Update: the Maple Grove Geo-Cache Adventure has been extended through June 1st. Contact editor Cyd Haynes at cyd.haynes@tigeroak.com with any questions.
Whether you’re a geocaching pro or a GPS newbie, you can jump into the hunt at the Maple Grove Geocache Adventure. Countless geocaches will be hidden across the city; each cache holds a treasure of things you never knew about Maple Grove. Visit familiar sites and discover little-known facts. It’s an adventure for individuals, teams and families of all ages. To get involved, pick up your passport at Whirlyball, the Maple Grove Arts Center or The Daily Dose, or download one from the event website, maplegrovemag.com, where participants can register, download and discover coordinates beginning the morning of April 26 The event will soon be posted on geocache.com; prizes for those who discover every cache, as well as “first finds” on the hardest to find caches, include gift certificates to local businesses.
Event passports due by June 15
Please report cache irregularities to editor@maplegrovemag.com.
Cache #1 - The Corner
N 45° 09.168 W 93° 31.303
A nice, easy park-and-grab.
Difficulty: Easy / Terrain: Flat / Size: Small
Cache #2 - Time 4 School
N 45° 08.850 W 93° 28.619
TOTT needed
D: Average / T: Flat / S: Small
Cache #3 - which Way To Go
N 45° 06.435 W 93° 28.958
D: Easy / T: Flat / S: Small
Cache #4 - Catch a Ride
N 45° 07.935 W 93° 28.485
For the music lovers out there.
D: Average / T: Steep / S: Small
Cache #5 - Beavers on Rush Creek
N 45° 09.135 W 93° 27.074
Beavers have been working as hard here as you
will work to find this cache!
Be prepared to feed the mosquitos if you are not prepared with bug spray.
D: Challenging / T: Overgrowth / S: Small
Cache #6 - On The way OUT
N 45° 08.036 W 93° 27.051
Hint: Descend to depths where no one goes.
Cathedral ceilings, water flows.
D: Difficult / T: Steep, Overgrowth/S: Small, may need TOTT
Cache #7 - Shhh…
N 45° 08.208 W 93° 25.836
D: Easy / T: Flat / S: Small
Cache #8 - I was in the Neighborhood
N 45° 08.208 W 93° 25.836
Parking at: 45° 08.957 93° 24.576
This one is a thorny proposition.
D: Average / T: Flat/Overgrown / S: Small
Cache #9 - Feeling Dizzy
N 45° 09.108 W 93° 24.099
High muggle alert here (off hours work best).
D: Average-multi / T: Flat / S: Small
Cache #10 - No More Snow!
N 45° 07.082 W 93° 25.755
Hint: 7 o’clock
D: Average / T: Flat / S: Small
Cache #11 – Woof Woof
N 45° 04.662 W 93° 27.848
D: Average / T: Flat / S: Small
Cache #12 - The Future
N 45° 05.946 W 93° 26.059
Difficulty: Easy / Terrain: Flat / Size: Small
Cache #13 - Feel the Energy
N 45°05.703 W 93° 26.128
D: Easy / T: Flat / S: Small
Cache #14 – For The BirdS
N 45° 06.826 W 93° 27.605
The birds can see this one and you can too, if you reflect a bit.
NOTE: Please do not disturb the bird.
This site could use some TLC from someone with a trash bag.
D: Difficult / T: Flat / S: Medium
Cache #15 - The Old Man
N 45° 06.508 W 93° 27.287
Beware passing dogs.
D: Easy / T: Flat / S: Small Multi-cache
Cache #16 - Ascend to Learning
N 45° 06.079 W 93° 26.389
Hint: No need to get your feet wet.
D: Easy multi / T: Slight grade / S: Small
Cache #17 - Mm, mmm…
N 45° 05.625 W 93° 25.600
D: Easy / T: Flat / S: Small
Cache #18 - Such Nice Green grass here
N 45° 06.113 W 93° 27.256
D: Difficult / T: Flat / S: Small
Cache #19 - Consecrated Grounds
N 45° 06.513 W 93° 28.155
D: Easy / T: Flat / S: Small
Cache #20 - X Marks the Spot
Visit: dot.state.mn.us/tmc/trafficinfo/metrocams/mapindex.html
Location-There are only 3 choices on Hwy. 610.
