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You know who loves geocaching? Babies. And puppies. And kids. And Abraham Lincoln. And the whole wide world. See for yourself: Subscribe to the official Geocaching.com YouTubechannel to be one of the first to see new videos about the evolving world of geocaching. Watch the more than 50 videos produced by Geocaching.com on our video page.
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Mega-Events — A new MEGA Benefit Commencing June 1st, Geocaching.com is adding a new benefit for Mega-Events. A Mega-Event is a geocaching event that brings at least 500 geocachers together at one time. It’s the ultimate geocaching gathering. At Geocaching.com, we recognize that fundraising is an important part of hosting a Mega-Event and we want to help. We know that some of the best fundraisers involve official Mega-Event trackable Geocoins and trackable t-shirts. Beginning June 1, 2012, Mega-Events sponsored by Geocaching.com will receive free Geocaching.com tracking codes for use on the official Mega-Event merchandise. Sponsored Mega-Events will also receive a [...]
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It’s 15 minutes of fun, frivolity, and community creation that many geocachers anticipate each year. The 9th geocaching World Wide Flash Mob (WWFM) is approaching in just over two weeks. This year, on June 9, more than 200 WWFM events are already planned in 25 countries. More events are expected. According to the creators of the WWFM, Sonny and Sandy of the Podcacher Podcast, a WWFM is, “… meant to be a fun ‘opposite’ of a Mega-Event. [It's] all the cool aspects of a geocaching event, crammed into 15 minutes of excitement. An added dimension is represented by the letters [...]
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Lair (GC5D2D) delivers geocachers a hard-fought smiley. The difficulty three, terrain four traditional geocache challenges geocachers physically. Adventurers experience a strenuous hike and steep climb in order to sign the log. kat0atu hid the geocache back in 2002. It’s earned more than 45 Favorite Points, with a well crafted cache page that leads to a thrilling find. kat0atu explains on the cache page, the “Cave entrance [is a] tough hike for this 50 year old.” The cache page also warns geocachers to be prepared for potential encounters with wildlife. The cache page suggests bringing ample supplies, including water and camera. [...]
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Editor’s note: Groundspeak Lackeys are traveling thousands of miles from H.Q. throughout the year to share smiles, shake hands, and make geocaching memories at nearly twenty Mega-Events worldwide. Arne Moen, aka, RandolphAgarn, attended the Lisbon, Portugal Mega-Event 12 years Geocaching – Portugal (GC35GH8). Arne has been a Lackey since 2009 and is a Software Developer. Here’s Arne’s account of his trip. Written By: Arne Moen I was in Lisbon, Portugal to celebrate 12 Years Geocaching Portugal with local geocachers. I was delighted to meet all these geocachers from Portugal. Of course, I knew that there are geocachers all over the [...]
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See and experience the locations that help define the adventure of geocaching. Watch this new Geocaching.com Presents video to experience 20 unforgettable geocaching destinations in just 40 seconds. Adventurers not only discover an amazing location but they also log a geocache find.There are more than 1.75 million geocaches hidden around the world. Geocaches overlook serene mountain lakes. They are found near little-known vantage points to breath-taking views and can be located just down the street from your home. The video features caching destinations in Slovenia, the United States, the UK, Spain, Portugal, and beyond. Here are just some of the [...]
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Trackables Travel the World Geocaching.com Trackables have crisscrossed the globe as travel companions, international ambassadors, and metal dog tags on a mission. Odds are you’ve launched, discovered, or moved a Trackable – such as a Travel Bug® or Geocoin – along to the next geocache. Your chances of encountering Trackables are on the rise. They come in many shapes and sizes but can be identified by a unique tracking code (a series of letter and numbers) that is trackable on Geocaching.com. Trackables are now appearing on t-shirts, car decals, and even gear for your dog. But Trackables hail from a [...]
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Geocaching as a tourist doubles the joy of sightseeing. Not only do you see what all other tourists see, but you unlock a hidden a treasure along the way. Fontana di Trevi (GC1QC5D) offers Italian tourists the chance to see the fabled fountain just north of the city center and log a smiley nearby. The cache was hidden by nemrodek in 2009. The difficulty two, terrain one has been found by geocachers visiting Rome from around the world. Fontana di Trevi has been logged more than 2000 times – making it one of the most popular geocaches in all of [...]
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Editor’s note: Groundspeak Lackeys are traveling thousands of miles from H.Q. throughout the year to share smiles, shake hands, and make geocaching memories at nearly twenty Mega-Events worldwide. Nicole Bliss, aka Louie Bliss, attended the Iowa, USA Mega-Event MOGA 2012 (GCQM9C). Nicole has been a Lackey since 2010 and works in Customer Relations. This is Nicole’s account of her trip. Written By: Nicole (Louie Bliss) Location: Rathbun Lake outside Moravia, Iowa, 60 miles south of nearest large city of Des Moine. Time: 1pm, April 28, 2012 Who: 200 cachers competing (more than 1000 in attendance), including kids, elderly and one [...]
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Geocachers often come two by two: as couples or best friends out on the trail. April’s featured “Geocacher of the Month” nominees are great examples of couples who love nature and their communities. Though many other qualified candidates were nominated, Groundspeak Lackeys selected these international and inspirational nominees. Now it’s your turn to help select one of the couple below as April’s Featured Geocacher of the Month. Write a comment on this blog post about which of these three geocaching teams you feel should be crowned. Last month, Alexschweigert was chosen as the March Featured Geocacher of the Month. Alexschweigert was recognized for [...]
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[Editor's Note: Click on CC for Subtitles in Seven Languages] Comparte tu pasión por Geocaching con este nuevo video en español. Muéstrales a tus amigos y familiares el mundo de aventuras al que se puede ingresar con solo abrir la puerta de tu casa y comparte con nosotros como fue que te iniciaste en esta maravillosa actividad. Explore Little Havana in Miami, Florida in this new Geocaching.com Presents video: Geocaching en Español. This Spanish language video takes you along on an urban cache run through an historic Cuban-American neighborhood. Subscribe to the official Geocaching.com YouTube channel to be one of [...]
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Geocaching and Facebook Geocaching.com and Facebook connect like never before. You can now log into your Geocaching.com account with your Facebook account info. It’s easy-peasy, like a stroll through the park. Logging into Geocaching.com with your Facebook account information is safe and makes it easy to share your geocaching activity. You control what’s posted to your Facebook wall. You also decide who sees those posts. Connect your accounts here. Decide who you share with on Facebook (everyone, friends, custom groups) and then click “Go to App.” You will be asked whether you allow Geocaching.com to post on your behalf. This [...]
