Welcome to our winter series for 2024-25 which will take you on a tour of the Upper Peninsula. Be sure to collect all the codes along the way as you will need them to help find the bonus geocache location. The geocaches are guaranteed to be available through Easter Sunday, April 20. Have fun and enjoy!
Keweenaw County is a county in the western Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 2,046, making it Michigan's least populous county. It is also the state's largest county by total area, including the waters of Lake Superior, as well as the state's northernmost county. The county seat is Eagle River.
Located at the northeastern end of the Keweenaw Peninsula, Keweenaw County is part of the Houghton, Michigan micropolitan area. Keweenaw County contains two National Park Service units: Isle Royale National Park and Keweenaw National Historical Park. The county is part of Michigan's Copper Country region, an area where copper mining was prevalent from the 1840s to the 1960s. (Wikipedia)
Keweenaw County may be the northernmost county in Michigan, but this puzzle takes you to the southernmost reaches of our series. To find this cache, solve the following puzzle. All information can be found on the Wikipedia page for the county linked above or using Google.
The final is located at N 42° 4A.BCD W 086° 1E.FGH
A = The number of state highways (M-Roads) that pass through the county.
B = The number of cities in the county.
C = In 2020, the population was 2C46.
D = The number of letters in the only village in the county.
E = The number of 100-story skyscrapers in the county.
F = The number of other counties in Michigan with direct Minnesota ferry service.
G = The number of counties Keweenaw shares a land border with.
H = The number of census-designated places + civil townships - 1.