From September 15 through September 23, over ten thousand geocachers participated in 2018’s worldwide Cache In Trash Out® Events. Let’s take a moment to do just a tiny bit of eco-math, shall we? If everyone picked up just one bag of garbage, each weighing 20 pounds (9 kilograms), that means a whopping 200,000 pounds...
Multi-Cache GC1FPN1 by DerPate Difficulty: 2 Terrain: 4 Location: Bavaria, Germany N 48° 08.157′ E 011° 34.233′ Geocaching comes in many forms and shapes. Sometimes it is a quick park and grab, sometimes it is a nice hike through the forest, and sometimes it comes in the form of a 28 stage Multi-Cache that...
Perfecting your geocaching treasure-hunting technique takes practice. The best kind of practice is simply to geocache more. Here are three quick tips that can help add more joy to geocaching for new cachers and those who have a few finds under their belts. 1. Set yourself up for success Start your first geocaching adventure...
Introducing the next challenge in our four month series “You might be a geocacher if…” From October 1 at noon UTC through October 29 at noon UTC, use the Friend League to individually earn points towards the “Caching Connoisseur” souvenir. Keep reading to learn October’s challenge below! In October, you might be a Caching...
If you’ve ever gone down a geocaching rabbit hole on YouTube, you likely came across Joshua Johnson, better known as The Geocaching Vlogger. His charisma and enthusiasm towards geocaching can be contagious on film. He’s quirky, funny, relatable, and expressive. While most of us are excited internally when we find a cool cache, Joshua’s...
Traditional GC6YDR6 by Doctor Dolittle and djwhouse Difficulty: 2.5 Terrain: 1.5 Location: Wisconsin, United States N 43° 08.855 W 087° 56.450 An apple a day keeps the doctor away. However, since this a doctor you’ll definitely want to visit, grab your bananas instead, as we journey through time and space to our Geocache of the...
Geocache your way to find the “Treasure of the Temple Knights” (El Tesoro de los Templarios) in the Saja and Nansa valleys of Cantabria, Spain! Launching September 2018, Spain’s very first GeoTour (GT8C) will have 148 geocaches along the Iberian peninsula hidden in tribute to the 148 treasures placed by the Order of the...
GC61G8C — Azores, Portugal GC347RC — Scotland GC31TFV — Austria GC6TCTX — Crete, Greece GC336KY — South Africa GC2PJ2W — Thailand GC3E0GW — Queensland, Australia GC1HW2K — Vanuatu GC3N8NB — Niue GC5DD4A — Ontario, Canada Are you getting ready for International EarthCache Day 2018? Log any EarthCache on Saturday, October 13 or Sunday, October...
Traditional Cache GCHW72 by kiwitonita Difficulty: 2 Terrain: 1.5 Location: South Island, New Zealand S 44° 53.521′ E 168° 04.754′ The lush, green moss dangling from the trees drape over the hiking trail on the way to a quaint hidden resting spot with a geocache. This ancient, red beech forest has an array of...
At long last, the Geocaching International Film Festival 2018 finalists have been chosen! These films stand out above the rest for their creativity, production quality, content, and contribution to the global community of geocachers. Let’s give a huge round of applause to the following films and directors: All you need is CACHE | slynie...
Virtual Cache GCA4BC by bazzle Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1 Location: Oregon, United States N 45° 31.064 W 122° 40.406 Welcome to Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon Geocaches come in all styles, types, shapes, and sizes. But did you ever stop to think about the area around geocaches? They can vary greatly too. This...
Geocaching.com has so much to offer, there are plenty of amazing and helpful features that you may have never known existed. Put these eight features on your radar to up your find count and enhance your geocaching out in the field! 1. Solution Checker So you’ve worked for hours to solve a puzzle, but...
On Tuesday, September 11, 2018 Geocaching.com, Waymarking.com, Wherigo.com and all related mobile applications, including 3rd party applications will be going down for several hours as we perform site maintenance. Geocaching HQ products will go offline around 1:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time (convert to your local time). Downtime is expected to last four hours. During...
Traditional GC2MFZN by omabande Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 Location: Egypt N 25° 31.868 E 034° 38.471 Every hundred years (give or take a decade), a message in a bottle washes ashore from the sea, its origin often mysterious and the contents weathered. It is rare that such a vessel takes the form of a...
