Parking access to this cache is the very short, unpaved, uphill driveway located off the adjoining street. It accommodates only one vehicle. NOT handicap accessible. Recommend backing in for easier and safer exit. Or... walk 1/4 mile to....(see next line)
ALTERNATIVE street parking is located 1/4 mile south at 775 Stepping Stone Dr., Byron Center. There is a sidewalk that leads up to the cache location.
This cemetery is marked 'closed' to further burials as it is full. It is still open to the visiting public.
Hours of operation: Daylight hours.
After locating this cache I would encourage you to walk 15-20 steps to the North (left if your back is to the road). Find the larger tombstone in that area with the family name of Gilbert. Look for the small tombstone to the far left for Freeman Gilbert. In January, 1864, at the age of 17, Freeman left his family and Byron Center to enlist in the Michigan Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion (Civil War) to fight for the North against slavery. His unit was sent to Georgia. Freeman was captured by the Confederates on May 6th of that same year and was sent to Andersonville Georgia Prison (prisoner of war camp). Sadly, he died as a POW on July 4th, 1864 from scurvy at the age of 17. He fought and died upholding the tenants of his first name.
The tombstone you are looking at is not his gravesite. It is only a memorial stone. He is buried in Andersonville National Cemetery in Georgia. Pause, if so inclined, to ponder his morals and love of country that cost this young man his life and his family a young son.