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With 2023 quickly coming to an end, it’s time to start making plans for 2024. This means setting geocaching goals, picking out caches for future weekend outings, and, of course, marking all of the geocaching souvenirs in our 2024 calendars!
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Around the world, people celebrate the solstice in many different ways. In the Northern Hemisphere, the December solstice marks the shortest day of the year. It represents a turning point in the season and the return of light. In the Southern Hemisphere, the December solstice marks the longest day of the year and a celebration of summer.
Whether you will celebrate a summer solstice or a winter solstice this December, read on to find out why you should include geocaching in your solstice plans!
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 →
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 →
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 →