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Tracking down this geocache requires tracking the tides off the U.K. coast. The traditional geocache is located on an island. Mumbles Lighthouse Island (GC2A4TB) is only accessible by foot during low tide. A sturdy lighthouse has crowned the island for more than two hundred years. Geocachers unlock the history of Mumbles lighthouse island as they search for the difficulty 1, terrain 3 cache. According to the cache page, “[The lighthouse] was designed to alert passing ships of the dangerous Mixon Sands and Cherry Stone Rock – two massive undersea sand banks that have caused the destruction of countless ships and [...]
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Enter your best caption for this picture to win a ‘barely coveted prize’ in the 33rd installment of our Geocaching.com Caption Contest. This picture was originally posted on the official Geocaching.com Facebook page. Special thanks to geocacher Alison Duhamel for use of the picture. What caption would you write for the picture at the top of this post? “The geocache probably should have seen this one coming.” Submit your caption by clicking on “Comments” below. Please include your Geocaching.com username in all entries. Then, explore the captions other geocachers have posted. You’re encouraged to try to ‘influence’ the voting process (*nudge*nudge*). [...]
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Watch the Geocaching.com Presents video “A Brief History of Geocaching” to see how geocaching began. The history of geocaching stretches back to a single container placed in the hills of Oregon, USA. The date was May 3, 2000. The idea was radical. Treasure hunters would be guided by signals from orbiting satellites. The first geocache was found within days. It sparked a global movement to get off the couch and get outside. The hobby has spread around the world. There are now more than 1.7 million geocaches and more than five million people call themselves geocachers. Join our ranks by [...]
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GPS Adventures Maze in Ohio Test your geocaching knowledge and sense of adventure inside a life-size maze. Explore the twists and turns of the GPS Adventures Maze Exhibit starting this May in Ohio. You can navigate the fun, interactive museum exhibit at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery in Dayton, Ohio May 25th through September 3rd. You will learn the inside story of GPS technology, unlock navigation history, and discover geocaching fun facts as you chart a course through the family-friendly maze. Those who log the maze even earn the unique GPS Adventures Maze Exhibit cache type icon. Boonshoft Museum will [...]
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Editor’s note: Groundspeak Lackeys are traveling thousands of miles from H.Q. throughout the year to share smiles, shake hands, and make geocaching memories at nearly twenty Mega-Events worldwide. Jen Sonstelie, aka powpea, and Nate Irish, aka OpinioNate, attended the Australian Mega-Event OZ MEGA ALBURY WODONGA (GC2Q4JF). Jen has been a Lackey since 2009 and works as the Director of Marketing. This is Jen’s account of her trip. By Jen Sonstelie (powpea) At the end of March, my husband Nate (OpinioNate – also a Lackey) and I flew to Melbourne, Australia, the first stop on our way to the OZ MEGA [...]
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Stone Park Jamshidieh (GC2QDY1) is one of only 32 active geocaches in all of Iran. The country boasts the combined size of the western U.S. states of California, Oregon , Washington, Idaho, Arizona, and Nevada . With just over 30 geocaches in the entire country, that’s only one geocache for about every 50,000 square kilometers (31,000 square miles). The geocache “Stone Park Jamshidieh” helps make up in quality what Iran lacks in geocache quantity. The geocache delivers adventurers to a location of deep importance. The stone park was once a private garden. It’s now a public park with restaurants, a [...]
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Talking about geocaching doesn’t often result in a whirlwind trip and a chance for national recognition, unless perhaps you’re Jim Bishop. Jim is known in the geocaching world as jcacher15. He’s a High School student in Washington State, USA. Jim won competitions with a presentation on geocaching at the local and state levels to compete this weekend in a national DECA competition. DECA is a student organization for emerging leaders in business, marketing, finance, and hospitality. Jim will travel hundreds of miles to stand in front of judges and talk about a business plan for Geocaching.com. Jim’s knows his topic [...]
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Many people know March’s Featured Geocacher of the Month for his ability to organize and lead incredible geocaching adventures. Congratulations to Alexschweigert for pulling in an incredible 232 votes to be named March’s Featured Geocacher of the Month. Alexschweigert is recognized for sharing his love for geocaching and the sea with others by inviting them to experience a geocaching adventure like no other. Alex chartered a ship for nearly 300 geocachers and led the Allerhalligen-Cruises on March 24th. That’s the fifth event of its kind led by Alex and his team involving chartered ships and a geocaching adventure across the North Sea. [...]
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The new “Submit a Cache Listing” page walks geocachers through an easy six-step process to list a geocache. Creating a cache listing has never been more streamlined or easier to understand. You’re able to focus on what’s important – submitting a well-crafted cache listing. The “Submit a New Cache Listing” process is now easier than ever before. An online tool or wizard walks you through each step. The steps flow from “Cache Basics” to “Location,” then “Additional Waypoints,” “Description,” “Container & Ratings,” and finish with “Submit Cache.” There are fundamental steps that cannot be skipped – such as a name [...]
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A four hour hike through the rugged West Virginia mountains reveals a 360 degree view of untamed wilderness and one of the most popular geocaches in the state. Chimney Top Cache (GCVTH7) is rated a difficulty 4, terrain 4.5. SenecaRocks hid the traditional cache at the scenic location in 2006. More than 70 geocachers have logged smileys on the cache – including groups of celebrating major milestones. A group of geocachers joined jbgrug for Chimney Top cache that pushed him to another milestone. He logged, “5,000th cache find for me. This cache is one I will never forget. I was [...]
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Check out and share the latest Geocaching.com Presents video. This is My Hobby: Geocaching & Hiking takes you along on a geocaching adventure hiking up a picturesque mountain trail, accompanied by a four-legged geo-companion. Show your friends how geocaching adds adventure to a hike in the hills, or a mountain trail climb with the family dog. Subscribe to the official Geocaching.com YouTube channel to be one of the first to see new videos about the evolving world of geocaching. Watch the more than 50 videos produced by Geocaching.com on our video page.
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The treasure-hunting adventure of geocaching is finding its way into more community events, adventure games, and even school competitions. Malibu Creek State Park in California, USA is combining geocaching with mountain biking, trail running, and rock climbing for its first ever “Malibu Adventure Games.” The event is a community effort to raise the funds needed to help keep Malibu Creek State Park protected and open for the public. Daniel Weissauer with Malibu Adventure Games says geocaching is a perfect fit to showcase all the park has to offer, “We were interested in creating an exciting scavenger hunt for the Malibu [...]
