In 2025, we’re celebrating a major milestone—25 years of geocaching! To mark this special anniversary, we’re introducing a new hiding theme per quarter to celebrate geocaches published in 2025. Every three months, we’ll feature geocaches from that quarter’s theme on the Geocaching Blog and social media.
We received so many nominations for our first hiding theme, frogs, that it was difficult to choose just a few to share!
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In 2025, we’re celebrating a major milestone—25 years of geocaching! To mark this special anniversary, we’re introducing a new hiding theme per quarter to celebrate geocaches published in 2025. Every three months, we’ll feature geocaches from the previous quarter’s theme on the Geocaching Blog and social media.
We’re leaping with joy at the number of nominations we received for the first theme, Frogs. While we compile a few favorites for the first feature, we wanted to share the excitement as we prepare for next quarter’s theme!
The second theme: Back to nature 🌲🍃
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Did you know that the first Event Cache (GC389) was held in Texas in March of 2001? Since then, thousands of events have been hosted around the world by geocachers like you.
The purpose of a Geocaching Event Cache is simple: to bring geocachers together! Whether you’re planning a small gathering at a coffee shop or a Cache In Trash Out® (CITO) at a local park, events are a great way to connect with other geocachers and build community.
Hosting your first event is an exciting milestone—but where do you begin? We asked geocachers to share their advice for new event hosts.
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The holidays are a magical time. There are lights twinkling, cheer all around, and, best of all, ugly holiday sweaters.
The tradition of this festive fashion phenomenon may have developed slowly over the past few decades, but it’s become a holiday season must in recent years. Ugly sweaters, or “jumpers,” often include holiday-themed patterns and baubles—the uglier, the better.
Check out these deceptive caches hidden in plain sight. Here are five videos that turn everyday objects into unique geocaches!
These videos on the Geocaching YouTube channel are among the best, and believe us when we say you won’t want to miss a second!
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