Which one will it be?
ERIRER P218
Decryption Key
A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9
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8|6|4|3|5|1|9|7|2
(letter/numbers above equals below, and vice versa)
Event cachers: Grab a cell phone so you can communicate with a friend who is at a computer. Have that friend capture a screen shot of you at this location (waving and smiling at the camera). The camera refreshes every 10 seconds. Print the shot, trim and paste it into passport space #20.
(Please check the camera shot BEFORE you go, to locate the overpass or understand where to pull on to the 610 median crossover in order to get this shot safely).
D: Difficult / T: Flat / S: Electronic
Cache #21 – The Meadow
45° 45.04.331 W 93° 29.125
(Parking- 45° 04.363 W 93° 29.021)
If you search for this one at night, your flashlight will catch reflective markers that lead to the cache.
Keep the markers on your right!
You are on your own getting out.
D: Difficult / T: Uneven / S: Medium
Cache #22 – Quench Your Thirst
N 45° 04.677 W 93° 26.631
D: Easy / T:Flat / S: Small
Cache #23 – Triple PINES
N 45° 04.124 W 93° 24.204
TODAY
8 am drop off Spot
8:15 order short stack w/ links at Henry’s
(hint: stop and smell the flowers)
9 am spinal adjustment appt.
9:20 add new car to insurance
10 am look for lvg rm carpet
10:30 get tattoo
noon pick up bottle of rum for tonight’s
announcement of tattoo
D: Easy Multi / T: Flat / S: Small
Cache #24 - To Life
N 45° 05.437 W 93° 30.859
D: Average / T: Flat / S: Small
Cache #25 – Dead end
N 45°05.030 W 93 29.475
This one will rock you!
Difficulty: Average / Terrain: Flat / Size: Small
Cache #26 - B-Ball
N 45° 04.973 W 93° 25.603
D: Easy / T: Flat / S: Small
Cache # 27 - Weaver Lake School
N 45° 06.977 W 93° 29.388
Difficulty: Easy / Terrain: Flat / Size: Small
Cache #28 – Your Favorite Place
N __° __.___ W __° __.___
Event Cachers: List the GPS coordinates or YOUR favorite
place in Maple Grove and write down where it is
(a restaurant? a lake? your bedroom pillow?).
Cache #29 - Our Leaders
N 45° 05.991 W 93° 26.620
D: Average multi / T: Flat / S: Small
Cache #30 – The Other Corner(S)
N 45° 03.940 W 93° 31.315
D: Easy / T: Flat / S: Small
Cache #31 – Fore on the Scottish 9
N 45° 05.909 W 93° 30.758
FPBHE GUR OEBJA(F)
NIBVQ GUR TERRA(F)
Decryption Key
A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H |I | J | K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
(letter above equals below, and vice versa)
D: Average / T: Uneven / S: Medium
Cache #32 – The Sleigh
N 45°07.303 W 93°30.189
Difficulty: Easy / Terrain: Flat / Size: Small
Cache #33 - King of the Hill
N 45° 06.708 W 93° 26.438
D: Easy / T: Flat / S: Small
Cache #34 – It Takes A Village
N 45° 07.608 W 93° 27.649
Pass between the skyrocket juniper and swamp white oak,
and swirling vines rise up from the treasure.
D: Easy / T: Flat / S: Small
Cache #35 – The Eagle Has Landed
N 45° 04.188 W 93° 25.315
Hint: Hidden high among honeysuckle.
D: Easy / T: Flat / S: Small
Cache #36 - It’s a Picnic
N 45° 08.566 W 93° 25.504
D: Easy / T: Flat / S: Small
Please report cache irregularities to editor@maplegrovemag.com.