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Celebrate the 10th Annual CITO Weekend Thousands of geocachers walk into parks, onto trails, and visit other geocaching-friendly areas around the world to clean up the environment each year. They walk out with bags of trash and a sense of pride. They’re taking part in Cache In Trash Out (CITO) events and helping to preserve the natural beauty of our outdoor resources through litter clean up, removal of invasive species, planting trees, and trail building. CITO events are held all year long, but you’ll have more than 140 to choose from on April 21 and 22 — the 10th annual [...]
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This cache page reads, “You Must Believe in Magic” and then casts a spell on geocachers. The Multi-Cache “The Enchanted Forest” (GC2P52E) weaves an elaborate fairy tale for geocachers to unravel on Terceira island. The island is located 1500 kilometers (950 miles) off the coast of Portugal. Victor from Team Recanto hid the geocache in 2010, after his 6-year-old daughter sparked his imagination. He says, “The idea came to mind while visiting the park [where the cache is now placed] with my wife and my daughter. At the time my daughter… was talking about fairies and unicorns, and [said] that [...]
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Watch this Geocaching.com Presents video: Unlocking Hidden History. See how the adventure of geocaching reveals a hidden world around you. It happens whether you’ve found a new park, a new viewpoint or unlocked a hidden history. Go along as two Pennsylvania geocachers lift the veil on the history of a former prison, and discover how similar institutions of reform are found on four continents. Have you ever discovered a hidden history while geocaching? Subscribe to the official Geocaching.com YouTube channel to be one of the first to see new videos about the evolving world of geocaching. Watch the more than [...]
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March’s featured nominees are a great example of those who take geocaching wide and far. Though many other qualified candidates were nominated, Groundspeak Lackeys selected these three daring, helpful, and inspirational nominees. Now it’s your turn to help select one of them as March’s featured “Geocacher of the Month.” Write a comment on this blog post about which of these three geocachers you feel should be the feartured “Geocacher of the Month.” Those whose nominees were not recognized here are encouraged to submit their nominations again next month. Last month, Magicman65 was chosen as the February Featured Geocacher of the Month. Magicman65 [...]
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Basel 1 (GCG95Z) hides along the banks of the Rhine River in Switzerland. It’s the most “favorited” geocache in the country. Basel 1 has accumulated nearly 300 Favorite Points to date. Some geocachers simply write in their logs, “One of the best caches in the world!!!!” The traditional geocache was hidden by muelsee in 2003. The geocache combines an historic location with an unforgettable experience. The difficulty three, terrain one geocache has been found by more than 1500 geocachers from around the world. Read the logs on the cache page for an idea of what makes the geocache so [...]
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Are you like this? When you’re not geocaching, you’re thinking about geocaching. Maybe when you’re off the geotrail, you’re planning your next geocache? Or maybe you’re exploring your thoughts on geocaching through the majesty of a Haiku.Yeah, you read that right, a geocaching Haiku. The geocaching Haiku is alive and well, and a great Haiku could win you serious geocaching swag. PodCacher podcast is sponsoring the “GeoKu – Geocaching Haiku Contest.” A geocaching Haiku looks like this. Green and lush landscape Rhythmic footsteps towards our goal We seek adventure A Haiku is composed of three lines. The first line has [...]
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This Week… Be a Better Hider Being a better hider begins long before a lucky adventurer claims a FTF (First to Find) on your brand new geocache. It even begins before you submit your freshly hidden geocache for review. Some geocachers are already experts at hiding great caches. For the rest of us, here are four quick pointers to be a better hider. 1 — Land Owner or Manager Permission Make sure to get permission from the land owner or manager before placing a geocache – even many public locations require permission. This step will help to offer a [...]
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Cachin’s the Fashion! We like a good joke here at Groundspeak and we were excited to present a fun video to help enhance your April Fool’s Day this year. In doing so, our production artist Roxxy came up with what we think is an awesome t-shirt design. We think all of you will love the design as much as we do, so we’ve added the new ‘Cachin’s the Fashion’ design in the shop. Order yours today! (US only – See International Distributors here) Make your own trackables! Have you considered making your own trackable geocoins or other unique trackables? We [...]
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Urban Multi-Caches can reveal take geocaching a park, new vantage point, or hidden gem in a city geocachers never expected. “Citygarden Tour” (GC2AX7Q) delivers adventurers to a sculpture park in the middle of an American city better know for blues music and barbeque than public art. St. Louis geocachers tracking down the answers for this difficulty three, terrain two Multi-Cache walk away discovering a slice of St.Louis culture. The cache requires adventures to answer six questions they unlock by exploring the park. The questions ask people to find the birth year of artists, count wind chimes, and more. The answers [...]
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Cachers of Steel: Cachin’s the Fashion FREE APRIL 1st PREVIEW – Click “Play”Below and ORDER NOW This April 1st begins a new day in your geocaching life. Unlock new geocaching moves that will dramatically increase your find count, give you a leg up on FTFs, and have you signing more TFTCs. From the makers of the (not very) popular Geocaching.com Hamster videos, watch Cachers of Steel: Cachin’s the Fashion. Discover the all-new fitness craze that’s inspired by the world’s favorite outdoor hobby. You’ll learn new tricks of the trade with Cachers of Steel that include Ammo Can Deadlifts and Muggle [...]
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Geocache Maintenance Sometimes nature takes a bite out of geocaches. Cache containers end up battered by weather or broken from regular use. Does one of your geocaches need a new logbook, is the container cracked, or did the pen or pencil in the cache disappear? The changing of the seasons is a perfectly timed reminder to check your caches. And geocache maintenance is not just for geocache owners. Courteous geocachers often help with cache maintenance, which helps increase the quality of the game for all. It’s easy. You simply bring additional supplies such as an extra geocache container, swag, logbooks, and [...]
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Many people know February’s Featured Geocacher of the Month for his ability to entertain as a Comedy Magician. To Vancouver geocachers, as well as many other geocachers, magicman65 is recognized for his ability to engage the geocaching community with creativity, commitment, involvement, stewardship, and encouragement. Congratulations to magicman65 for pulling in a magical 65 votes to be nominated as the February Featured Geocacher of the Month. We greatly appreciate your positive contribution to the geocaching community. Magicman65 is the Vice President of the BC Geocaching Association as well as an active member of the Mid Island Geocaching Association and the [...]
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A remote geocache perches along the cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. It’s hidden on the coast of Turkey. But finding “Afkule Monastery” (GC1RM77) does more than reward cachers with a smiley; it transports treasure-hunting adventurers a thousand years in the past. The cache is located among the isolated ruins of a monastery. The buildings, including structures carved into the rock face, date back to the 11th century. The difficulty 2, terrain 3 traditional cache was hidden by barmbek in 2009. Geocacher Schlauchen logged the cache last year. She emailed Geocaching.com to suggest “Afkule Monastery” as the Geocache of the Week. She [...]
