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How to write a great cache description

Guest writer: Cathy Hornback, Community Volunteer Support Senior Specialist at Geocaching HQ

A geocache description is the information you write for other geocachers on your cache page about your cache and its location. It’s also a good way to share information about interesting things to see while there, things to avoid, and what kind of equipment you’ll need. A good cache description can attract more people to visit and find your geocache. Below are two examples of a geocache description.  Which cache would you want to visit?

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/ Delanie

New country souvenir, Monaco, with Geocache of the Week: Chemin des pecheurs

Multi-Cache
GC7JZ48
by poik
Difficulty:
1
Terrain:
2.5
Location:
Monaco
N 43° 43.928 E 007° 25.642

Today, we release a new country/regional souvenir for Monaco! If you have found a geocache in Monaco, you automatically receive the souvenir on your profile.

Poised along the stunning Côte d’Azur is the independent microstate of Monaco. As the second smallest but most densely populated country in the world, its size is comparable to New York’s Central Park. The bustling quartier of Monte Carlo, infamous annual Grand Prix, and popular oceanographic museum overlooking the French Riviera make for a coastal geocaching dream. 

It’s no wonder that residents (called Monacoians) live in the only country in the world to reach a Human Development Index above 1.0 (a magnificent score denoting the best quality of life). Happy residents means happy caches, leading us to this Geocache of the Week, Chemin des pecheurs!

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