This is a series of caches for the extreme cacher. I have placed these caches in a manner in which you will more than likely need a Kayak or Canoe to make the find. The Clinton River is a great place to take a ride in your Kayak and get away from it all for a little while. Macomb county is trying to open up the river to Kayak and Canoe enthusiasts and placing a few caches along the river should help get more people out on the water to enjoy the river.
Kayaking or Canoeing is better done in a group. I don't recommend doing these caches alone but if you do make sure someone knows where you are and have a plan in place if you don't make it back in a certain amount of time. Leave information with someone you trust as to where your car is parked and which part of the river you plan on exploring. Make sure to wear your PFD at all times.
All the caches on this section of the trail are small size containers. For the most part I have used small and medium size sports drink bottles. As you can imagine keeping a river trail in tip top shape takes a lot of work. I would appreciate that when you set out to find these caches you bring a few caches supplies to fix any problems with the caches. I would suggest a couple sports drink bottles some string and maybe a few extra logs. If you contact me before hand I will even supply your group with ready to go containers to make repairs as needed. This would help me out a lot because it takes a whole day to check on these caches.
There are a few points that you can launch your canoe with not to much difficulty along the Clinton River.
I have launched my Kayak from these spots:
-Heritage Park: This is the nicest Kayak Launch I have used so far. N42 37.315 W083 01.922. Parking very near the launch but parking is limited.
-Dodge Park Kayak Landing: N42 36.465 W083 01.468 with parking near by. Entrance to parking lot off Riverland Drive @ N42 36.842 W083 01.521
-Edison Ct. N 42 35.192 W 082 59.736 with parking nearby at N 42 35.256 W 082 59.740.
-Under the Hayes Rd. bridge @ N42 34.209 W082 58.271. Parking for this spot is located @ N42 34.229 W082 58.338. This is not the most ideal spot to launch but it is one of the few places you can get access.
This is the official site for the Clinton River Watershed which includes canoe launches http://www.michiganwatertrails.org/trail.asp?ait=cv&cid=242
-At the end of this cache trail there is a landing site where your Canoe or Kayak can easily be removed from the river at Budd Park and it has ample parking. N42 35.230 W082 55.678
This section of the KTC Trail is free of log jams as of the time I hid the caches. The river is kept free of log jams in this section by the kayak/canoe rental company that provides rentals for this section of the river, If you don't have a Kayak or Canoe you can search for a rental company that works this section of the river.
Be Safe and enjoy the cache trail.