When we ask Premium members what they love most about their memberships, there are a few responses we can always expect to hear and one of them is: “Favorite points!” These little green hearts give geocachers an easy way to thank cache owners while also highlighting the caches the community had a great time searching for and finding directly on the map. Read on for four reasons why Favorites points are one of our most popular Premium features.
Category: Community
Geocaching is delightful because of the people who play it — adventure-seekers, makers, parents, astronauts and (sometimes) celebrities. Read their stories.
Trackable Tales—Megan’s Geo-Diary
Trackables are common in the geocaching world, but it’s not every day that you come across a trackable with a story as remarkable as Megan’s Geo-Diary, TB14KFJ. When Meggie-Mae was in second grade, her mom, Cache-n-Kerry, and step-dad, Hockeyhick, helped her release her first Travel Bug®. Little did she know, this trackable was destined for an adventure like no other!
Cache Hiding Themes—January: books and libraries
You shared, and we listened!
We received a library’s-worth of submissions for 2024’s first cache hiding theme. We asked you to share your favorite book and library-themed caches for January, and you showed up with some “novel” hides!
Though we’d love to share all the submissions, we’d end up with an entire book instead of a blog post, and our editors said the world wasn’t ready for that yet. So instead, we picked a few of our favorites!
Leap Day 2024 souvenir—making up for lost time
Leap Day only comes around once every four years.
For this reason, February 29 is a frenzy of activity for geocachers as they fill in their calendar grids, host Events, and generally try to fit four years’ worth of geocaching into just one day.
In the spirit of making up for lost time, we’re celebrating 2024’s extra day with an extra special souvenir! Continue reading →
Get ready for Mega-Events in 2024!
2024 is shaping up to be a great year for Mega-Events. The geocaching community has planned multiple Mega-Events around the world! You can see all the Events in HQ’s List of Upcoming Mega- and Giga-Events (and Block Parties for 2025!). Below we’re listing just a few of the reasons why attending a Mega-Event is a great recipe for geocaching fun. Continue reading →
