This year we are celebrating the twenty-year anniversary of our favorite location-based game. But geocaching didn’t just emerge fully formed in 2000. It was informed and inspired by the location-based games that came before it. Keep reading to take a dive into history, as we explore the origins of location-based games.
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Geocaching is delightful because of the people who play it — adventure-seekers, makers, parents, astronauts and (sometimes) celebrities. Read their stories.
Three tips for caching in the rain
Autumn to winter or spring to summer, those looking to make the most of these changing seasons might need to brave some rain. Though it may sound daunting and requires a little bit more planning and preparation, geocaching in the rain can be an unforgettable experience—in a good way!
Whether it’s spring showers or rain falling with the leaves in autumn, here are three simple tips for geocaching in the rain.
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Track or Treat!
Trick or treating may be off the table for many mini-cachers this year. Luckily Halloween season is underway in the world of geocaching. Bring your costume and your geo-senses, because it’s about to get spooky with these 5 tips on how to make Halloween safe and fun with geocaching in 2020.
1) Cache-oween! Search for geocaches that go well with your child’s costume. Do you have an astronaut in your space this year? Find some extra-terrestrial caches. Is a detective snooping around your living room? Find some mystery caches so they can crack the case! Searching for attributes can help.
2) Haunt your neighborhood. Plan a socially distanced caching route near your home. Every logged find gets a piece of candy!
3) Track or treat! Grab some trackables and “dip” them in the caches that you visit. Watch the mileage on your travel bugs rise like the full moon!
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4) What lurks in the dark? If you have some brave little ones, bring them along to find some caches in the nighttime. Don’t forget your flashlight
5) Stealth mode: activated. Pretend you are ghosts and do your best to cache hunt without being seen by those lurking muggles! Each unknowing soul passed by gets a celebratory candy.
Make this year’s Hallow’s Eve unique! For more ideas, visit this blog on how to “creep” it real!
The most Favorited Traditional Caches on each continent
These are the most Favorited Traditional Caches on each continent! A Traditional Cache is the original type of geocache and the most common. It consists of a container with a logbook and is located at the posted coordinates. Don’t let this fool you though, Traditional Caches can range in difficulty due to cache containers in all sizes and sneaky hiding spots.
This is the fifth in a series about the most Favorited geocaches on each continent. Stay tuned next month for our next article, and be sure to check out the previous installments of the most Favorited Mysteries, Virtuals, Multi-Caches, and EarthCaches.
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New country souvenir, Honduras, with Geocache of the Week: Copan
Today, we release a new country/regional souvenir for Honduras! If you have found a geocache in Honduras, you automatically receive the souvenir on your profile.
Honduras is home to ancient Mayan ruins, the world’s second largest coral reef, and several active volcanoes. Caches here showcase the natural beauty of this country, from the Caribbean lowlands to the expansive mountainous highlands.