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Sort by Favorite Points There’s a one-click solution to discovering some of the most interesting geocaches anywhere in the world. Premium Members can click the blue ribbon on their search results page and presto magic, the search results are sorted by Favorite Points! This is an easy way to instantly see which geocaches leave your fellow geocachers in awe. The one thing you can say for certain is that the quality of the caching experience is likely to be far above average. Geocaches might earn a Favorite Point if the location is really interesting or the container and hiding [...]
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Sometimes geocaching offers much more than a treasure hunting adventure at the intersection of a certain of latitude and longitude. The Long Beach Public Library Foundation in California, USA is tapping into the power of geocaching to encourage kids and adults to crack open the pages of a library book. Geocaching is now part of an annual event called, “Long Beach Reads One Book.” The book selected this year is Zorro by Isabel Allende. Di LaPlume with the foundation says, “For the first time ever, we are adding geocaching to the lineup [of activities for the event]. For March, we’ve [...]
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A group of German geocachers packed more than their GPS devices on a recent geocaching adventure to the UK. They also packed good intentions. Their epic international caching trip doubled as a fundraiser. At the end of January, 80 geocachers made their way from Düsseldorf and Aachen, Germany to London, UK to spend an entire weekend treasure hunting with geocachers from several different countries. The event, “London 2012″ (GC38HZA), took place at the Joy of Life Fountain. The German cachers met an international group of geocachers at the event. Adventurers from Norway, France, U.S., and of course the UK joined to embark on a [...]
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View Carre’ (GCE02C) perches high atop a New Orleans landmark. The cache ranks as the most ‘favorited’ geocache in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It’s accumulated more than 550 Favorite Points. With a view that stretches from horizon to horizon, it’s easy to see why. Bamboozle hid the cache, with the permission of the facility owner, in 2003. He works at the building where the cache is located. He writes, “Many years ago I would notice tourist photographers in front of the building and occasionally offer to take them where they could get some really nice shots….the roof. They would [...]
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4 Geocaching.com Tips for Improving your Swag In geocaching, like in life, it’s all about the small things. That’s especially true when you crack open a geocache and discover all the small things inside. The little objects at the bottom of the geocache are trade items, also known as “swag.” You are welcome to take a trade item from a geocache, so long as you replace it with an item of equal or greater value. A trade item might be a small toy, a signature item from a local geocacher, or a fun trinket. But sometimes the small things inside [...]
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Enter a caption to win a ‘barely coveted prize’ in the 32nd installment of our Geocaching.com Caption Contest. This picture was originally posted on the official Geocaching.com Facebook page. As you can see, winter still has a hold on much of the geocaching world. That’s not stopping hearty geocachers from braving the snow, ice, and wind to log smileys. What caption would you write for the picture at the top of this post? “If you find this cache please bring a hairdryer to defrost that last geocacher.” Submit your caption by clicking on “Comments” below. Please include your Geocaching.com username in [...]
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“Queens Stair Case” (GC2CXZQ) in the Bahamas leads geocachers to a marvel of the city. The Queen’s Staircase in Nassau descends into an Edan of Caribbean plants and local people. The tropical atmosphere is filled with merchants, who’ve become geocaching advocates. One geocacher who logged “Queens Stair case” writes, “Found [the cache] on Leap Day while visiting on a cruise. A vendor saw me looking for it and saw my GPS and asked if I was looking for the geocache. I said yes and she told me I was in the right location. Made a quick find and took a [...]
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Is there a geocache you just cannot find? With more than 1.6 million geocaches around the world, some geocache finds may leave you thinking that they’re “evil.” And by “evil” we mean fun, challenging, and creative. Arm yourself against “evil” geocaches by watching this video. It just might help you find that next geocache. All the geocaches seen in this video are staged.
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Groundspeak Lackeys Travel the World to Attend Mega-Events Add one more item to your Mega-Event “to-do” list: meet a Groundspeak Lackey. “Lackey” is an affectionate term for Geocaching.com employees. Lackeys are traveling to nearly 20 Mega-Events around the world this year to share smiles, shake hands, and make geocaching memories with our fellow geocachers. Find a Lackey at Mega-Events in the United States, Canada, Portugal, New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland, and the Czech Republic. We’d love to meet you and to hear your geocaching stories! Come find a Lackey at any one (or two, or three) of [...]
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T-Shirt and Sticker of the Month! We like to keep our selection fresh at Shop Geocaching. In order to do so, we’re implementing two exciting new programs. First, if you’ve ordered in the last few weeks you may have noticed a little something extra with your order. Each month, we’re going to release a new sticker that will be included free of charge with your order (while supplies last, of course). Secondly, our creative team is working on some fun new designs for our new T-Shirt of the Month program. Starting in March, we’ll be releasing a new design every [...]
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Explore one of Italy’s architectural treasures through geocaching. The Geocache of the Week, “In mezzo agli alberi morti” (GC2308M) leads geocachers through the heart of Bologna. geomafioso created the difficulty 3, terrain 1 Multi-Cache in 2010. The name of the cache translates into English as, “In the midst of dead trees.” The cache owner writes that the title of the geocache becomes obvious the closer a geocacher comes to finding the geocache’s final location. geomafioso writes, “I think geocaching is mainly about seeing interesting places, but sometime the process of finding the cache, and the cache itself should give that [...]
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It’s official! And there’s video to prove it. Geocachers didn’t just double the 2008 Leap Day totals – they combined to make Leap Day 2012 the biggest day in geocaching history. More geocachers logged caches on Leap Day 2012 than any other day in the 11-year history of the GPS-powered treasure hunting adventure. The previous all-time record was set on October 10, 2010 or 10-10-10. On that date 78,313 distinct accounts logged a cache. As of 2:30pm PST on March 7, 2012 - 83,516 …geocaching accounts logged caches on Leap Day 2012. All told, geocachers logged nearly 300,000 finds and [...]
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February’s Featured Geocacher of the Month Nominees show such creativity, innovation, and helpfulness that their fellow geocachers sit back and say, “wow.” Groundspeak Lackey’s selected these three nominees because of their ability to give selflessly to the geocaching community. Now you get the chance to comment on who you believe should be February’s “Featured Geocacher of the Month.” Write a comment on this blog post about which of these three geocachers you feel should be the featured Geocacher of the Month. Those whose nominees were not recognized here are encouraged to submit their nominations again next month. Here are your [...]
