Roscommon County - Letters From Home Letterbox Hybrid
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Roscommon 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).
| Cache is not located at the coordinates listed above. See below for further details |
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| LETTERS FROM HOME |
ROSCOMMON COUNTY |
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Roscommon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,449. The county seat is Roscommon. The county was founded in 1840 and organized in 1875. Both the county and county seat are commonly referred to by locals as "Rosco".
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Roscommon County was originally part of Midland County, which was organized in 1850. It remained part of Midland County until it was separated in 1875. Roscommon County was named after County Roscommon, Ireland.
Roscommon is home to the Firemen's Memorial Festival which began is 1979 in honor of the fallen heroes. It is held on the third weekend in September, Thursday through Sunday. Roscommon is also home of the Are You Geocacher Enough Road Rally. This event is usually held in the middle of June.
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To find the geocache, you must follow these instructions:
1. Read the county description above. Let A = the last two digits on the year the county was organized. Let B= 10 times A.
2. Travel B feet at an azimuth of 332 degrees.
3. You will find what you are looking for in the grasp of a group of six. |
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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 Roscommon County visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscommon_County,_Michigan |
For those that might not have tools to project waypoints geolifeline.com may be of some use to you.
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| 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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