Marco Hills by Scottydog and Pup (1/1)
N25° 54.754 W81° 41.736 (WGS84)
UTM 17R E 430333 N 2866186
Use waypoint: GCF2B7
Size: Virtual Hidden on 4/3/2003
In Florida, United States
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| This virtual cache is located in the hilly section of Marco Island. There are two locations for this cache, the first at the coordinates above, and the second at N25° 55.010 W081° 41.896, about one-half mile North. |
The hills of Marco Island are the result of mounds built of sand and discarded sea shells by the Calusa indians when they inhabited the island. They were used for burial purposes and also to raise the land above the tide level. To verify your find of the first one, answer the following question: What was the name of family and the structure built on this hill? For the second location... What was found in this area to make it one of the oldest named places in North America. Please e-mail the answers to these questions to the user. Don't post the answers on your log. For additional points of interest, visit the following, free of charge: The Key Marco Museum @ N25° 56.403 W081° 42.993 The Museum of Old Marco @ N25° 58.369 W081° 43.774
Additional Hints Hints
Current at 12/18/2006
12/2/2006 by New Jersey TJ
Nice area. E-mail on the way. TFTC!
11/23/2006 by tedcool
Those are some big-@ss hills for a culture with out track-hoes! Very neat! Enjoyed the history and seeing gopher tortises on this little island. TFTC! Motogrrl was here.
11/19/2006 by oboegary & delaware hiker
#158 First day of our week in Marco Island visiting from Delaware. Nice way to get to know the area. Answers coming tonight. TFTC
11/17/2006 by Grumpier99
Found both stages of the cache pretty easily. Quite a neighborhood! Answers to the questions are already in the e-mail.
11/16/2006 by gatordan
Whoops!! I deleted my first log as I gave the answers! Sorry, will email them.
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| These cache sites are permanent markers located in the "Hills" of Marco Island. |