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More than 70,000 geocachers from around the world celebrated Leap Day by stepping outside for a GPS-powered treasure hunt. Their motivation was an opportunity that comes once every four years — going geocaching on February 29. They joined friends and family to explore the world around them, exercise, and earn a digital reward. The Leap Day goal was ambitious. Geocachers rallied to double the number of accounts – 36,696 – that logged geocaches last Leap Day in 2008. Here are the latest numbers: Current Accounts w/Logged Caches: 83,516! GOAL: 73,392 Updated: 2:30 pm PST – March 7, 2012 Share [...]
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Sometimes one Trackable (or two or three or a dozen Trackables) from Geocaching.com simply isn’t enough. Shop Geocaching offers bulk orders of tracking codes. The options are endless. You might mint your own series of Geocoins, print a large order of Trackable t-shirts for your geocaching group, or wow your friends with Trackable cows. The minimum order is 50 tracking codes. Think of it, you can track a whole herd (of cows or friends). Geocachers often use bulk orders of tracking codes to prepare for geocaching events. The codes can be used to make almost anything Trackable, from attendees’ nametags [...]
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Learning some quick Slovenian may smooth your long hike to reach this Geocache of the Week. The cache page for “Triglav 2864″ (GC14N3H) shares a couple Slovenian phrases to offer other your fellow hikers as a courtesy. It reads, “When you meet or pass somebody say ‘dober dan’ (good day) or ‘zdravo or zivjo’ (hello).” Geocachers may also need the phrase, “How far to the top?” The difficulty 1.5, terrain 4.5 geocache sits high atop a Mt. Triglav. The hike to the geocache and back can take two days. The peak of Mt. Triglav reaches 2864m (9390 ft) into the [...]
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Have you seen a geocache this creative? Check out the latest Geocaching.com video above. Share it with your friends to show how geocaching is more than finding plastic containers in the woods, it’s unlocking adventure — and it’s exercise and learning and exploration and, and, and… (your answer in comments) [This video was shot with express permission from cache owner. The cache name is "The Outlet Mall." It's GC1RKTP, located in Washington State, USA]
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Leap Day Geocaching There’s one thing money cannot buy and all geocachers want – more time to go geocaching. On Leap Day (this February 29), geocachers’ wishes come true; there’s a whole extra day on the calendar to go geocaching! And Geocaching.com is providing an additional incentive to get outside on the 29th – a Leap Day souvenir for all accounts logging a “Found it” or “Attended” that day. You’ll receive the colorful Leap Day Souvenir on your Geocaching.com profile. You’ll also help in a record-breaking attempt. Last Leap Day, way back in 2008, some 36,696 distinct accounts logged an [...]
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Geocaching reveals a world that’s often hidden to others. Take ‘Thar She Blows!’ (GC4ADE) in Oklahoma, USA for example. American motorists, since the 1920′s, zipped along a famous stretch of road know as Route 66. The highway connected the growing country to the West Coast. The prominence and popularity of Route 66 rose as the country grew. That all changed in the 1950′s as the U.S. Interstate system gradually made Route 66 obsolete. But geocachers can still discover a little remembered tourist stop. ‘Thar She Blows!’ delivers geocachers to an unexpected site – a blue whale wading in a small [...]
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Geocaching can often be journey that involves extreme persistence and potentially a few dozen layers of clothing. The cache you see pictured above is one of the northern most geocaches in the world. It’s located where winter reigns most of the year. Share your gift for clever captions in the 30th installment of our Geocaching.com Caption Contest. What caption would you write for the picture above? “The geocacher was disappointed to find the only swag in the cache was an ice maker.” The winning caption earns you a barely coveted prize. Submit your caption by clicking on “Comments” below. Please include [...]
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Here’s a multiple choice geocaching question: The adventure of geocaching goes well with…? A) Extreme Biking B) Swimming C) Zip Lining D) All of the Above (and more) If you chose D, you’re right. And you can find geocaching along with these activities at Wild Canyon Games. Wild Canyon Games is the ultimate team-based adventure race competition. This weekend event pushes adults to challenge themselves physically, mentally, and emotionally. Teams of adventurers compete in various events, including a triathlon (biking, swimming, and running), adrenaline activities like zip lines and a ropes course, and an intensive geocaching course. The geocaching course [...]
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We are the .35% A few months ago, Google announced a change to its Maps API licensing structure that requires third-party websites with over 25,000 map loads per day to pay for use of the API. (Visit Google for more details on their pricing structure.) According to Google the new limits should affect only around .35% of maps consumers. Geocaching.com averages about 2,000,000 map loads per day, placing us firmly within that small percentage of affected consumers. After discussing available options, we made the difficult decision to reduce our reliance on Google Maps and take steps to better integrate Leaflet [...]
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[Click CC for English Subtitles] Happy Valentine’s Day from Geocaching.com. Get lost in geocaching love! Watch three new Geocaching.com Presents videos about discovering more than just a cache while geocaching. See how the adventure of geocaching brings couples together. Hear stories about dates involving rappelling for geocaches and weddings listed as Geocaching.com Event Caches. At the end of the video, continue the geocaching love story with another video, and another video. You even have the option to see a great way to propose with geocaching. Subscribe to the official Geocaching.com YouTube channel to be one of the first to see [...]
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There are few locations on earth where the nearest geocache is more than one hundred kilometers away. You’re looking at one of those rare locations. Tsaagan Subarga (GC1DPJV) is cradled in the heart of the Gobi Desert. It’s reachable by reliable vehicle or on the back of a camel or horse. The cache is named after the striking location. It’s known for the red, pink, yellow, and white stripes in the rock formations. Wild Boy hid the cache in 2008 and has arranged for a local cache guardian to perform maintenance when he’s not in Mongolia. The difficulty 1, terrain [...]
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January’s featured Geocacher of the Month comes from a US state that’s known for its contributions to American history. The first hot dog hails from this state, as do America’s first ambulances and traffic lights. Now our congratulations to SerenityNow for being named Ohio’s first featured Geocacher of the Month. A panel of Groundspeak Lackeys had a difficult time choosing a final winner. More than 150 votes were received. Lackey’s were greatly impressed with the three amazing final candidates. SerenityNow was named featured Geocacher of the Month for the couple’s innovation, creativity, stewardship, and helpfulness. One geocacher casting a vote [...]
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Geocachers kulhal and otco recently embarked on a journey to locate the last cache in a vanishing series. The duo traveled half way around the world to claim a “found it” on the final active cache in the Project A.P.E. cache series. To many geocachers, the Project A.P.E. caches ring a nostalgic bell. The A.P.E. cache series was established in May of 2001. The promotion was for the film Planet of the Apes. Thirteen different A.P.E. caches, each with props from the movie and a story that tied into the movie, were hidden all over the world. Those who found the [...]
