Happy Birthday to the United States of America! This cache is placed as part of the 250th year birthday celebration! We hope you have a great time finding this geocache!
We hope you enjoy the short walk to the beach in Windsnest Park. This was formerly a private park for the local residents but has been remodeled and re-opened as part of the greater collection of Ottawa County Parks. If you are visting during the summer between Memorial Day and Labor Day, there is a parking fee and a digital kiosk to buy your parking pass ($8 daily, $25 annual). Note that discounted rates exist for residents of Ottawa County if purchased online (not at the kiosk), and Ottawa County residents can buy a single vehicle annual for $15 or a two vehicle annual for $20.
HBUSA started in 2018 with 204 geocaches published in Michigan. This year we hope to surpass 250 caches and events to celebrate America’s semiquincentennial! May God bless the USA for another 250 years!
Anyone finding this geocache on the weekend of Saturday 7/4/2026 or Sunday 7/5/2026 can log this cache as a First To Find as a thank you for participating in this celebration. Somewhere in your log, leave the icons and letters (FTF) or {FTF} to get credit for your visit as a First To Find entry, as recorded by various 3rd party geocaching parner applications.