The cache is not located at the given coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to determine the coordinates of the cache.
Given three points, it is possible to determine a fourth point. This is sometimes called triangulation. Although, in this case, there aren't really triangles involved. Maybe rectangles? Or a circle? Anyway, I thought I came up with this different idea for a puzzle. We'll see whether you can find the intended coordinates (within two miles) using these three locations.
| S39° 53.545' W072° 01.200' |
| N38° 11.833' W121° 04.359' |
| N15° 30.098' E032° 19.119' |
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.
Special Notes about the 2023 Puzzle Challenge: To be considered for Fastest Solver points, you must verify your solution with Certitude. Finders will receive Top Finder points when submitting Found It logs to the cache page. All "point" scoring is arbitrary, subject to change, at the discretion of the cache owner, and probably completely meaningless (unless you just want to be announced sooner at the celebration party, which will probably happen in Spring 2024). The real challenge is to see whether I can even figure out how to create a new puzzle each month this year, as I'm running out of ideas! To maintain fairness, hints should not be offered by the cache owner or other solvers until the fifteenth of the month.
Special Notes about this month's puzzle: This place might make a better spot for a CITO than some of those other parks that are already pretty clean. Okay, no solves in the first three hours; so I have raised the difficulty rating from 4.0 to 4.5. Still no solves after a couple of days. Does it make a difference what coordinate system you use? A week after submitting this cache, I found a way to make the puzzle "easier" or perhaps more obvious. I've added the "simpler" puzzle as a hint. Cache was rehidden 6/25/2023 and Certitude hint has been updated.
First To Solve: CarlottaP (3 days)
First To Log: lmt000 (7 days)
Named pre-hint solvers: 4
Pre-hint finds logged: 1
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