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Insider Tip: New Cache Alerts via Text Message The ping of your next text message could be the starting bell for a geocaching adventure. Premium Members can receive email alerts for newly published geocaches, giving those geocachers racing to claim a “First to Find” a much-needed head start. Many mobile phone owners can get an additional leg up on the competition by emailing new cache notifications to their phone via email-to-SMS. Email-to-SMS allows you to send an email to your phone, where it will show up as a text message. This means you don’t have to remain glued to your [...]
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A geocacher named Warren Rieutort-Louis, rieuwa, stepped foot where few Westerners ever walk. GPS devices and cell phones are not allowed. Geocaching doesn’t exist there. Warren says, “It’s obviously a destination that is off the beaten path and travel is heavily regulated but it was a once in a lifetime opportunity. Fewer than 1500 Western tourists visit it every year.” Warren’s journey to North Korea was arranged through a tour company based in China. The voyage began with Warren emptying his pockets of items which rarely strayed from his side. There were no cell phones or GPS devices permitted on [...]
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Some Geocaching.com Trackables get lucky enough to log a stop at Sea Shells – TB Stop & Go (GCNWBC). The Arizona, USA Travel Bug hotel has been checking Travel Bugs in and out for nearly seven years. It’s a huge geocache that Jeep’en Jumpers placed to add some variety to local geocaches. Jeep’en Jumpers is the owner of 20 Travel Bugs. He wanted a safe stop for other Travel Bugs and says, “There were very few caches back in Yuma in 2005. Most of them were in the desert and I thought a friendly easy-to-get-to-cache would be nice for folks [...]
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Check out five creative geocaches in just 30 seconds. Click on the video below. See what your next geocache find might look like. Learn new ideas when hiding your next geocache. Share the video when your friends ask, “What am I looking for when I geocache?” Most of the cache containers in the video are available through Shop Geocaching. Which number geocache did you like best? The geocaches in the video were placed either for demonstrative purposes or used with cache owner permission. Interested in seeing more creative geocaches? Check out this Geocaching.com Presents video.
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By: Annie Love, Groundspeak Lackey Why wait until February to get a weather prediction from Punxsutawney Phil when you can get one from Snohomish Slew in January? Snohomish Slew is a real frog billed as “the Meteorologist Frognosticator extraordinaire and mighty small hero to all the weather weary.” Last Saturday, he forecast what type of weather the Northwest United States might expect in the next six weeks: more winter or an early spring. Every year the quaint little town of Snohomish, Washington (located about 30 miles northeast of Seattle) welcomes Slew for a frog-filled celebration to predict the end of [...]
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New Feature – Recently Viewed Geocaches You’re back from a full day of heart-racing geocaching. It’s a blur of adventure, discovery and maybe a couple of bug bites. You sit down to log your geocaches and claim your well-deserved smileys. You know you looked at the geocaches before you left. But wait, which geocaches did you actually find? The answer to that question could just be a click away. Now you’re able to log into Geocaching.com and check out, “Recently Viewed Geocaches” on your profile page. The last 50 viewed geocaches are saved in your profile for 10 days. You [...]
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The purr of his motorcycle engine, the crunch of a long-neglected gravel road, his GPS device flickering a reading ever closer to a remote geocache; geocacher Jeff Hower, ADVTraveler, lives for these moments. He’s combined his love for adventure motorcycling with the GPS-powered treasure hunt of geocaching. Jeff says his motorcycling journeys preceded the creation of geocaching by about three decades, “I started riding dirt bikes back in the 1970s. Trips into the mountains in Colorado, deserts in the west and Baja, and in 1988 a trip deep into the Copper Canyon region of Mexico pretty much set my urge [...]
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Binoculars and a half gallon of water. Those are the unusual tools you might need to successfully unravel a famous New Jersey, USA Multi-Cache. Who’s Watching You!!! (GC15KNG) has racked up more than 40 Favorite Points. TheSurfcaster created three stage Multi-Cache in 2007. The difficulty 2, terrain 1.5 geocache takes adventurers through the woodlands of “The Garden State.” The cache tells geocachers what they should bring along on their journey, “You will need to use BINOCULARS for the first stage if the lighting conditions are not right” and “If you are doing this cache in the middle of winter when [...]
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January’s featured nominees are fabulous examples of uniquely talented geocachers. Though many other qualified candidates were nominated, Groundspeak Lackeys selected these three helpful, innovative, and creative nominees. Now it’s your turn to help select one of them as January’s featured “Geocacher of the Month.” Write a comment on this blog post about which of these three geocachers you feel should be the featured “Geocacher of the Month.” Those whose nominees were not recognized here are encouraged to submit their nominations again next month. Last month, AbbeyAckbar was chosen as the December Featured Geocacher of the Month. AbbeyAckbar, a geocaching couple, [...]
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Flex Your Geocaching Creativity There’s at least one extraordinary geocache you remember. It’s the geocache that made you say a big old “WOW.” Your magical “aha” moment may have been caused by a mind-bending Puzzle Cache, a creative cache container, or the journey to a new, breath-taking location. Whatever the cause, remember this cache when you decide to hide one of your own. Think about what made it so enjoyable and then add your own twist. Anyone interested in placing a creative geocache should find as many different types and sizes of geocaches as possible. The more geocaches you find, [...]
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Here’s a question you don’t often hear, “Did you find that geocache on the cake?” Well… look at the masterful geocaching cake by Susan Currence to your left. Can you find the geocache? Could the geocache be hidden in the pretzel stick palm trees? Might it be in the frosting river? Keep reading to find out. Susan and others uploaded pictures of geocaching themed cakes after a Geocaching.com Facebook post. The post read, “Geocaching is about community. Community is about events. And when you have an event: You. Bring. A. Themed. Cake. Share your best geocaching cake recipes and pics [...]
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TNT : Donjons & Mountains (GCJPN4) earns its difficulty 5, terrain 5 rating. It also earns a “wow” from the geocaching community. The Multi-Cache has tallied more than 90 Favorite Points so far. Geocachers spend a day tracking down clues throughout rural Belgium and France. The clues help crack the codes on the cache page. Once geocachers find the answers they discover coordinates for the final cache. Through it all gecoachers follow their GPS to encounter donjons (fortified towers) seemingly sprouting in the deep forest. They finally finish on a “mountain.” Cachemier created the cache in 2004. He crafted a [...]
