Chippewa County - Letters From Home Letterbox Hybrid

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Hidden : 5/16/2015
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Parking for the caches in the "Letters From Home" series can be found at N43 02.850 W85 48.512 (Marne), N43 07.578 W85 52.886 (Conklin), and N43 11.031 W85 56.816 (Ravenna).


Cache is not located at the coordinates listed above. See below for further details


LETTERS FROM HOME CHIPPEWA COUNTY




Chippewa County is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 38,520. The county seat is Sault Ste. Marie.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,698 square miles (6,990 km2), of which 1,558 square miles (4,040 km2) is land and 1,140 square miles (3,000 km2) (42%) is water. It is the second-largest county in Michigan by land area and fifth-largest by total area.

The Michigan Meridian runs through the eastern portion of the county. South of Nine Mile Road, M-129 (Meridian Road) overlays the meridian. In Sault Ste. Marie, Meridian Street north of 12th Avenue overlays the meridian.


The county is named for the Chippewa tribe, and was set off and organized in 1826.


To find the geocache, you must follow these instructions:
1. Read through the description of Chippewa County. Let A = the population in 2010. Let B =  the total area (in square miles). Let C = the year the county was organized.
2. Divide A by 8, and let this new number = D.
3.Travel at a bearing of 305.8 degrees for (B+C+D+905) feet.
4. You will find what you are looking for in a multi-trunked tree.


In each geocache container you will find a stamp. Use this stamp to complete your Map of MI (related webpage above)


Remember to bring your own ink pad. No ink pads will be placed in any of the geocache containers in this series.


For more on Chippewa County visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chippewa_County,_Michigan


For those that might not have tools to project waypoints geolifeline.com may be of some use to you.


There are 83 caches in this series. That is a lot to maintain so feel free to help by bringing along a spare bag and maybe a towel to dry out anything that gets moisture in it. Please keep the containers hidden from muggles. Thanks for playing.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

zhygv-gehaxrq gerr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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