As the year draws to a close, we’d like to remind you to join nearly 30,000 geocachers who have shared a favorite place by logging GC9FAVE, Discovered while geocaching – Locationless Cache. The cache will be archived and locked on January 1, 2024. Continue reading →
Category: News
All the latest news from the world of geocaching.
GIFF 2023: Award winners, wrap-up, and upcoming intermission
This past November, over 14,000 geocachers came together to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Geocaching International Film Festival (GIFF). We celebrated the 18 GIFF Finalist films from movie theaters, garages, drive-ins, and outdoor locations across the world. Overall, it was another great reminder of what we love about geocaching and how geocaching connects us all.
The votes have been counted, and we are excited to present this year’s film festival awards: the Signal Award and the People’s Choice Award. Continue reading →
Renaming of maintenance log types
Cache maintenance is critical to a great geocaching experience. It’s important for cache owners to know when there may be a problem with their cache, so that they can take appropriate action. Community volunteer reviewers may also need to be made aware of important issues with geocaches.
That’s why, as part of the recently announced new geocaching and trackable logging flow, we have renamed log types that are used to report problems with caches in the Geocaching® app and on Geocaching.com so that they more accurately reflect the intent of the logs. Continue reading →
Wheel of Challenges by the numbers
After six months of exciting themes, Wheel of Challenges came to an end earlier this month. Geocachers turned out by the thousands for each challenge doing what they do best: getting outside, having fun, and finding geocaches! Let’s take a look at some of the numbers from Wheel of Challenges. Continue reading →
Help us decide how to celebrate 25
In less than two years, we will celebrate 25 years of geocaching. All of us at Geocaching HQ join the worldwide community in anticipation of this big milestone—a quarter century of geocaching! Continue reading →
