Mega-Events, Event Caches attended by 500+ people, happen throughout the year, but activity really picks up right around the spring and summer months in the Northern Hemisphere. There are 12 Mega-Events scheduled in the month of June 2022 alone! To see where and when these Events are happening, check Geocaching HQ’s List of upcoming Mega-Events. With the season about to go into full-swing, we’re sharing four reasons why attending a Mega-Event is a top experience for all kinds of geocachers. Continue reading →

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Geocached in 2 countries in a day	Attended a Mega-Event	Longer streak than slump	Found a library cache	Found 100 EarthCaches
Introduced a friend to geocaching	Found 300 Mystery Caches	Found 25+ geocaches in a day	Attended 50 Events	Used a boat to geocache
Found 100 large geocaches	5,000 total finds		Found a cache using a UV light	Found 200 Multi-Caches
Hid a Traditional, Mystery & Multi-Cache	Found 50 Letterbox Hybrids	Phoned a friend while caching	Found 200 Adventure Lab® locations	Found 500 geocaches in a year
Logged 100 DNFs	Found each D/T combination	Discovered 500 trackables	Found 5 Webcam Caches	Attended 5 CITO Events

Do you ever find yourself scratching your head trying to think of fun activities to do with friends and family? You go down the list of usual places to go and things to see, you look through all your board games and the showtimes at the movie theater, but nothing feels especially new or exciting. Well, we have a one-word solution to this dilemma: geocaching. Read on and learn why geocaching is always a great choice for how to spend quality time with friends and family. Continue reading →

There are many remarkable things about geocaching. It helps you discover new places and meet new friends, and find delightfully creative caches. One of the most incredible parts is that volunteers have a huge role in making it all happen. Whether you have found a new cache across the world or down the street, hidden a cache, used our forums, or have used Geocaching.com or the Geocaching® mobile app in a language other than English, you have a geocaching community volunteer to thank! There are several types of volunteers in the geocaching world who deserve our appreciation. Continue reading →