Tri-Cities 2017 Geocoin Challenge
Fire & Ice of the Mid-Columbia
- Travel around Tri-Cities (including West Richland) to find 28 of the 32 geocaches (7 out of 8 per city) to earn a set of 4 geocoins. No partial coin sets will be distributed.
- All the caches have code words or paper punches.
- You must also have a geocache account to receive your geocoin.
- Coins will NOT be awarded to pets or to children 10 and under.
- Passport must be INTACT and completed to receive your coins.
- Kids (12 and under) who complete the challenge the weekend of the event will receive a prize.
- To receive your coins, return your completed passport to Sacajawea State Park on Saturday, June 24, 2:00-8:00pm and Sunday, June 25, 9:00am-12:00pm.
- Beginning Sunday, June 25 after 2:00pm, pick up coins at Richland Parks and Recreation (N46 16.369 W119 16.273 ~ (509) 942-7529 ~ Mon-Fri 8am-9pm, Sat 9am-8pm, Sun 12-4pm)
Geocoin Challenge Entry Form
Kennewick: K01-GC73Q3Y, K02-GC73GQP, K03-GC73Q4N, K04-GC73Q47, K05-GC73X4F, K06-GC73X4M, K07-GC73X6D, K08-GC73X5F
Pasco: P01-GC74TCH, P02-GC74TH9, P03-GC74THT, P04-GC74TH2, P05-GC74TET, P06-GC74TE5, P07-GC74TD4, P08-GC75N8G
Richland: R01-GC701PZ, R02-GC705E2, R03-GC705EM, R04-GC705F8, R05-GC705FK, R06-GC705G4, R07-GC705GT, R08-GC705H6
West Richland: W01-GC70ZTB, W02-GC70ZTD, W03-GC70ZTF, W04-GC70ZTH, W05-GC70ZTM, W06-GC70ZTQ, W07-GC70ZTP, W08-GC70ZTN
Bonus: GC75TKN
Solve the puzzle below to obtain the final coordinates to the cache!
TC 2017 W06 - 5 Mountain View
If fire and ice shaped the Mid-Columbia, they also shaped Washington State. From the Pacific Ocean to the Columbia River, over the Cascades and its volacnoes: Mount Baker, Mount Saint Helens, Mount Adams and Mount Rainier. Can you identify all this geographic features on the satellite picture below? [Image from NASA's Earth Observatory]
Fill the names in the table below:
To obtain the final coordinates, match each of the symbol to the letter obtained in the table above and replace that letter with the corresponding number in the following code:
A = 1 | B = 2 | C = 3 | D = 7 | E = 8 | H = 0 | K = 5
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