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Geocaching and postcards go hand in hand.
We all know the joy of opening a container—whether that be a mailbox or a geocache—and discovering something unexpected hidden inside. What’s even better is getting the chance to meet people from around the world that share the same excitement. Both postcards and geocaches connect us to our community and make the world that we explore feel just a little bit closer. Continue reading →
Excitement is building as we approach the 25th anniversary of geocaching in 2025. One of the ways the geocaching community is celebrating the big milestone is by hosting Block Parties around the world.
Currently, there are more than 40 confirmed Block Parties scheduled in 17 countries! Check out the list of published Block Parties in 2025.
We know that many more communities are in the planning stages for Block Parties. In order for an event to qualify for the the Block Party icon, the event must: Continue reading →
With less than two weeks of Cosmic Quest remaining, we need 4,946,954 units of fuel to reach our goal. It’s time to up those find counts! After sending their last postcard from GC1G4XZ in Iceland, our cosmic friends jetted off to another location pictured in the postcard above to find more geocaches. Which geocache is this most recent postcard from? Share your guess in the comments below and then head out to find some geocaches to help fuel our friends’ spaceship.
We’re halfway through Cosmic Quest and so far the global geocaching community has generated over 7,500,000 units of fuel! That is impressive! However, to reach the goal of 15 million units of fuel, we’ve got to keep caching. Let’s fill these last weeks of August with as many geocache finds as we can so we can fuel up the spaceship! Our friends are also busy geocaching this month and we just received this postcard they sent from a recent geocache location. Continue reading →
As we geocache to generate fuel for their spaceship, our friends from outer space are also out exploring the planet. The geocache in the last postcard we received was GC6XP4X. Earlier today, we received the above postcard. Can you tell which geocache is featured? Share your guess in the comments below!
*We love to highlight and share special geocaches with the global geocaching community. However, Geocaching HQ’s mention of a specific cache does not grant permission to log that cache as found without physically finding the geocache. Learn more about logging
