for car parking, if you need it.
MARYLAND
- Origin of name: In honour of Henrietta Maria (queen of Charles I)
- Capital: Annapolis
- Largest city: Baltimore
- Population: 5,928,814 (2013 est) Ranked 19th in the US
- Nicknames: Old line State; Free State; Little America; America in miniature.
- Highest point: Backbone mountain, 3,360 ft
- Admission to union: April 28th, 1788 (7th)
- State motto: Manly deeds, Womanly words
- State song: Maryland my Maryland
- State tree: White oak
- State flower: Black-eyed Susan
- State bird: Baltimore Oriole
- Area: 12,407 sq mi. Ranked 42nd in the US.
Did you know……...
1) King Williams School opened in 1696 it was the first school in the United States.
2) The 1,200 foot Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is the second longest continuous truss bridge in the nation.
3) Maryland gave up some of it's land to form Washington D.C.
4) On the morning of August 10, 1813 residents of Saint Michaels having been forewarned of a British attack hoisted lanterns to the masts of ships and in the tops of the trees. The height of light caused cannons to overshoot the town. This first known blackout was effective and only one house was struck and is now known as the "Cannonball House." The town has been known as the town that fooled the British since this historic event.
5) Annapolis was known as the Athens of America during the seventeenth century and once served as the capital of the United States.
To solve this one name the state Bird.
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.
The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast. There is a stats listing, so you can see how many Little Bridges you have found, you can find it HERE . If you would like to add to the series, please contact Stan via the Little Bridges website with your caching name, name of your Little Bridge and the GC code and he will give you a number for your bridge. To qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches "Little Bridges # xxxx then the name" including spaces so it will get picked up and added to stats list.