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Summer Solstice 2 Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/21/2007
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This Geocache will be in place between the Summer Solstice on June 21 and the end of summer on September 23. The Summer Solstice 2 Geocache is our 4th seasonal cache. You can celebrate the beginning of summer by hunting for the Geocache.

The cache is located in the edge of a woods only about 50 feet from mowed grass.


The Summer Solstice is at 2:06 PM on June 21. In the northern hemisphere, the longest day of the year when the Sun is farthest north. In the southern hemisphere, winter and summer solstices are exchanged.

The summer solstice marks the first day of the season of summer. The declination of the Sun on the (northern) summer solstice is known as the tropic of cancer (23° 27'). The summer solstice is the longest day of the year, respectively, in the sense that the length of time elapsed between sunrise and sunset on this day is a maximum for the year. The time of sunrise will be 5:57 a.m. and sunset will be 9:13 p.m. 15 hours and 16 minutes of sunlight. Of course, daylight saving time means that the first Sunday in April has 23 hours and the last Sunday in October has 25 hours, but these human meddlings with the calendar and do not correspond to the actual number of daylight hours.

This cache is in a plastic Lock-n-Lock container. It contains some typical treasurers.

Please place the cache back the way you found it.

This cache is located within Willow Metropark, a part of the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority park system. A Metropark Vehicle Entry Permit is required: Annual Permit $20. Senior Permit $12. Daily Permit $4.

For General information please call 810-227-2752 or 800-47-PARKS. Or visit our website at WWW.metroparks.com.



All park rules and regulations apply. Park in parking lots only.

The Hours for Willow Metropark are from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM.



Have fun!

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