This blog post was written by geocaching veteran, Geocaching HQ employee and purple enthusiast, MissJenn. Are you one of the people who recently received a souvenir for completing one of these official GeoTours? Congratulations! We hope you enjoyed the surprise. Do you have questions? We have answers. Are you a person who has never...
The kids of DuckTales are back in town and on an adventure of a lifetime. Will you help Huey the “The Explorer”, Dewey the “The Adventurer”, Louie the “The Charmer” and Webby the “The Warrior” discover hidden treasure? Geocaching is teaming up with DuckTales on Disney Channel to release 5,000 Huey, Dewey, Louie, and...
Whether you’ve been part of the geocaching community for a long time or just recently found your first geocache, May 22 (and everyday!) is a great day to thank a volunteer. If you’ve found a cache, hidden a cache, used the forums, or used the Geocaching website or app in a language other than...
Traditional GC75ZT5 by chraxli Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 Location: Ostschweiz, Switzerland N 47° 05.491 E 009° 29.866 Have you ever wondered what your town would look like shrunk to dollhouse scale? Cache owner, chraxli, not only had the vision, but he executed the idea in his own front yard! Paying homage to their local...
Cache In Trash Out® (CITO) is a bi-annual, week-long event in the spring and fall that focuses on environmental clean-up. Typically geocachers get together and clean up their neighborhoods or restore habitats. The Slovenian Geocaching Club hopped on a different approach this year — to carry frogs to safety. Across five cities in Slovenia,...
Location: Ohio Favorite Points: 351 Butler County Convention & Visitor’s Bureau 2016. We think the Butler County Donut Trail GeoTour is pretty sweet, and you probably will too. The tour itself is themed around donuts and creative geocaches to satisfy your sweet tooth for adventure all year ‘round. Find all 15 geocaches to earn...
EarthCache GC1G4XZ by Biggi_H Difficulty: 2 Terrain: 1.5 Location: Iceland N 64° 18.746′ W 020° 18.042′ Iceland has set itself apart as a highly sought-after destination for EarthCache connoisseurs. One might say the overall beauty of the island, with its many geological marvels, makes it one big EarthCache. The most favorited EarthCache in Iceland...
Tranent Core Path Spring CITO 2018 — GC7MX0X, Scotland Spring Cache in Trash Out® (CITO) Week just wrapped up, and what a success it was! Thousands of people all over the world grabbed their gardening gloves, garbage bags, and old blue jeans and got to work. Here are ten highlights that will make you...
Location: Ohio Favorite Points: 109 Travel to peaceful reservoirs, surround yourself with acres of trees, enjoy tasty and artsy attractions, and take in some local history in Stark County’s Cache 4 Coins GeoTour in Ohio. Find every geocache on the tour and cash in your prize: a commemorative geocoin. Great geocaches on the GeoTour:...
Traditional GC3Q9VP by Pagenz Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1.5 Location: Cambodia N 13° 26.092′ E 103° 53.301′ Deep in the forests of Cambodia lies the ancient city of Angkor. It is believed to be the largest city of its time spanning 154 square miles (400 square km). To put that into perspective, the land...
Geocaching can take you to amazing places all over the world. For one geocacher, it took her on a Hurtigruten cruise to Norway where she saw northern lights and quaint coastal towns. In July 2017, Hurtigruten expedition cruises released 3,000 polar bear and penguin trackables for an epic adventure to geocachers in the United...
Geocaching in New Mexico This blog post was written by geocaching superwoman and Geocaching HQ employee, Annie Love. One might think of a band playing gigs in different cities when they hear the term “Lackeys on Tour.” But those of us who work at Geocaching Headquarters, lovingly known as “Lackeys,” it simply means geocaching in...
Traditional GCG0DN by MiketheFiddler Difficulty: 5 Terrain: 5 Location: Marshall Islands N 07° 11.957 E 171° 03.138 B-24J “Liberator” — Geocache of the Week The D5/T5 ratings for this Geocache of the Week Virtual Cache are spot on, and could probably be even higher (T6 rating, anyone…?). In the fifteen years since publication, only...
Ten tips to help you maintain your geocaching streak Let’s talk about geocaching streaks. A streak is when you log a geocache or attend an Event Cache every day for an extended period of time. Some geocachers have maintained them for a month, a year, or even longer — several streak freaks have even...