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[Editor's note: This video is spoken in German and Czech. Click the CC button for English, German or Czech subtitles.] Watch the latest Geocaching.com Presents video: CITO: Hamburg to Prague. See how geocachers from two countries unite to cleanup the environment. Dozens of geocachers from Germany and the Czech Republic attended the Hamburg to Prague CITO Event in June of 2011. They cleared trash from a Prague park, including tires, discarded cables, and bags full of litter. CITO stands for Cache In Trash Out . It’s a Geocaching.com volunteer environmental effort repeated over and over again around the world by [...]
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February 29 – This Day in Geocaching History In the 11 years and 9 months since the first geocache was placed, there is single date on which only a small fraction of geocachers have ever logged a cache. We suspect that’s because this particular date has only happened twice in geocaching history; it’s February 29, also known as leap day. Given our penchant for all things that leap (frogs, horses, excited geocachers), we wanted to mark the third leap day in geocaching history — February 29, 2012 — by seeing how many accounts can log a cache that day. Last [...]
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Reveal the hidden world around you with Waymarking.com. Unlock unique locations in more than 1000 categories like Scenic Railroads, Last of its Kind or even Ginormous Every Objects. Anyone with a Geocaching.com profile automatically has a free Waymarking.com profile. Simply use your Geocaching.com username and password on Waymarking.com. Often times players combine both activities when they’re exploring another country or just down the block. Waymarking, like geocaching, offers a sense of discovery that’s waiting just outside your front door. Waymarking.com provides tools for players to catalog, mark and visit interesting landmarks and locations. Adventures around the world use waymarking to [...]
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The sunbaked rocks near the shore of The Dead Sea hide a geocaching adventure. Treasure-hunters trek to a location unlike any other on earth. Geocachers descend 111 meters (364 feet) below sea level to search for what’s billed as the “Lowest Cache on Earth” (GC1EHNZ). The journey, as geocachers’ GPS devices track closer to the cache coordinates, reveals a scorching desert of shepherd tending flocks, palm trees and wiry brush. The cache is hidden on the Jordan side of The Dead Sea. The cache owner Limbo placed the small tradition cache in 2008 at an ideal vantage point. Limbo writes [...]
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The GPS Adventures Maze to open in Wichita, Kansas A state in the U.S.A. known for horizons of wheat fields, wild sunflowers, and a thriving geocaching community welcomes the GPS Adventures Maze Exhibit this month. The fun, interactive exhibit opens Saturday, January 28th at the Exploration Place in Wichita, Kansas. It runs through April 15. Everyone who attends can discover something new and exciting about geocaching, GPS technology and the history of navigation while exploring the family-friendly maze. Those who log the maze will earn the unique GPS Adventures Maze Exhibit cache type icon. Those planning to visit the exhibit [...]
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Geocaching.com is excited to be teaming up with the action-packed experience of Tomb Raider. Crystal Dynamics™, a Square Enix™ studio produces the video game series. The worldwide phenomenon launched in the mid-1990′s and has since been portrayed in Hollywood blockbusters. Geocaching.com is a natural fit to join forces with the video game featuring world explorer Lara Croft™. A new campaign of treasure-hunting adventure will preview the upcoming release of Tomb Raider. Through a variety of initiatives this year, Crystal Dynamics and Geocaching.com will create a series of unique location-based adventures. The experiences embody the spirit of Tomb Raider and Lara [...]
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The world’s first EarthCache turns eight-years-old today. Saying “Happy Birthday!” is as easy as logging an EarthCache. Chances are there’s one close to where you’re sitting right now. There are plenty of EarthCaches, think thousands and thousands, around the globe. But that wasn’t the case back in 2004. “Earthcache I – a simple geology tour of Wasp Head” (GCHFT2) triggered a seismic movement in geocaching. The first EarthCache was located in Australia. It was placed by geoaware on January 10, 2004. Since then more than 17,000 EarthCaches have been published, popping up on every continent on the planet. Each EarthCache [...]
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Some geocaches take just seconds to find, others require days to unravel. Humphrey’s Archipelago (GC1ZPE8) is a Multi-Cache that can challenge geocachers for days. It’s a puzzle that has left geocachers saying, “an excellent geocache,” “very imaginative,” and “brilliant.” The difficulty 2.5, terrain 2 geocache weaves the story of a fictitious Victorian explorer named Sir Humphrey Humphrey. The cache requires following Sir Humphrey Humphrey’s whimsical story. Geocachers discover a faded map near a lighthouse on the Isle of Man. They then use the map and clues from an additional image on the cache page to answer the question, “Where did [...]
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Every month, Lackeys at Groundspeak Headquarters have the chance to learn about the outstanding geocachers in our community. They are nominated by community members for “Featured Geocacher of the Month” because they exemplify innovation, creativity, respect for the environment, and helpfulness. Based off of these nominations and the votes on our blog, each month Groundspeak selects one “Featured Geocacher.” We continue to be stunned by the number of quality candidates as well as the number of geocachers who participate in this monthly process. All three of December’s Featured Geocacher of the Month nominees have done amazing things for our community. [...]
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Teach Someone about Geocaching in 2012 Each New Year, millions of people around the world resolve to change something in their lives. Common resolutions include: getting in shape, stressing less, traveling more, and spending more time with family. You can put someone on the road to accomplishing all these things simply by introducing them to geocaching. If you are an educator, group leader, or facilitator, consider introducing geocaching to your group. Not only will they have fun going on an outdoor treasure hunt, but they will also learn about teamwork, problem-solving, navigation, and more along the way. Visit our new [...]
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Pigeon Island (GCWBYC) reveals pirate lore on the Turkish shore of the Mediterranean. Geocachers cross over to Pigeon Island to discover an ancient fortress. It was used to defend against pirates in the 16th century. The difficulty 2, terrain 2.5 geocache has collected the most Favorite Points in Turkey so far. More than 470 geocachers have logged a smiley by finding the small size geocache. The cache owner, GB-Team, has some advice for avoiding muggles for those searching for the geocache. The cache page reads, “The location is not hard to find, I’ve posted some spoiler picts to help you. [...]
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Geocaching can often be a search for what’s hidden in plain sight. Share your gift for clever captions in the 30th installment of our Geocaching.com Caption Contest. You could earn a barely coveted prize. What caption would you write for the picture above? The image was originally posted on our Geocaching.com Facebook page by Thorsten Skibba. Submit your caption by clicking on “Comments” below. Please include your geocaching username in all entries. Then, explore the captions other geocachers have posted. You’re encouraged to ‘influence’ the voting process (*nudge*nudge*). “Like” the caption that you think should win. If you think your caption [...]
