Luce County - Letters From Home Letterbox Hybrid
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Luce 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). The container was replaced on 7/3/15. See our maintenance log for an offset if you solved it before then.
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| LETTERS FROM HOME |
LUCE COUNTY |
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Luce County is a county located in the Upper peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,631, making it the second-least populous county in Michigan. The county seat is Newberry. The county was set off and organized in 1887 and named after former Michigan Governor Cyrus G. Luce.
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In 2002, Newberry was designated as the moose capital of Michigan by the state legislature.
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To find the geocache, you must follow these instructions:
1.Read through the description of Luce County. Let A = the population in 2010. Let B = the year it was designated the Moose Capital of MI. .
2. Travel at a bearing of 319.1 degrees for (A+B-742) feet.
3. You will find what you are looking for in a pokey thin off 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 Luce County visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luce_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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