Ionia County - Letters From Home Letterbox Hybrid
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Ionia County - Letters From Home
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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).
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| LETTERS FROM HOME |
IONIA COUNTY |
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| Ionia County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,905. The county seat is Ionia The Ionia County Courthouse was built by Claire Allen, a prominent southern Michigan architect. |
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The county is named for Ionia, a Grecian province. It was set off in 1831 and organized in 1837.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 580 square miles (1,500 km2), of which 571 square miles (1,480 km2) is land and 8.7 square miles (23 km2) (1.5%) is water.
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To find the geocache, you must follow these instructions:
1. Read through the description of Ionia County.
2. Let A = 2 x the number of letters in the last name of the architect who built the County Courthouse. Let B = the third digit of the year the county was set off. Let C = the % of water rounded up the next whole digit. Let D = the last digit of the year the county was organized.
3. Travel at a bearing of 4.8 degrees for ABCD feet.
4. You will find what you are looking for in a seven trunk tree on the West side of the Trail. |
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In each geocache container you will find a stamp. Use this stamp to complete your Map of MI (related webpage above)
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| Remember to bring your own ink pad. No ink pads will be placed in any of the geocache containers in this series. |
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| For more on Ionia County visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionia_County,_Michigan |
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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.
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(Decrypt)
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