Menominee North Pier Light LbNA #15466 (ARCHIVED)
Map
Nearby Boxes
Add Note
Add Location| Owner: | TJ_Mich  |
|---|---|
| Plant date: | Jul 4, 2003 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Menominee |
| County: | Menominee |
| State: | Michigan |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | JustHappy2Cya |
|---|---|
| Last found: | Sep 23, 2013 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFaFFFFFFFFm |
| Last edited: | Dec 28, 2015 |
Menominee is located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the Wisconsin border, at the southernmost point of the U.P. It's a small city of about 9,400, along Lake Michigan on the shores of Green Bay. Its "twin city," Marinette, Wisconsin, is just across the Menominee River.
The Menominee North Pier Light is at the mouth of the Menominee River. From the corner of 10th Street and 10th Avenue (where US-41 turns a corner through town), head east on 10th Avenue towards the Historic Waterfront District. Continue south on 1st Street, and then turn left on Harbor Drive just before the paper mill. (If you cross the Menekaunee drawbridge into Marinette, you've gone too far . . . but you'll be headed in the correct direction to reach our Red Arrow Park letterboxes!)
As you turn onto Harbor Drive, the first road to the left provides access to the beach at Tourist Park -- nicknamed "Fat Ladies' Beach" by the locals for decades, presumably because it offered a more secluded location than the other beaches in town. Harbor Drive ends at a parking lot; from there, it is an easy walk along a walkway and the main pier to reach the lighthouse. The light itself is not open to the public, but you can easily walk right up to and around it.
The first lighthouse on this site was built in 1877. The current 34-foot octagonal tower was built in 1927, and was originally painted white. At one time, a fog signal building was connected to the light, and a catwalk ran atop a a wooden pier so that the keepers could safely reach the light during high winds or storms. The wooden pier was later replaced by the current concrete walkway, and the light was automated in 1972.
The Menominee North Pier Light originally contained a Fourth Order Fresnel lens. This lens is now in the restored Sand Point Lighthouse in Escanaba. Menominee's light now contains a modern 300mm optic lens.
Clues:
XIFSF SPBE NFFUT MPU, B HVBSESBJM QPJOUT UIF XBZ
UPXBSET UIF CBZ.
GPMMPX JUT DPVSTF UP B QPQMBS USFF.
UIFSF UIF CPY XJMM CF.
Please make sure the box is re-hidden fully and securely by rocks, as this area experiences large ice shoves and heavy winds.
See more box information on AtlasQuest.
The Menominee North Pier Light is at the mouth of the Menominee River. From the corner of 10th Street and 10th Avenue (where US-41 turns a corner through town), head east on 10th Avenue towards the Historic Waterfront District. Continue south on 1st Street, and then turn left on Harbor Drive just before the paper mill. (If you cross the Menekaunee drawbridge into Marinette, you've gone too far . . . but you'll be headed in the correct direction to reach our Red Arrow Park letterboxes!)
As you turn onto Harbor Drive, the first road to the left provides access to the beach at Tourist Park -- nicknamed "Fat Ladies' Beach" by the locals for decades, presumably because it offered a more secluded location than the other beaches in town. Harbor Drive ends at a parking lot; from there, it is an easy walk along a walkway and the main pier to reach the lighthouse. The light itself is not open to the public, but you can easily walk right up to and around it.
The first lighthouse on this site was built in 1877. The current 34-foot octagonal tower was built in 1927, and was originally painted white. At one time, a fog signal building was connected to the light, and a catwalk ran atop a a wooden pier so that the keepers could safely reach the light during high winds or storms. The wooden pier was later replaced by the current concrete walkway, and the light was automated in 1972.
The Menominee North Pier Light originally contained a Fourth Order Fresnel lens. This lens is now in the restored Sand Point Lighthouse in Escanaba. Menominee's light now contains a modern 300mm optic lens.
Clues:
XIFSF SPBE NFFUT MPU, B HVBSESBJM QPJOUT UIF XBZ
UPXBSET UIF CBZ.
GPMMPX JUT DPVSTF UP B QPQMBS USFF.
UIFSF UIF CPY XJMM CF.
Please make sure the box is re-hidden fully and securely by rocks, as this area experiences large ice shoves and heavy winds.
See more box information on AtlasQuest.