Author: Nikki

Nikki is a Community Volunteer Support Specialist at Geocaching HQ. Her specialties include making cheesy puns, talking endlessly about coffee, and being the only Californian who enjoys rain. She is passionate about geocaching and loves that it brings communities together.
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Hidden from view—Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC6BEFH
by pb70
Difficulty:
2
Terrain:
2
Location:
Romania
N 44° 26.317 E 026° 05.629

Art comes in many different forms. It’s the shine of fresh ink on a logbook. It’s the sunset over the horizon after a whole evening of night caching. It’s remembering that you have a pen in the car when you thought all hope was lost.

Geocachers know better than anyone that art can be found in the most unlikely places. There’s something beautiful about the art of exploring just for the sake of exploring, and hoping to chance upon something extraordinary in the midst of everyday life.

Our Geocache of the Week flawlessly demonstrates that feeling as it asks players to take a moment among the hustle and bustle of a big city to ask themselves, “where could it be?” Take a second to pause and appreciate the art with us at our Geocache of the Week, Hidden from view (GC6BEFH).

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Meet your (newest) community volunteers—karaoke, dragons, and waterfalls!

It’s a well-known fact that geocaching is a community-based game. After all, what would the game be without creative cache owners and the engaged cachers who log their finds?

Another vital aspect of the game is the collection of geocaching community volunteers who dedicate their time, passion, and talent to support the worldwide geocaching community. Continue reading →

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Cache Hiding Themes—February: birdhouses

A little birdie told us that this month’s cache hiding theme is birdhouses—and the geocaching community delivered!

These cache hiders really let their ideas soar with these im-peck-able hides, all while staying within the geocache hiding guidelines! While we love our brilliant birdhouse caches, remember that they should not be attached to a tree with hardware unless explicit permission has been provided by the property owner.

Let’s take a quick peep at some of our favorite hides from this month’s theme, in no particular order:

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/ Nikki

Squeaky’s Heart—Geocache of the Week

Mystery
GC30VDY
by SneakySqueaky
Difficulty:
4
Terrain:
3.5
Location:
South Australia, Australia
S 34° 57.707 E 138° 39.048

If you had the key to my heart, would you keep it somewhere safe? Now… what if that key was also to a geocache?

We’re going on an epic quest for love for this special Valentine’s Day Geocache of the Week! Will you find the key to Squeaky’s Heart (GC30VDY)?

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Come cache with me!—tutorials for finding real geocaches

Do you have a hard time finding caches in the field? Have you ever read and re-read the cache description, past logs from other geocachers, and the hint, only to search fruitlessly and end up with a DNF? Don’t worry—we’ve all been there before.

That’s why we compiled some of our best ‘find a cache with me’ tutorial videos to help you better understand where to look and to get you some real geocache finds under your belt!

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