William C. Sterling State Park is best known as the only Michigan park on Lake Erie, for its sandy beach and as a popular departure point for walleye anglers. But the park is dedicated to marshland and was named after William C. Sterling, a Monroe County businessman who by the mid-1800s already realized the value of wetlands to man as well as wildlife. Sterling was a passionate hunter and in 1878 he began buying the nearby marshland for as little as 30 cents an acre because nobody else saw the value in swamps. A decade after his death in 1924, a group of Monroe citizens proposed that 115 acres north of the River Raisin be preserved as a park and named in his honor..
The Cache: The cache is a small sized lock & lock hidden along the trail.
Day use areas of state parks are open from 8 AM to 10 PM. Geocaching is limited to those hours. Entry into Michigan's State Parks requires a Michigan Recreation Passport.