The Fremont Motto: “De Libertas Quirkas” (freedom to be peculiar)
Print your HQ GeoTour passport as a guide.
Space is big - vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big - but luckily you are soon to discover the true (scientifically corroborated) Center of the Universe.
At the first 2 stages, you will gather information from the Hysterical Markers that will help you discover the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything...or then again, it may just help you solve the final coordinates. (Note: No supercomputer or mice required.)
STAGE 1 (start at posted coordinates!): N 47° 39.033 W 122° 21.074
Read the quirky story of how this spacecraft ended up in the Center of the Universe.
- A = How many rocket scientists does it take to bring a rocket to Fremont? (hint: use photo but please ignore the person mentioned in the caption as absent)
- BCDE = What year did liftoff occur?
- F = How many minutes was the suborbital flight?
STAGE 2: N 47° 39.081 W 122° 21.054
Learn how this unusual object found its way to the Center of the Universe.
Note: As of May 24th, 2023, we have temporarily added the answers to this stage because the sign is missing.
To solve for G, where was this 7 ton bronze statue discovered?
- 1 = in a public square
- 2 = in the mud
- 3 = in a private collection
Answer G=2
HIJKLM = What is the price tag hanging on the neck of the object?
Answer = HIJKLM=150000
FINAL LOCATION: N 47° 39. 0[(IxE)+G] W 122° 21. [GAC]
About the HQ GeoTour
The Geocaching HQ office is located right here in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. That makes Fremont the center of our geocaching universe. It just so happens that Fremont is also officially the Center of the Known Universe. Coincidence? 
We think not.
According to somewhat reliable sources 
Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood lies in a special geophysical locale. Stay long enough and you might happen to notice the odd gravitational pull, the inability to stay away, the overwhelming urge to return again and again—it’s almost as if you’re in the center of the universe.
In 1991, Fremont Scientists did extensive research at a local Fremont pub. With a few slurs and stumbles, they came to the conclusion that the intersection of N Fremont Ave and 35th St N was, indeed, the Center of the Universe. 
They supported their statement with the claim that it could not be disproven. (It couldn’t be proven either, but that’s beside the fact.)
Shortly thereafter, through much politicking and cajoling, the Fremont Scientists convinced the Metropolitan King County Council to officially name Fremont as the Center of the Known Universe. An official proclamation declared Fremont to be an Independent ImagiNation and a mecca for those of independent minds and spirits.
This geocache was hidden with special permission from Geocaching HQ.