Schoolcraft County - Letters From Home Letterbox Hybrid
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Schoolcraft 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 |
SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY |
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Schoolcraft County is a county located in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,485. The county seat is Manistique, which lies along the northern shore of Lake Michigan.
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The county is named in honor of Henry Schoolcraft, who explored the area with the expedition of Lewis Cass. The county was founded in 1843 and organized in 1876. The county is largely rural and forested, with much of the western portion of the county located within Hiawatha National Forest.
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To find the geocache, you must follow these instructions:
1. Read the county description above. let A = the third digit in the year the county was organized. let B = the last digit in the year the county was founded. Let C = the last digit in the population plus 1. let D = the first digit in the year the census was taken.
2. Travel ABCD feet at an azimuth of 311.9 degrees.
3. You will find what you are seeking hidden among a bunch, down a incline. |
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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 Schoolcraft County visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoolcraft_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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