This is a series of caches for the extreme cacher. I have placed these caches in a manner in which you will more than likely need a Kayak or Canoe to make the find. The Clinton River is a great place to take a ride in your Kayak and get away from it all for a little while. Macomb county is trying to open up the river to Kayak and Canoe enthusiasts and placing a few caches along the river should help get more people out on the water to enjoy the river.

Kayaking or Canoeing is better done in a group. I don't recommend doing these caches alone but if you do make sure someone knows where you are and have a plan in place if you don't make it back in a certain amount of time. Leave information with someone you trust as to where your car is parked and which part of the river you plan on exploring. Make sure to wear your PFD at all times.

All the caches on this section of the trail are small size containers. For the most part I have used small and medium size sports drink bottles. As you can imagine keeping a river trail in tip top shape takes a lot of work. I would appreciate that when you set out to find these caches you bring a few caches supplies to fix any problems with the caches. I would suggest a couple sports drink bottles some string and maybe a few extra logs. If you contact me before hand I will even supply your group with ready to go containers to make repairs as needed. This would help me out a lot because it takes a good part of a whole day to check on these caches.

There are a few points that you can launch your canoe with not to much difficulty along the Clinton River.

I have launched my Kayak from these two spots:

Under the Hayes Rd. bridge @ N42 34.209 W082 58.271. Parking for this spot is located @ N42 34.229 W082 58.338. This is not the most ideal spot to launch but it is one of the few places you can get access. This location is in the middle of the river cache trail.

This is where I put in to start the trail. Conditions will vary depending on the water level. N 42 35.192 W 082 59.736 with parking nearby at N 42 35.256 W 082 59.740.

At the end of this cache trail there is a landing site where your Canoe or Kayak can easily be removed from the river and it has ample parking.

When these caches were placed I had to Portage around 6 log jams. Some were very easy but one of them was an extremely big log jam. Please know your limitations.

 Be Safe and enjoy the cache trail.