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Join us and enjoy using your GPS hand held to waymark your way around Corvallis and discover some hidden gems of our city.

If you want to take a digital photo (phone or digital camera) and bring the results into our Visitor Center at 553 NW Harrison Blvd., get all the way marks correct, we will give you a pizza gift certificate as a prize. (Certificates are limited.)

Here are the co-ordinates: All waymark points are North 44 degrees by West 123 degrees. As a start reference, the Visitor Center at 553 NW Harrison Blvd. is 33.98by W 18.06.

  1. N 33.78 W 15.58 Hint: Frog breaking into an old bank building
  2. N 33.79 W 15.62 Hint: President Kennedy stayed here in 1960during his Presidential campaign.
  3. N 33.88 W 15.49 Hint: There is a map of the Willamette River if you look down.
  4. N 33.82 W 15.51 Hint: Poles represent old steamboat funnels and have birds and fish on top of them.
  5. N 33.98 W 18.06 Hint: It’s covered to protect traffic in the winter. Look for the Llamas
  6. N 33.91 W 15.7 Hint: It’s locked up under the courthouse main entry steps
  7. N 33.81 W 15.60 Hint: It’s Corvallis walk of fame
  8. N 33.32 W 16.44 Hint: Mill stone around the roses
  9. N 33.86 W 15.92 Hint: A “clever disguise” by local artist Peter Helzer who is well known for his creative public art in Benton County.
  10. N 33.81 W 15.71 Hint: Declared as the “finest in Oregon” this palace was built in the 1920s.

 

the details

Corvallis GPS Waymarking Hunt
553 NW Harrison Blvd.
Corvallis, Oregon 97330
800-334-8118

features:
Have Fun getting to know Corvallis. GPS Waymarking. Great for families.

price: Free
parking: Street Parking
great attraction for: Families, Enjoying the Outdoors, Art Appreciation


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