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Camp MiGO 2025 will be the first "home grown" major event in Michigan!!! We are celebrating 25 years of geocaching with a tropical themed event. Our first event is planned for Wednesday, July 30th, two events on Thursday, two events on Friday, the main event on Saturday, and a second evening event, wrapping things up with one last event on Sunday, August 3rd.

Plan your visit now, and log your will attend so that you can receive all the announcements as they happen regarding updates and events. The event cache page is GCAPN57. Come get Lei'd in Michigan!!!

A trackable to discover: CCR2WX

Swag is available for purchase! Click on the images below or visit the MiGO Store for more options/information.





If you have any questions, please send us an email here.

Diamond Level Supporters


Emerald Level Supporters

https://www.michigan.gov/dnr https://www.geocaching.com/p/?guid=2227f7b2-ff37-4847-a1a3-743405f02419

Sapphire Level Supporters


                       


Ruby Level Supporters

Camp Counselors
MrandMrsMan kzooOtters
NextStep_
Ypsimom
LynnGeoGin (LGG)
poeanne
Grayseelou MaxB on the River
Remspec
beenhere JesusGirl0504 LovelyBonnita
Merlin1392
Sludge_Shoveler
coolmamaof5
llski
Smitherington
JplusN2019
CCSquire
Cinamuck
Paddling Pirates 
C and Z's Loot yellowrose70 TPM2013 
Team_Conway Team Maltese NDOkie

elizabethdoesphysics
 
   
   
   


To learn more about supporter options and programs, click here.

Side Events

Date GC Code Name Location
Time Host
Wednesday, July 30, 2025GCAYQFW
Timber Town Park - Chelsea5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Quadpin
Thursday, July 31, 2025 GCATKRB
Camp MiGO 2025: The BIG House! Michigan Stadium - Ann Arbor 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Merlin1392
Friday, August 1, 2025 GCAXFWN Camp MiGO 2025: Caribbean in Michigan Waterloo Recreation Area
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Merlin1392
Friday, August 1, 2025
GCAXHM0
🌺Camp MiGO 2025: Lakeside Luau🌺Waterloo Recreation Area
6:00 PM - 8:00 PMflipflopfly
Saturday, August 2, 2025GCATMR7
Camp MIGO 2025 Treasure CCEWaterloo Recreation Area
7:45 PM - 10:00 PM
TPM2013
Sunday, August 3, 2025GCB1YD1
Camp MiGO 2025 CITOWaterloo Recreation Area
8:00 AM - 10:00 AMkzooOtters

Activities
• Piña Colada Bowl

• GPS Toss

• Walk the Plank

• X Marks the Spot (Closest to the Pin)

• Trackables & Tradables Discovery/Exchange Area

• Photo Booth
• Movie Showing: Treasure (2017) 
A new friendship with a geocacher has troublemaker Erica (Ansley Gordon) wondering what the meaning of life is and where she can find it.

Waterloo Recreation Area:

The 20,000-acre Waterloo Recreation Area is the largest state park in the Lower Peninsula and home to a diverse array of camping options, 11 inland lakes, an awesome trail system, a visitor center and more.

For more information, click here: Waterloo Recreation Area



Accessing the park:
Cost and purchase locations for Michigan-registered vehicles (annual pass option only)

• Vehicles $14 when purchased at time of license plate registration renewal through the Secretary of State. A two-year option is available for $28.

• Motorcycles $7 when purchased at time of your license plate registration renewal through the Secretary of State.

• Moped $7 when purchased at state parks and most DNR customer service centers.

• Commercial daily pass $21 when purchased at state parks (24k+ lbs and/or seating capacity of 16+).

*The purchase of a separate Recreation Passport is required for unhitched towed vehicles.
*There's a $5 convenience fee (except for Belle Isle Park) when the Recreation Passport is not purchased at the time of your license plate registration renewal through the Secretary of State, and is instead purchased at a state park, recreation area or DNR customer service center. There is no convenience fee when purchasing a passport for a moped.

Cost for non-Michigan-registered vehicles

• Annual: $40

• Daily: $11 - good for entry and re-entry to any state park for the day.

• Towed motor vehicle: $8 - available if a towed motor vehicle will be unhitched from a stationary recreational vehicle (RV) and driven anywhere in the state park or campground; however, the RV must have an annual, nonresident passport.

• Commercial daily pass: $21 - (24k+ lbs and/or seating capacity of 16+).

*A $5 convenience fee is not applied to nonresident passes.

*Annual nonresident passports expire Dec. 31 of the year it was purchased. The annual passport sticker must be permanently affixed to your lower passenger-side windshield.

Caching
There are a lot of geocaches for you to find in the area, including 5 from the year 2000:

GC28 - Beverly GC35 - Power Island
GC36 - Geocache 612
GC93 - Indiana's First
GCC6 - Turkey Run Stash


For a list of other old hides in the area, click here.




The Michigan Geocaching Organization is partnering with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources on A Park for Every Season, which is expected to begin on May 23, 2025.

This promotion involves the release of three independent GeoTours in the Southern Lower, Northern Lower, and Upper Peninsula regions of Michigan, respectively.

A special geocoin designed by Chris Mackey can be earned by completing any of the GeoTours. When available, more information will be added to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources website.






Museums & Exhibits

Brooklyn, Michigan
Cambridge Junction Historic State Park & Walker Tavern Historic Site
Chelsea, Michigan
Eddy Discovery Center
Concord, Michigan
Hubbard Memorial Museum
Mann House
Grass Lake, Michigan
Grass Lake Area Historical Society & Coe House Museum
Lost Railway Museum
Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum
Waterloo Farm Museum & Dewey School Museum
Hanover, Michigan
Conklin Reed Organ and Historical Museum & Heritage Park
Jackson, Michigan
Ella Sharp Museum of Art and History & Hurst Planetarium
Imagine Planet
Michigan's Military Heritage Museum
Rives Junction, Michigan
Stewart Farm Museum - Tompkins Historical Society
Spring Arbor, Michigan
Ye Ole Carriage Shop Museum


For more information about museums & exhibits in the area, click here.

Camping
Portage Lake Campground (Waterloo Recreation Area)
11700 Seymour Rd
Grass Lake, MI 49240

Campsites can be reserved 6 months in advance. Visit MiDNRReservations.com or call (800) 447-2757 to make a reservation. If using the website, you must create an account and log in to complete your reservation.


Sugarloaf Lake Campground (Waterloo Recreation Area)
8200 Loveland Road
Chelsea, MI 48118

Campsites can be reserved 6 months in advance. Visit MiDNRReservations.com or call (800) 447-2757 to make a reservation. If using the website, you must create an account and log in to complete your reservation.


Greenwood Acres Family Campground
2401 Hilton Rd
Jackson, MI 49201
Last year's prices were ~$40 for primitive (tent), ~$45 for tent/RV with water & power, and ~$60 for pull-through & full hook-ups.
Call (517) 522-8600 to make a reservation.

Farmlane Campground
8020 Clear Lake Rd
Grass Lake, MI 49240
Campers and tents welcome.  Water and power hook-up only. Send an email to farmlanecampground@yahoo.com or call (734) 260-9009 to make a reservation.


Host Hotels
TownePlace Suites Jackson
2002 Bondsteel Dr
Jackson, MI 49202
(517) 780-0065
Book your group rate for Camp MiGO 2025 using this link by June 28, 2025.




Tru by Hilton Jackson
2401 Shirley Dr
Jackson, MI 49202
(517) 867-5000
Book your group rate for Camp MiGO 2025 using this link by June 30, 2025.

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