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 cache is not at the posted coordinates. The posted coordinates take you to a couple of signs (one says, “HALL FOR RENT” and the other is a yellow QDM sign with deer pictures) at the Ogemaw Hills Nature Park. Here you will gather information to solve the puzzle for the final location.
You will need to solve N 44 24.ABC, W 084 21.XYZ where:
A=On the “HALL FOR RENT” sign, what is the 9th digit in the phone number?
B=On the “HALL FOR RENT” sign, what is the 1st digit minus the 3rd digit in the phone number?
C=On the “HALL FOR RENT” sign, what is the 10th digit in the phone number?
North Check sum=14
X=On the QDM sign, how many deer are pictured including the silhouettes?
Y= On the QDM sign, what is the number associated with the 2nd deer (ignore the 1/2).
Z= On the QDM sign, how many deer silhouettes are?
West Check sum=9