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Minnesota State Senate District Challenge Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/19/2012
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A challenge cache with a simple goal: find a cache in every Minnesota state senate district created after the 2010 Census. In Minnesota, the average state senate district has a population of 79,163.

Every ten years, Minnesota engages in the redistricting process where congressional and legislative lines are redrawn to account for population changes following the Census. The first elections using the new district lines just took place, and the new (or returning) state legislators and members of Congress will be taking office in January 2013. To commemorate this decennial tradition, I made a new series of challenges with a goal of visiting every district in Minnesota.

The rules are simple: Find a cache in every state senate district in Minnesota. Past finds qualify. Any cache that stays permanently in one spot is fair game. This includes traditionals, virtuals, earthcaches, letterboxes, wherigos, puzzles, and multicaches. Maps of each district are include on the related web page, and you can also get KML files from the Secretary of State's web site at this link. (The background image should also give you a sense of where you need to go.) Please verify your list using whichever method is easiest for you and include the date found. This can include a list in a found log or note on the cache page, bookmark list, screen grab of a GSAK macro, etc.

As of 11/11/21, there is a Project GC checker available for this challenge: PGC Checker

UPDATE #2 (March 2022): After the 2020 Census, there are now new maps. Thanks to the fine folks at project-gc.com, there is now a checker that checks whether you qualify using the new maps. I'd say you're good on this challenge if you qualify using either set of maps, but bonus points if you can qualify using both. Here is the new checker:

PGC Checker

For the sake of posterity, here is the list I put together before I had a checker:

  1. Boompa and Grandma's House, 5/24/09
  2. Lake of the Woods County Seat Cache, 5/25/09
  3. Yet Another International Falls Cache, 5/25/09
  4. Bostock Park, 11/15/08
  5. Walker Ball Fields, 5/31/07
  6. One Divided By Three!, 5/25/09
  7. Clayton, Jackson & McGhie, 4/24/10
  8. Lake Alice, 1/28/08
  9. Long Prairie Cache, 6/1/07
  10. Whomping Willow, 8/27/07
  11. Laveau Trail DVD Exchange, 5/23/08
  12. Wheaton - Fair or Fowl?, 11/15/08
  13. Richmond Lions, 11/29/08
  14. Delta, 11/15/08
  15. EKENIER, 6/27/09
  16. Prairie Smoke Nature Area, 1/23/08
  17. Swift - County Seat Challenge, 11/15/08
  18. Lake Ripley Cache, 7/3/07
  19. Hilltop Hideaway, 12/11/07
  20. Old Stump, 10/25/09
  21. Barn Bluff, 7/4/07
  22. Windom Eagles Class of 2018, 9/4/08
  23. St. James Plunge, 9/4/08
  24. Zoe's TB Playhouse, 1/24/08
  25. Neon Rocket, 10/22/08
  26. Blood Donor, 7/23/09
  27. One for the Birds, 9/4/08
  28. Lair, 10/11/09
  29. Buffalo Family Fun: Trapper's Pond Park, 3/23/08
  30. Quint Asper - A Tribute to Gunsmoke, 5/2/12
  31. Oak Grove Park 4 - River Meadows, 3/22/10
  32. Checkerboard, 4/23/10
  33. Mound Westonka Mohawks, 7/2/11
  34. Mount Maple Grove, 10/29/11
  35. Ramsey's Central Park #2, 11/1/09
  36. On the Road to Anoka #3, 5/15/10
  37. Blaine History Series #4, 7/11/12
  38. White Bear Printing Press, 10/17/11
  39. Pioneer Park Stillwater, 9/5/09
  40. Brookdale Wetlands, 4/10/10
  41. Fridley Rainforest, 7/11/09
  42. Cummings Trail, 11/26/11
  43. By the Shores of Silver Lake, 5/4/08
  44. Plymouth Top Popper, 7/13/11
  45. Take a Stroll Through Robbinsdale, 3/28/10
  46. Welcome to St. Louis Park, 12/25/08
  47. Treasure Island, 2/28/09
  48. Classic Family Board Games: Risk, 11/08/12
  49. 8400 Tower, 1/3/09
  50. American Blvd. #8 - "Kathy's Turn", 10/10/10
  51. Eagan 9, 5/8/1279,163
  52. Oakdale Ave #22, 6/26/12
  53. Old Tamarack Rd, 4/12/09
  54. Fifty Nifty 1, 7/23/12
  55. Grandson of Shakopee Rocks!, 8/23/09
  56. SMWF16, 3/7/10
  57. Apple River, Valley Style, 12/21/08
  58. Hampton Park & Grab, 3/1/10
  59. Folwell Pines, 9/29/09
  60. Nordeast Triangle, 4/10/10
  61. 3007 W Calhoun Parkway, 11/2/10
  62. Sparky's Fry, 10/27/12
  63. LRT - Lake St., 8/23/12
  64. Haloween Hoopla: The Cache, 5/23/12
  65. Little Downtown Park, 9/21/08
  66. Como-cache, 3/16/11
  67. Indian Mounds Regional Park, 4/18/12

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