Duck Lake State Park's 2010 C.I.T.O. Event Cache In Trash Out® Event

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Hidden : Saturday, May 1, 2010
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size: not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:

Duck Lake State Park C.I.T.O. Event
at 9:00AM on Sat. May 1, 2010


The 8th Annual Cache In Trash Out Events are scheduled for April 24, 2010 all around the world.
Since the organizers will be in Grand Haven lending a hand at another C.I.T.O. Event GC23N0X,
we decided to wait until the 10th Anniversary of Geocaching for this fun occasion!

Let's lend a hand to help take care of our little corner of the planet!


About the C.I.T.O. Event:

Now with a little C.I.T.O. hosting experience under our belt we understand the key to optimising productivity and participant fun is being well organized. You will be able to register starting at 8:30am. At registration you can select an area of the park on the large map available. A terrain and difficulty rating for each respective area will be provided for reference. Clean-up activities will occur from 9:00am on Saturday through 11:30. At 11:30 volunteers will return to the parking area for a C.I.T.O. Event picture with all the trash treasures we find. A select group of volunteers will disposition the refuge at a recycling center less than one mile from the park. At noon we will shift gears from hard labor to celebrating 10 years of geocaching. See the 10 Years! Shores of Lake Michigan, U.S.A. event page at GC25JVY for all of the fun. The parking coordinates are to the parking lot adjacent to park’s spacious pavilion. Enter the park from the main entrance on Scenic Drive through the first parking lot and turn left up the hill prior to reaching the boat launch. Turn right at the stop sign at the "T" in the road. This will lead to the parking lot where lunch will later be served. This is where we will distribute supplies and split up team duties.

Parking coordinates: N 43° 20.630 W 086° 23.836

This will also provide plenty of time for volunteer cachers to enjoy the many local caches and the newly published 10th Anniversary Event.

This Duck Lake State Park CITO Event has been planned in with assistance of Muskegon State Park Park Manager. We have selected this inviting state park along the scenic shores of Lake Michigan because it is near and dear to our family and we would like to share it with you. The park manager has approved the event and has confirmed that any volunteer may be admitted to the park without any fees to those who possess a printed paper or digital copy of this web page.

Supplies that will be provided: trash bags, plastic recycling plans, bottle recycling plans, water bottles, safety vests(required for those volunteering along Scenic Dr.), trailer(s), tarps, snacks, first aid needs, wheel barrels, hammer, drill, log book, park map, heavy-stuff supervision, and geocaching brochures.

About Duck Lake State Park:

The Ottawa Indians in the region originally named Duck Lake Jibski Sagagen.

Charles Mears built a sawmill at the mouth of the lake in 1848 along with a three story boarding house and store.

In 1920 the Boy Scouts of Chicago purchased 100 acres at the channel and started Camp Wabaningo, aquiring the rest of the land a few years later.



In 1927 the land transferred to the Grand Rapids Council and Camp Shawondossee was started. Thousands of Boy Scouts enjoyed this scenic destination during the 50 years it was owned and managed by the Grand Rapids Council. A monument is located in the park to mark the location of the mess hall where our 38th President Gerald R. Ford, enjoyed his meals while at camp.


A memorial to the 38th President, Gerald R. Ford
Monument Coordinates: N 43° 20.520' W 086° 23.321'

In 1975 the land was sold to the State of Michigan. Visitors have since been able to enjoy a relaxing destination, without the crowds of a campground, along Lake Michigan's shore line.


Duck Lake State Park is a 728-acre day-use park, located in Muskegon County. Featuring a towering sand dune, the park stretches from the northern shore of Duck Lake to Lake Michigan. The terrain is a mixture of open brush land to mature hardwood forest, with some pockets of open meadows mixed in. The land was purchased by the Nature Conservancy from two Boy Scout organizations, and acquired by the state in 1974. Remains of the old scout camps were removed and access roads were constructed. The park was officially dedicated in the spring of 1988. A new entrance off of Scenic Drive was completed in May 2005.

What's the Clean-Up Challenge?

The park is need of some spring cleaning. The most abused area of the park was recently clean-up during an Eagle Scout project. This particular region of the park has had garbage and debris tossed at this particular location for as long as I could remember walking through the park. State Park and Boy Scout efforts have definitely made a significant positive impact on this site the past few years, but there is still room for improvement. The CITO team focused here and neighboring trails will be the Glass Gobblers, as we see a lot of turkeys at this particular location in the park.

Other regions of the park are also in need of spring cleaning. Those interested in leading small cleaning teams should post a note of the web page. The park areas needing attention will be prioritized and color-coded maps will be provided to volunteers to make sure the D.L.S.P. realizes the most return for the volunteer efforts available. Some of the regional cleaning teams will include the Beach Bums, Channel Cats, Road Recyclers, Parking Police, Garbage Gobblers, Extreme Trashers, and Boat Bashers.

This is the UPDATED 2010 event map!



At last years C.I.T.O. Event GC1MWRF the mighty volunteers unearthed a 500 gallon fuel oil tank and multiple steel barrels. We have raised the difficulty and terrain rating due to the boat demolition and removal task at hand.

Can you believe someone littered a boat?
Boat Coordinates: N 43° 20.820' W 086° 22.649'

Bring your sledge hammers, saws-all, leather gloves, safety glasses, wire cutters, and well the whole tool box for this fun! Take out some from frustration on an old abandoned fiberglass boat!

One of the other physically demanding clean up areas is on the east end of the park, labeled as Extreme Trash. It contains many, many rusty steel containers, glass bottles, bricks, and blocks, as it is a former dumping site. Volunteers will find this another rewarding clean-up destination.

If you are interested in leading one of the regional clean-up teams or would like to assemble your own team of cachers to work together, please post a note and we will make it work. Thanks in advance for your selfless acts. Posting a note would also assist on planning for the appropriate headcount. We look forward to sharing a fun day outdoors filled with work, adventure, food, fun, and laughter!

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