Welcome to Whitmore Nature Preserve. This is a beautiful nature park near the community of Whitmore Lake, hence the name. The park sits on land donated to Washtenaw County by landowners in the area and is used for preservation/conservation of natural land including all the flora, fauna and wildlife. The overall property is an amalgamation of a few different properties donated by very generous folks in the area and you will see on the main signs exactly who donated what land. Dogs are unfortunately not allowed in this preserve whatsoever so do not bring your dog in here. Also do not ride your bike in here. The park hours are dawn to dusk so please do not attempt at night. Anyways, this particular nature area contains around 1.8 miles or so of unpaved trail system that manuevers around the property. At the entrance to the park sits the main trail that goes for about half a mile until you arrive at a open, hilly, grassland. This is where the trail splits to the left and right as the red trail. If you go on the right path, you will make your way up the hill to the next trail marker where this splits into the green and blue sections of the trail. Further North the trail branches off, this is the yellow loop.
So, GZ brings you to a right turn in the trail. There is a fence just south and east of the bend that delineates the property line. Please do not cross this fence as it is private property so you would be trespassing. There are signs that mark the property line as well so please be careful. Anyway, the cache is on the fence line so you will not need to cross it to retrieve it. It is super small so not large enough to hold any toys or trinkets this time. Also, please be stealthy as there are others that visit this park sometimes, so please hide the cache back well. It is a very good idea to bring bug spray if you are attempting this in the summer/fall months as it can get quite buggy out here. Be sure to wear boots or shoes that can get dirty as there are quite a few muddy spots on the path. The hide is also on top of a decent sized berm so it will require a brief climb but it is not too bad at all. It will help get you warmed up to find the WNP series I have hidden in here. Good Luck and Happy Caching :)
Update: This cache will now no longer be the UNP cache here but it will be part of a 2 cache mini-series to help get you warmed up and prepared to find the 14-cache WNP series I have in this beautiful park.
*Congrats to HelloLola on the FTF*