Welcome to the
Ogemaw-Roscommon Bureau GeoTour!
Fresh air and fresh water – purely Michigan – purely refreshing. Come for the experience that will last a lifetime. You will love all there is to see and do in the heart of Northern Michigan.
Thirty geocaches have been hidden throughout Roscommon and Ogemaw Counties. They highlight the best of the area in any season!
To earn a geocoin, teams must pick up a O R B GeoTour Passport from the Houghton Lake Area Tourism Bureau or West Branch Visitors Bureaus (preferred method) or download a passport. Collect 28 caches as detailed in the passport. See complete details at O R B GeoTour .
Remember to record the password from this cache in your GeoTour Passport!
Link to Updated Passport: O R B GeoTour Passport
Roscommon and Ogemaw Counties are ideal places to spend a day, a long weekend or
an entire vacation. Everything you can imagine is here for your enjoyment. Enjoy our
trails, State Parks, the Ogemaw Hills, and our great lakes – Houghton Lake, Higgins
Lake and Lake Saint Helen. Make your travel plans in northern Michigan and come
spend some time with us here.
About this cache: Trestle Park is an historic railroad trestle site established in 2012, commemorating the logging days of 1882 to 1887. There is an anchor there that was discovered in Houghton Lake, an informational kiosk, pavilion, and a play area for the kids on the shore of Houghton Lake. During the summer they have Concerts in the Park, as well as other fun events. Visit dentontownship-mi.org/parks for their concert schedule.
The coordinates take you to a Michigan Historical Marker describing the history of the local area. One side is titled "Prudenville", the other is titled "Roscommon Lumber Co." To find the coordinates for the final location, you need to get some numbers from the marker.
For the north coordinates, take the 2nd and 3rd digits of the historic site number, and add them (as a 2-digit number) to the posted north coordinates. For the west coordinates, look at the "Prudenville" side, and take the first 2 digits (again as a 2-digit number) of the decade in which the area's next economic surge came, and add them to the posted west coordinates. You will not have to leave the park to find the cache.
Thank you to:
kirtlandii for archiving his previous cache here
and for donating the container.