White Bear Lake Manitou Days Treasure Hunt
The White Bear Lake Manitou Days Treasure Hunt is held annually within White Bear Lake and its neighboring communities. It has been going on since 1990. A Cooler Crew find in this one will be a great feather in our collective cap, as it would break a nice dynasty that has found it for about a decade now.
Typical Start
Third week in June
Clue Release Schedule
6PM Daily on the Manitou Days Web Site
| General Location | Pinpointed Location | Concealer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Lakewood Hills Park | Under an Oak Tree just past the baseball diamonds | A home-made nest |
| 1996 | Bellaire Park, White Bear Township | Inside a hole in a large oak tree | Bare inside the hole |
| 1997 | Clark Avenue Boulevard | ||
| 1998 | Bald Eagle Lake Park, White Bear Township | Underneath a very slanted tree | A small Ziploc Bag |
| 1999 | Wildwood Park, Mahtomedi | Near Lost Lake | In a bed of soft moss |
| 2000 | West Park, White Bear Lake | At the base of a grill | Wrapped in charcoal briquettes |
| 2001 | Central Middle School, White Bear Lake | In a ditch under a footbridge along Bloom Avenue | In a sandwich of rocks |
| 2002 | Rotary Farm Nature Preserve, White Bear Lake | Ten paces from a wooden deck | Inside a Dr. Pepper Bottle |
| 2003 | Podvin Park, White Bear Lake | At a sewer drain near a light pole | Dangling from the drain |
| 2005 | Jack Yost Park, White Bear Lake | 103 paces from the "V" shaped tree on Fourth Avenue. | In the underbrush near the outfield of the nearby baseball diamond. |
| 2007 | Ramsey County Beach (White Bear Lake Beach) | Placed in an area of high weeds | The medallion was hidden in a bag. |
| 2008 | Wedgewood Park, Mahtomedi | The medallion was slid into moss growing on a fallen tree. | The moss |
| 2010 | Polar Lakes Park, White Bear Township | Between a stand of oak trees and a sign saying “297 feet” | Wrapped in grass and surrounded with a clay/water “muck” |
| 2011 | Moon Lake Park, White Bear Township | Inside a rotted out oak stump | Toilet paper |
| 2012 | North of the Historic Train Depot along Highway 61 | Tucked in the wooded area north of the depot | A clay rock |
| 2013 | Rutherford Park, White Bear Township | ||
| 2014 | Varney Lake Park | On Van Dyke Street North of Orchard in a stand of 3 trees | The Weeds |
| 2015 | Fox Meadow Park, White Bear Township | Tucked within a hole in a tree | |
| 2016 | Railroad Park | Under the big pine tree | Covered in the mulch |
| 2017 | Matoska Park | Near the sluice by the bridge | Under an iris plant |
| 2018 | Lakewood Hills Amphitheater | In an ash tree in the amphitheater | Slid into a 1/2" slot between two roots |
| 2019 | Lakewood Hills Park | In a tree at the end of the wall | Glued to the end of a broken off branch that had been reinserted into the tree |
| 2020 | Goose Lake | Along the shore | |
| 2021 | Bald Eagle/Otter Lake Park/Benson Prairie | In the Homer Bruggeman-planted stand of White Pines | |
| 2022 | South Shore of Bald Eagle Lake | On the public Easement at Bald Eagle Blvd and West Ave. | |
| 2023 | Polar Lakes Park | Just South of the Wihte Bear Town Hall | Under the leaf of a milkweed plant. |
| 2024 | Memorial Beach | Rocks on the beach by the volleyball court | White Tape |
| 2025 |