UPDATE: 3/1/2024:
2019 was the 100th Anniversary of Michigan State Parks and we're still celebrating!. Join the Michigan Geocaching Organization (MiGO), the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Geocaching.com for the first official GeoTour in Michigan.
This tour was originally scheduled to run for three years, kicking off on Friday of Memorial Weekend in 2019 and continue through May 31, 2022. The success of this awesome tour has not gone unnoticed. On February 2, 2022, The DNR announced the extension of the GeoTour through September 24, 2024! Join us in making a final push to complete this very popular and very successful GeoTour before the sun sets on it.
Each geocache is in one of Michigan's state parks. The geocaches are arranged by MiGO Region, with twenty-five geocaches per region. The Ticket to Celebrate 100 is available for download from the DNR's Geocaching page. It explains how to qualify for prizes in each of the four regions and for the GeoTour as a whole.
Day use areas of state parks are open from 8AM to 10PM. Geocaching is limited to those hours. Entry into Michigan's State Parks requires a Michigan Recreation Passport. See the Resources section below for more information.
The sun will set on the MSPCGT at midnight Tuesday, September 24, 2024. The MSPCGT will go off the air as a GeoTour and the caches will disappear from the map. There is a lot of construction going on in our State Parks in 2024. Some of the GeoTour caches will have to be pulled earlier. The remaining geocaches in the tour will be archived October 1, 2024. Players will have until December 31, 2024 to claim any prize they have earned. Hiders will be contacted to request removal of the geocaches they hid unless they have made arrangements with park managers and have their own permit in place to keep the geocache in play, with a new GC Code.
Now for some good news: MiGO and the DNR are busy working on a new project that will kick off in the Spring of 2025, code named MSPGT 2.0. Are you interested in helping? Keep your MiGO Membership up to date and stay tuned to the website.
Cache:
This cache was hidden as part of the Michigan State Parks Centennial GeoTour, presented by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Michigan Geocaching Organization. Record the codeword printed on the log book and on a label inside the cache container to the appropriate box on the Ticket to Celebrate 100 form. See the instructions on the form to claim prizes.
Brighton Recreational Area is divided into three areas, with equestrian trails to the west of Chilson Road, mountain bike trails to the north of Bishop Lake Road, and hiking trails to the south of Bishop Lake Road. The cache is placed on the hiking trails less than a half mile from the parking area. Closest Parking is at the Bishop Lake Parking. Note: The entrance to the Day Use Area is indicated by the reference waypoint "Entrance". Parking is not available at the Bishop Lake Campground if coming from the west on Bishop Lake Road or at the Organization Camping area south of Bishop Lake.
You are looking for a Regular size container. Please return everything as good or better than you found it.
Thank you
TPM2013
for creating, hiding and maintaining this MSPC GeoTour cache.
Photo courtesy of Michigan Department of Natural Resources
There are eighteen miles of Equestrian trails at Brighton Recreation Area
Brighton Recreation Area:
Brighton Recreation Area, with 4,947 acres, is located west of US-23 and south of I-96, which allows for convenient access from Lansing, Ann Arbor, Detroit and Flint. Its key location within the state′s most densely populated region makes the park a natural oasis.
Photo courtesy of Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Fishing Pier on Bishop Lake
Brighton Recreation Area is a state park leader in providing accessible recreation, thereby allowing visitors with mobility limitations to access the park riding stable, campground, day use areas and beach. The recreation area provides extensive land open to hunting, except in designated safety zones, and provides ample fishing opportunities on its many lakes. Finally, the recreation area offers one of the largest complexes of connected fens and other wetlands in the region and supports a diversity of native plant and animal species including the rare Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake and the Blanding prime turtle.
Map courtesy of Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Activities:
The Brighton Recreation area is a year-round playground for visitors with a variety of recreational interests. For camping enthusiasts, the park offers a 144-site modern campground, two rustic campgrounds that each offer 25 camp sites, an 18-site equestrian campground, two canoe-in island campsites, five rustic family/group cabins, and one organizational camp. The trail system includes a combined 41 miles of hiking, mountain biking, equestrian and accessible trails. In particular, the recreation area offers 18 miles of designated equestrian trails.
Information:
For more information, reservations and a calendar of events, follow this link to
Brighton Recreation Area.
Special thanks to
RemSpec
for help with this geocache.
Special thanks to beenhere, LynnGeoGin and HNY Event Staff for the Southeast regional prize.
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