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August 5, 2025 / Chris

The story of Cache In Trash Out® (CITO)

As the community celebrates the 25th anniversary of geocaching in 2025, we look back on an earlier milestone that led to the creation of Cache In Trash Out® (CITO), a concept that has helped preserve the natural beauty of cache-friendly spaces around the world. Continue reading →

CITO, Community
June 17, 2025 / Emma

Adventure, exploration, and friends at Cache In Trash Out® Season 1

Once again, geocachers proved they aren’t afraid of a challenge!

Over 16,000 geocachers stepped up and attended 2,300 CITO Events between March 1 and May 31! Continue reading →

CITO, Community
April 22, 2025 / Mackenzie

Four ways to celebrate Earth Day 2025

There has never been a better day to care for the geocaching gameboard than today. Earth Day started in 1970 to raise awareness about environmental issues and inspire action. As we prepare to celebrate its 55th anniversary on April 22, we want to share some ideas of how you can celebrate Earth Day this year! Continue reading →

CITO, Environmental Initiatives
February 4, 2025 / Emma

Cache In Trash Out® (CITO) Announcement for 2025

Big things are happening in the geocaching community in 2025! What better way to give back to your community than by hosting or attending a Cache In Trash Out® (CITO) Event? Continue reading →

CITO, Community
December 6, 2024 / Emma

That’s a wrap—CITO Season 2

More than 18,000 geocachers attended CITO Events to make their communities a little cleaner and a little greener… but precious gems hid among the litter and weeds; from encounters with nature, to strange and silly objects and even a new friend or two, geocachers discovered more than just trash!
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💚 Geocache of the Week 💚 🇫🇷 Le Livre d’Hélios (GC 💚 Geocache of the Week 💚

🇫🇷 Le Livre d’Hélios (GC7V294) is hiding in plain sight among hundreds of books. 🇫🇷

Step inside a Paris bookstore for this Geocache of the Week, where finding the right book is only part of the fun.

Images by:
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Images: The first image shows the original cache container, made from a real book painted gold and adorned with the sun-shaped belt buckle. The second image shows inside a bookstore. The third picture shows the current cache container on a bookshelf. The final image shows the sun-shaped belt buckle that helped inspire the Livre d’Hélios. 

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🌎 Geocaching brings people outside. CITO helps ens 🌎 Geocaching brings people outside. CITO helps ensure those places are cared for long after the find. 🌎

🔎 Find or host a CITO Event near you today 🔎

Video: A geocacher explains Cache In Trash Out (CITO) Events accompanied by visuals of geocachers picking up trash, restoring trails, and caring for natural spaces.

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🐢 Where have you gone for a geocache? 🐢

Video: A geocacher finding a geocache in a storm drain tunnel.

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👀 Would you have spotted this hiding place? 👀 Som 👀 Would you have spotted this hiding place? 👀

Sometimes the best geocaches are right under your nose. 🔎

Video by @geocaching_in_finland

Video: A geocacher walks up to the side of a building and pulls a long tube out from a narrow space beside a windowsill. They shake the tube and the log sheet slides out.

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Just a normal sidewalk… until you know where to lo Just a normal sidewalk… until you know where to look. 🧲

Disclaimer: Buried caches MUST have permission from the property owner. 

Video by @geocache_tinahh.

Video: The video opens to a geocacher standing on a city sidewalk. They use a magnet on a long pole to remove a cylinder from a hole in the sidewalk. They hold it up to the camera, revealing a geocache. 

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This mail is worth finding. 👀

Video by @giacaches.

Video: A compilation features mailbox-themed geocaches. Geocachers open different creative mailbox-style hides to reveal geocaches and logbooks hidden inside.

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🌲 Do you prefer geocaching in the woods or in the city? 🏙️

Video: Four videos simultaneously showing two geocache finds in a forest setting and two in an urban setting with the text “woods caching vs city caching.”

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