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: The park is named after the original owner of the land, Archie Irons. The park is 10 acres and features several pavilions, available for rental, Fort Austin, a playscape for children, basketball and tennis courts, and the refreshing Rifle River that runs through it. During the winter there is a perfect hill for sledding.
The cache is not at the posted coordinates. The posted coordinates take you to a sign titled West Branch Stormwater XXXX in the Irons Park parking lot where you will need to gather some information to solve the puzzle that takes you to the final. Next, you will need to go to the sign at the Irons Park entrance (N 44 16.449, W 084 13.851) to get the rest of the information to solve for the final.
You will need to solve this puzzle to get the final coordinates: N 44 16.ABC, W 084 13.XYZ.
For XYZ you need to go to the sign at the posted coordinates where:
X=The number of letters in the last (4th) word of the sign title.
Y=In the section titled “Managing Stormwater in West Branch”, how many rain gardens were installed at Irons Park?
Z=In the section titled “Managing Stormwater in West Branch”, what is the last numeral of the 2nd year mentioned?
For ABC, go to the Fort Austin Kids Park sign at the entrance.
A=What is the 4th digit in May XX-XX, 1999?
B= What is the 2nd digit in May XX-XX, 1999?
C= What is the 3rd digit in May XX-XX, 1999?