Looking for even more location-based game opportunities? Well, we’ve got news for you! Snag the Tag has a new game starting on November 19. Launched in 2018 by two avid geocachers, Snag the Tag is an outdoor activity similar to geocaching with a competitive edge. Like geocaching, there are hiders and finders. A hider purchases a hider packet from Shop Geocaching or a participating distribution partner and then hides the tags from their packet. The finders sign up at Snag the Tag to learn the locations of the hides and then it’s a race to find the hidden tags (note: the tags are not placed in geocaches).
Mykines #4 The Lighthouse — Geocache of the Week
Geocaching has a way of sparking the desire for adventure and the want to go to the ends of the Earth to find every last cache. They often seek out unique adventures that lead them to new and exciting locations, like the Faroe Islands, where we will be traveling for this week’s Geocache of the Week, Mykines #4 The Lighthouse (GC1TY24).
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Geocaching is on TikTok!
Geocaching is the most popular game that no one knows about, so it only makes sense that there is a secret corner of the internet where geocaching is celebrated by millions.
The Reach the Peak leaderboard resets on November 1
As the month of October winds down, geocachers around the world are completing their ascent of Elbrus and getting ready for a new adventure in November when we will make our way to the top of the tallest mountain on the continent of Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro. Cachers have until November 1 at noon UTC (convert to local time here) to earn the Elbrus Basecamp and Summit souvenirs before the leaderboard resets to zero and we start our climb up Kilimanjaro.
New country souvenir, Cayman Islands, with Geocache of the Week: Kittiwake
Today, we released a new country/regional souvenir for the Cayman Islands. If you have found a geocache in the Cayman Islands, you automatically receive the souvenir on your profile.
The Cayman Islands are a group of three islands in the western Caribbean Sea. The islands are actually the peaks of an underwater mountain range, with steep sides that are completely vertical in some places.