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2011: Geocaching Year in Review The final geocaching hours in 2011 are ticking away. But the year won’t be forgotten. The geocaching adventure grew like never before in 2011. Just a few fun things that happened this year: -More than 400,000 new active geocaches were listed on Geocaching.com. That’s quite a bit geocaching for your “to do” list in 2012. -New maps, statistics and Favorite Points were added to enrich the geocaching experience. -Geocaching Challenges were launched, helping bring adventure to every location. -The community celebrated the first International Geocaching Day! Check out the 2011 Geocaching Year in Review video [...]
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Geocachers hoping to log a smiley for Salar de Uyuni (GC2M6GC) encounter one of the world’s largest salt lakes. Werwolfi created the difficulty 3, terrain 4 EarthCache at the beginning of 2011. The cache page reads, “Driving across it [Salar de Uyuni] is one of the weirdest and most fantastic experiences anywhere on the continent, especially during June and July, when the bright blue skies contrast with the blinding white salt crust and in the rainy season they turn into a gigantic mirror.” To log the cache, adventurers must explore the geological site and answer two questions on the cache [...]
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A race to find a newly published geocache uncovers a century-old piece of family history. Laura and Danny geocache under the name Cachn’Zoom. The experience helped the husband and wife team from North Carolina connect family ties back to earliest days of the United States of America. Laura and Danny know geocaching introduces them to new sights, experiences and friends. Laura says, “I have met some wonderful new adventurous friends since I started caching. I’ve been rappelling, rock climbing, hiked for miles and miles, gone on ‘geo-road trips’, and seen more waterfalls in the past year than I have in [...]
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Give the Gift of Geocaching Premium What better gift to give the geocacher in your life than more time to go geocaching? Geocaching Premium provides advanced features and functionality that streamline the geocaching adventure so your favorite geocacher (or geocacher-to-be) can spend less time at the computer and more time outside searching for geocaches. Groundspeak Gift Memberships provide the recipient with 12 months of Geocaching Premium access. The gift can be used to upgrade a Basic Member or to extend an existing Premium Membership by a year. And Geocaching Premium Membership is one gift they won’t have to wait for, [...]
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A cable car delivers geocachers to one of the most visited geocaches in Africa. Table Top Trove (GCMYYZ) was hidden in 2005 by Richter Family. Geocachers with more time and a thirst for mountain climbing adventure have made the 500 meter (1640 foot) ascent by foot. The cache owner recently posted this note on the cache page, “Out and about on the mountain with my dog. Wow! Fantastic memories! I placed this cache over 6 years ago and it has been ticking over on it’s own ever since with no maintenance visits required. Cache doing well. The memories of spending [...]
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It’s the holiday season and some geocachers are pulling out all the stops to ask for geocaching gear. Check out this version of the “Signal Baby” song. Thanks to geocacher and volunteer reviewer, honeychile, for writing and singing the “Signal Baby” song and producing the video. Tell us, what’s on your geocaching wish list this year?
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Teachers say geocaching can be a powerful learning tool that involves critical thinking, hands-on learning and active engagement. Over the past few years, geocaching has become more commonly used in the world of education. Now Geocaching.com offers more help to teachers who incorporate geocaching in the classroom. Geocaching.com just released a Geocaching and Education page to provide educators with a range of useful resources. Geocaching.com employees, known as Lackeys, are also attending education conventions to spread the word about geocaching in the classroom. Teachers have traditionally created their own material to incorporate geocaching into geography, math, science, history, English, and [...]
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Double the Geocaching Fun This Year Purchase a Magellan eXplorist GC this holiday season and Magellan will toss in a FREE Trackable. The eXplorist GC is 100% dedicated to geocaching adventures. The device has a detailed and accurate preloaded worldwide map, easy to navigate menus, and rich graphics. It’s paperless geocaching-friendly and comes preloaded with some of the most popular geocaches in the world. And it’s a great deal at $149.99. To receive your free Trackable, the eXplorist GC must be ordered through Magellan. Hurry. Trackable supplies are limited. This offer is only valid in the US and Canada.
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The iconic village of Pella, Iowa in the United States boasts a quaint downtown, a working wind mill and the geocache with the most Favorite Points in the entire state. ’49 and Holding the Cache – A Gold Miner’s Delight’ (GC202RG) has more than 100 Favorite Points. jstrout & cjandbj created and placed the cache in 2009. The special instructions on the difficulty 2.5, terrain 1 geocache page are written as a poem: A GOLD MINER’S DELIGHT NO NEED FOR A SHOVEL NO NEED FOR A MULE NO NEED FOR ANY SPECIAL TOOL A NICE ALL WEATHER PARK AND [...]
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The nominees for the December featured “Geocacher of the Month” hail from three different countries. But they collectively represent the best of the geocaching community: being helpful, innovative, and creative. Now it’s your turn to help select one of them as December’s “Geocacher of the Month.” Write a comment on this blog post about which of these three geocachers you feel should be the “Geocacher of the Month.” Those whose nominees were not recognized here are encouraged to submit their nominations again next month. Last month, Rokman4 was chosen as the November Featured Geocacher of the Month. Rokman4 is well [...]
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The Geocaching.com Holiday Gift Guide Unwrap the thrill of geocaching this holiday season. While you can’t log a “Found it,” finding a present from Geocaching.com might be just as thrilling as finding a cache (and there’s no need to worry about insects). Here are some of the most exciting gift ideas from Shop Geocaching. The Limited Edition Glass Holiday Ornament showcases the unity of the worldwide geocaching community. The phrase “Found It” is translated into multiple languages and printed on the ornament in 22 karat gold. If a loved one is excited to go geocaching with their Smartphone, the Cache [...]
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The geocache “Para Emmy-n-Sapphie” (GC19941) sits just outside one of the most recognizable vistas in the South American country of Peru. According to the cache page, the micro-cache is “hidden along a path on the outlying edges of Machu Picchu.” The fascinating history of the site and the breath taking views reward geocachers for their find. Many tourists hike a substantial portion of the 2,450 meters (8,040 ft) trek up the mountain. The difficultly three, terrain 3.5 geocache was hidden in 2008 by GiGi and JoJo. It’s maintained by a local friend of the cachers. The cache received more than 20 [...]
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The search for a geocache often takes us to unusual places and sometimes bends us into unusual shapes. Share your gift for witty captions in the 29th installment of our Geocaching.com Caption Contest. You could earn a barely coveted prize. What caption would you write for the picture above? It was originally posted on our Geocaching.com Facebook page by teamoggy. Submit your caption by clicking on “Comments” below. Please include your geocaching username in all entries. Then, explore the captions other geocachers have posted. You’re encouraged to ‘influence’ the voting process (nudgenudge). “Like” the caption that you think should win. If [...]
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