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GeoWolf 13: The Golden Valley - OB1B4F Cache of month
Owner: GeoWolf
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Altitude: 393 m. ASL.
 Region: Luxembourg > Luxembourg
Cache type: Traditional
Size: Small
Status: Ready for Search
Time required: n/a    Distance to travel: 4.00 km
Date hidden: 10-05-2007
Date created: 10-06-2018
Date published: 10-06-2018
Last modification: 10-06-2018
2x Found
0x Not found
1 notes
watchers 0 watchers
7 visitors
1 x rated
Rated as: n/a
1 x recommended
This cache is recommended by: harrieklomp
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Go geocaching with children  Ticks  Parking area nearby  Listed at Opencaching only  Nature  Access by walk  This cache can only be done at certain times of day or week  

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Description EN

Search along longitude E6 to locate the QCache on the rim of The Golden Valley, near the village of Enscherange in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Enjoy the mixed woodland-farmland landscape and visit the Solar Circle to learn how to determine your location without GPS, using the sun and a clock.

Enscherange is a small village in the commune of Kiischpelt, in the mountainous region of northern Luxembourg. Except for the water mill, the last working mill in the Clerve valley, there are no tourist attractions. Enscherange is considered a Dutch 'enclave', because many of the 180 inhabitants are of Dutch origin, often elderly people who bought or built a (second) home in an idyllic landscape of rolling hills and forests and streams.

In the summer holiday season, Dutch visitors outnumber the natives by far. Most of them stay on Camping Val d'Or, owned by, again, a Dutch couple. The camping ground stretches out into the Golden Valley, that derives its name from the yellow-golden flowers of the common Broom (Brem) that color the slopes in spring and early summer.

Park your car at N 50° 00.000 E 005° 59.425 and cross the railroad tracks to enter The GoldenValley. After visiting the cache, navigate to N 50° 00.275 E 006° 00.355 and from there to ...

N 50° 00.000 E 006° 00.000: The Solar Circle

The Solar Circle is a circular pavement of small cobblestones with the cardinal directions marked. The recently built monument is situated on The One and Only (GCA329) degree confluence point in Luxembourg. Take your time to study the information board and learn about geographical coordinate systems, the fundamentals of space and time and the astronomy behind the change of seasons and length of day.

Though by now you may have learned to navigate using the sun as a compass, we strongly advise to rely on your GPSr to get back to your car.

Happy hunting!

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