Frick Park Trustees Map encodes Pythagorean triangle clue pointing to Cowboy Hill. The Frick Park Trustees Map, published after Frick gifted the park to the city, highlights numerous open areas in yellow The map contains an intentional misrepresentation stating "the park is not adapted to the entertainment of large groups because of the lack of spacious open areas," despite multiple large highlighted open areas existing A 3-4-5 Pythagorean triangle (builder's triangle) is formed on the map, with the tip of the hypotenuse pointing toward where Cowboy Hill should appear
The Frick Park Trustees Map published after Frick's gift looks suspicious. It highlights open areas in yellow yet claims the park 'is not adapted to large groups' due to lack of open space. A 3-4-5 Pythagorean triangle on the map points to Cowboy Hill — a hill conspicuously missing from the map itself 🤔
Key Facts
- The Frick Park Trustees Map, published after Frick gifted the park to the city, highlights numerous open areas in yellow
- The map contains an intentional misrepresentation stating "the park is not adapted to the entertainment of large groups because of the lack of spacious open areas," despite multiple large highlighted open areas existing
- A 3-4-5 Pythagorean triangle (builder's triangle) is formed on the map, with the tip of the hypotenuse pointing toward where Cowboy Hill should appear
- Cowboy Hill is conspicuously missing from the Trustees Map despite the park's boundaries being unchanged since Frick's ownership
- The conditions of Frick's gift to the city prohibited changing the park
- Fern Hollow Creek has its spring head immediately northwest of the Frick Park Lawn Bowling Greens
Source: A Lawyer Found a Secret Treasure Hunt Hidden in a City Park by The Randall Carlson