Oshtemo Township Park is a 65 acre preserve located on Kalamazoo's west side. The park features a playground, baseball field, picnic pavilion, restrooms, hiking trails and a disc golf course. The park's nature trails surround the playground and disc golf course and are mostly in wooded areas. The park boundaries are defined on three sides by a guardrail, so getting lost in this park is very difficult. I got my Last Will and Testament updated today and then went geocaching, hence the name of the cache.
This 3-part multipart cache. Go to the first set of coordinates and read the sign located there to find your way to the second clue.
Use the following conversion technique where each letter converts to a number: A=1, B=2, C=3, etc.
- X = the fourth letter of the second word on the sign
- Y = the third letter of the last word on the sign
HINT: Don't convert the actual letters X and Y to numbers!
Once you have figured out the numerical values for the letters in the sign as indicated above, use the numbers to complete the following coordinates: N 42° 17.4XY' / W 85° 41.741'. Those are the coordinates of the second clue.
Go to the coordinates for the second clue and read the sign located there to find your way to the cache. Use the same conversion technique where each letter converts to a number.
- X = the fourth letter of the last name of the person who the arboretum is named after
- Y = the first letter of the last name of the person who the arboretum is named after
Once you have figured out the numerical values for the letters in the sign as indicated above, use the numbers to complete the following coordinates: N 42° 17.XY6' / W 85° 41.693'. Those are the coordinates of the cache.
Driving directions: From US-131, take the M-43 (West Main St.) exit and go West. The Park is located behind the Township Hall and Fire Station at 7275 West Main St., just west of 9th Street. The park entrance is on the south side of West Main. The park is open from 8:00 a.m. to sunset. Parking as at N 42° 17.596' / W 85° 41.598'
