UPDATE: 3/1/2024:
2019 was the 100th Anniversary of Michigan State Parks and we're still celebrating!. Join the Michigan Geocaching Organization (MiGO), the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Geocaching.com for the first official GeoTour in Michigan.
This tour was originally scheduled to run for three years, kicking off on Friday of Memorial Weekend in 2019 and continue through May 31, 2022. The success of this awesome tour has not gone unnoticed. On February 2, 2022, The DNR announced the extension of the GeoTour through September 24, 2024! Join us in making a final push to complete this very popular and very successful GeoTour before the sun sets on it.
Each geocache is in one of Michigan's state parks. The geocaches are arranged by MiGO Region, with twenty-five geocaches per region. The Ticket to Celebrate 100 is available for download from the DNR's Geocaching page. It explains how to qualify for prizes in each of the four regions and for the GeoTour as a whole.
Day use areas of state parks are open from 8AM to 10PM. Geocaching is limited to those hours. Entry into Michigan's State Parks requires a Michigan Recreation Passport. See the Resources section below for more information.
The sun will set on the MSPCGT at midnight Tuesday, September 24, 2024. The MSPCGT will go off the air as a GeoTour and the caches will disappear from the map. There is a lot of construction going on in our State Parks in 2024. Some of the GeoTour caches will have to be pulled earlier. The remaining geocaches in the tour will be archived October 1, 2024. Players will have until December 31, 2024 to claim any prize they have earned. Hiders will be contacted to request removal of the geocaches they hid unless they have made arrangements with park managers and have their own permit in place to keep the geocache in play, with a new GC Code.
Now for some good news: MiGO and the DNR are busy working on a new project that will kick off in the Spring of 2025, code named MSPGT 2.0. Are you interested in helping? Keep your MiGO Membership up to date and stay tuned to the website.
Cache:
This cache was hidden as part of the Michigan State Parks Centennial GeoTour, presented by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Michigan Geocaching Organization. Record the codeword printed on the log book and on a label inside the cache container to the appropriate box on the Ticket to Celebrate 100 form. See the instructions on the form to claim prizes.
This is a multi-cache with a field puzzle and is not at the posted coordinates. The posted coordinates are the parking lot. Once you park, walk towards the pond/small lake first, then to the camp store to gather information for the field puzzle. Answer the following questions with information you find. On your way, notice the fish sculpture. This doesn't have anything to do with the cache but it is pretty cool and would make a great photo op for your log! You will need to go out on the viewing platform on the water and find some of the following information.
The cache can be found at N 45° 13.ABC W85° 03.DEF using the information from the puzzle below:
- From the sign on the viewing platform:
- A = The number of critters in the aquatic insects section plus the number of critters in the frogs and toads section.
- B = How many pictures are in the VISITOR section of the sign.
- C = How many letters are in the type of turtle that has long claws that it uses during courtship.
- North Checksum: A+B+C = 21
- From the sign at the store:
- D = Let's eat! This picture was taken on May 1__,1934.
- E = Inside barracks #3. This picture was taken in March 193__.
- F = Camp Wolverine CCC company #__73 worked and lived here.
- West Checksum:. D+E+F = 14
Enjoy the history and science here. For the final you will take a short scenic walk on a trail where your dog is welcome to go with you. You are looking for a Regular size container. Please return everything as good or better than you found it.
Thank you
TJPost
for creating, hiding and maintaining this MSPC GeoTour cache.
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Photo courtesy of Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Young State Park
Young State Park:
Young State Park is located at the east end of beautiful Lake Charlevoix. The park spans over 560 acres in Charlevoix County and is a mix of gently rolling terrain, lowlands and cedar swamp. The beach at Young State Park was voted the best beach of the year by the Petoskey News Review Graphic. Lake Charlevoix is 17,260 acres with depths up to 122 feet. The lake is stocked annually with several varieties of trout making it a great destination for fisherman.
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Photo courtesy of Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Young State Park Beach
History:
Young State Park officially opened in 1921. In 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), an innovative federally funded organization that put thousands of Americans to work during the Great Depression on projects with environmental benefits. The park concession located at the beach was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930′s.
Map courtesy of Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Activities:
Attractions of Young State Park include fishing on Lake Charlevoix, hiking on five miles of trails, paddling and swimming. Young state park is located conveniently near Boyne City and it reasonably close to Charlevoix and Petosky. Park visitors might explore the local area by visiting local wineries, festivals and farmer′s markets or a visit to the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Information:
For more information, reservations and a calendar of events, follow this link to
Young State Park.
Special thanks to
beenhere
for help with this geocache.
Special thanks to Are You Geocacher Enough? Road Rally for the Northern Lower regional prize.
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