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.
MONTANA
- Origin of name: Spanish for “mountainous”
- Capital: Helena
- Largest city: Billings
- Population: 1,005,141 (2012 est) Ranked 44th in the US.
- Nicknames: Big sky country; The Treasure state
- Highest point: Granite Peak, 12,807 ft
- Admission to union: November 8th, 1889 (41st)
- State motto: Gold and silver
- State song: Montana
- State tree: Ponderosa pine
- State flower: Bitterroot
- State bird: Western Meadowlark
- Area: 147,042 sq mi. Ranked 4th in the US.
Did you know……...
1) At the Rocky Mountain Front Eagle Migration Area west of Great Falls more golden eagles have been seen in a single day than anywhere else in the country.
2) Montana is the only state with a triple divide allowing water to flow into the Pacific, Atlantic, and Hudson Bay. This phenomenon occurs at Triple Divide Peak in Glacier National Park.
3) Montana has the largest grizzly bear population in the lower 48 states.
4) The most visited place in Montana is Glacier National Park, known as the crown jewel of the continent. It lies along Montana's northern border and adjoins Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada, forming the world's first International Peace Park.
5) In Montana the elk, deer and antelope populations outnumber the humans.
To solve this one name the state Flower.
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.