Red Arrow Park LbNA #6801

Marinette is a small city of about 12,000, located along Lake Michigan on the shores of Green Bay. Its "twin city," Menominee, Michigan, is just across the Menominee River. Red Arrow Park is at the eastern tip of Marinette, and is open daily until dusk.

Red Arrow Park received its name in 1945 in honor of the Michigan and Wisconsin soldiers who comprised the 32nd Red Arrow Division of the National Guard. The Marinette National Guard Unit (Company A, 127th Infantry Regiment) was established in 1889 and fought in both World Wars.

The park features a playground, 2 picnic pavilions, and a wide sandy beach along Green Bay -- a great spot for a summertime swim. The Menekaunee Walkway heads north from the parking lot; this path winds along the bay and river, back to the foot of the Menekaunee Bridge. Heading south across the field, you'll find the Seagull Bar State Natural Area, a migratory bird staging area and the only true dune complex on Green Bay.

Directions:

If travelling from Menominee, continue south on 1st Street over the Menekaunee drawbridge into Marinette. The street becomes Ogden; continue south another 6 blocks and turn left (east) on Leonard. Follow Leonard Street to the end, into the parking lot.

To generate a map or driving directions, use this "address": 699 Leonard Street, Marinette WI 54143.

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Clues: Red Arrow Park

Stand between the Red Arrow on the ground and the Red Arrow depicted on the large rock. Take a compass bearing of 340 degrees. Follow that sidewalk past a great view of the Menominee North Pier Light and continue past 2 benches on the left. Keep going until you reach the remains of a rock wall on either side of your path. Take seven steps ahead, then seven steps down the path on your right, then seven steps to your left, and lift up the small rocks inbetween two double-trunkers.

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Clues: Seagull Bar

Replanted August 2015

Unreachable in 2019 due to flooding. Unknown if box is still there.

Return to your starting point between the two Red Arrows, and take a compass heading of 140 degrees. Walk all the way across the field until you reach Leroy's stone marker. Continue past this area onto the sand, until you reach the second, more secluded beach.

Now look all the way down the beach to the tree that appears to be at the very end of the point. Head down towards it. Not until you've almost reached it, will you be able to see that there's quite a bit more land beyond this tree. The path turns slightly inland, going into the treeline and behind that tree in particular, then leads you out to a third section of beach. Now you're getting close. Walk about 200 more steps, until you find a noticeable cluster of five similarly-sized medium trees. (They are growing in the same pattern as the five side of a dice.). A fallen tree is lying between them. The letterbox is nestled in the middle of the cluster, under two flat white rocks.

Now, 200 steps can vary quite a bit between individuals, especially when walking differing routes on a sandy beach. And it's hard to give you other landmarks that will definitely be there in other seasons, or in future years. So here's a location to get you very close -- or simply if you'd like to view it on a satellite map before you leave, to get a good idea of the hike: 45.077279,-87.580773.

Please be sure to re-hide the box well when finished, so that it won't be seen by other walkers or beachgoers.

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