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Geocaching HQ is where the tools for your geocaching adventures are created and maintained. Founded in 2000, we are dedicated to inspiring and enabling adventure, exploration, and community through a unique combination of outdoor recreation and location-based technology.
October 7, 2024 / Geocaching HQ

Six tips to create an Adventure

Adventure Lab® is a platform from the team at Geocaching HQ that lets you create, play, and share self-guided tours and experiences. With over 76,000 public Adventures worldwide, there’s a lot to explore! If you’re interested in creating your own Adventure Lab, learn about how to check your eligibility, then read on for tips to get started. Continue reading →

Community Adventure Lab®
September 30, 2024 / Geocaching HQ

Caching, kayaking, and exploring at the 2024 Discover L&A County Mega-Event

I had the pleasure of attending the 2024 Discover L&A County Geocaching Event (GCADGT3) hosted at the grounds of the Museum of Lennox & Addington in Napanee, Ontario, Canada, on the weekend of August 18. I arrived ahead of the weekend on Thursday, just in time for a night sky stargazing Event (GCAQPCP). Continue reading →

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September 9, 2024 / Geocaching HQ

Farewell to Cosmic Quest

After a final boost of fuel from the geocaching community this past weekend, Cosmic Quest is officially over and our intergalactic friends are headed off on a new adventure in a different galaxy. Over the seven weeks of the challenge, players generated more than 15 million units of fuel by geocaching! Continue reading →

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September 9, 2024 / Geocaching HQ

Lesen-Leihen-Loggen: Lending, learning, and logging Adventures

Geocaching HQ Lackeys attend dozens of Mega and Giga-Events around the world, shaking hands, sharing stories of adventure, and of course, geocaching! Jen Pan is a Senior Full Stack Developer. She recently traveled to Dresden, Germany to attend the Lesen-Leihen-Loggen Mega-Event (GCAB00K). Here is her trip summary. Continue reading →

Community Mega-Event
September 5, 2024 / Geocaching HQ

We have achieved lift off!

As of today the global geocaching community has generated more than 15 million units of fuel for our friends from outer space and achieved the Cosmic Quest goal! Those 15 million units of fuel represent numerous geocache outings, Found it! Logs and the magic of the geocaching community. Continue reading →

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The smaller the geocache… the harder to find. 😅

How many of these micro-sized geocaches would you have spotted in the wild?

👇 Tell us your score:
0️⃣ 1️⃣ 2️⃣ 3️⃣ 4️⃣ 5️⃣+

Bonus question: What’s the sneakiest micro you’ve ever found?

Video: The video shows a compilation of geocachers finding tiny geocaches, each no bigger than the palm of your hand.

#geocaching #geocache #explore #nature #adventure
💚 Geocache of the Week 💚 When a gigantic geo 💚 Geocache of the Week 💚
When a gigantic geocaching milestone is celebrated with a matching larger-than-life geocache (GCBE31H).
Have you found a geocache this size?

Images by:
Flaffel Team (1)
Love (2)
Shenayerx96 (3)
Spadino (4)

Images: The first image features the geocaching event organizers posing with Signal the Frog® in front of the cache at the event. In the second image, geocachers wait to sign the log sheet while one cacher climbs on the cache to sign the top of the cache. Image 3 illustrates the graffiti on the body of the cache container, while the last image shows the detail of the log sheet, found on the door of the shipping container.

#geocaching #geocache #italy #explore #creative
🎁 Geocaching: The gift that keeps on giving. 🎁
Send this to someone who loves complex geocaches.
Video by GeoJudt.
Video: A geocacher jumps up and down, attempting to reach an elevated mailbox on a pole.
After several unsuccessful attempts, they find a mechanism that unlocks the pole, lowering it
until it lies horizontally on the ground. They find the keys to open the mailbox in another part of
the structure after lifting a cap. The geocacher unlocks the mailbox and pulls out the ammo box
cache.
#geocaching #geocache #explore #adventure #fun
🔩 This telephone pole has a secret 👀 ❓ A 🔩 This telephone pole has a secret 👀 ❓ 

At what point would you realize that this bolt isn’t actually a real bolt?

Video by gasstationtuna.

Video: A telephone pole comes into view. A geocacher pulls out a bolt, revealing a cache container attached to it.

#geocaching #geocache #explore #adventure #nature
🚫 Just a parking sign... or is it? 🚫 Someti 🚫 Just a parking sign... or is it? 🚫

Sometimes the best hiding spots are right in front of you 👀

Video by jonas.hmpl. 

Video: A geocacher approaches a "no parking any time" sign mounted between large pipes. They slide the sign upward, revealing a hidden compartment behind it containing a geocache. The sign is then returned to its original position, concealing the cache once again.

#geocaching #geocache #creative #outdoors #adventure
🍄‍🟫 Not a mushroom 🚴‍♂️ Off to t 🍄‍🟫 Not a mushroom

🚴‍♂️ Off to the next. Have you gone outside today?

Video: A mushroom on the side of a trail, then a bike tire screeches into the foreground, and a geocacher grabs the mushroom, opens it, signs the log, and returns it. A bike route with caches along it is shown, with the text, “This isn’t a mushroom… it’s your next stop.”

#geocaching #geocache #cycling #bike #adventure
The grass is always greener on the other side of t The grass is always greener on the other side of the… geocache?

Share your favorite geocaching idiom in the comments ⬇️

Video by lilawoelkchenswelt.

Video: The video pans across tall grass and leaves, focusing on a clump of green grass. A geocacher pulls on the grass, revealing that it is made of plastic and conceals a cache container underneath. 

#geocaching #geocache #explore #nature #adventure

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