Où dans le monde se trouve Signal the Frog® ? Au Canada !

Comme Signal poursuit son chemin en célébrant le géocaching autour du monde, notre grenouille préférée visitera le Canada pour géocacher comme un Canadien et fêtera le 150ème anniversaire du Canada.

En faisant partie de la fête, vous pourrez gagner le souvenir Canada Day 2017 – Jour du Canada 2017 – en organisant un event ou en participant à un event les samedi 1er et dimanche 2 juillet 2017. Nous sommes heureux de nous joindre au Canada pour fêter son anniversaire en juillet, et nous espérons que vous nous rejoindrez !

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Updates coming to Profile and Dashboard

If you follow our newsletter and blog, you know we talk a lot about the geocaching community. There’s a reason for that. We’re different than other games. There is no game without the geocaching community.

To build a foundation to better support geocaching friendships on Geocaching.com, we are going to release updates to the Profile and Dashboard (aka: the /my page) early next week. Those changes are going to be released alongside the current Profile and Dashboard pages and you can opt in to give them a try next week.

The update will allow us to add a newsfeed to your Dashboard, that keeps you informed about what your friends are up to.

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Smileys by bicycle in Slovenia

Written by Cindy Potter, a Geocaching HQ Employee

Geocaching inspires adventure. Last summer, my family commenced on a cycling and geocaching adventure through Slovenia. On our two week journey, we biked 200 kilometers — from the capital, Ljubljana to the coastal city of Piran.

Why Slovenia? As a Geocaching HQ staffer, I meet adventurers from all over the world. It’s one of the wonderful perks of my job! A couple years ago, icabrian, a community volunteer translator from Slovenia, visited us at Geocaching HQ. He is a terrific ambassador for his country, and encouraged HQ staffers to visit Slovenia.

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Nargö — Geocache of the Week

Multi-Cache
GC2FMR0
by airavs,Lodzis, reperio_LV, bizenajs
Difficulty:
5
Terrain:
5
Location:
Naissaar, Estonia
N 59° 33.454′ E 024° 33.215′

Nargö, a D5/T5 Multi-Cache is at least a full-day’s adventure of Naissaar, one of Estonia’s largest islands. Covered in protected coniferous forest, Naissaar has a surprisingly long history of military activity, which can be seen in the cemeteries of British sailors from the Crimean War, Soviet bunkers, and deep-sea mine anchors.
If you are brave enough to choose this journey — add a flashlight, some adventurous friends, and your survival skills to the packing list.

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