Our favorite Premium features: Favorite points

When we ask Premium members what they love most about their memberships, there are a few responses we can always expect to hear and one of them is: “Favorite points!” These little green hearts give geocachers an easy way to thank cache owners while also highlighting the caches the community had a great time searching for and finding directly on the map. Read on for four reasons why Favorites points are one of our most popular Premium features.

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Trackable Tales—Megan’s Geo-Diary

Trackables are common in the geocaching world, but it’s not every day that you come across a trackable with a story as remarkable as Megan’s Geo-Diary, TB14KFJ. When Meggie-Mae was in second grade, her mom, Cache-n-Kerry, and step-dad, Hockeyhick, helped her release her first Travel Bug®. Little did she know, this trackable was destined for an adventure like no other!

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Rock Islands Frying Pan Tree – Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC6VVF3
by treequest
Difficulty:
2.5
Terrain:
3
Location:
New Jersey, USA
N 41° 00.995 W 074° 37.107

I’ve always wanted to bring cachers to a unique location, not just a container in the woods” – treequest

Mission accomplished, treequest! This cache’s location is as unique as they come! This Geocache of the Week is for those with a soft spot for urban legends, abandoned places, and the weird and wacky things you find in the woods.

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Come cache with me!—tutorials for finding real geocaches

Do you have a hard time finding caches in the field? Have you ever read and re-read the cache description, past logs from other geocachers, and the hint, only to search fruitlessly and end up with a DNF? Don’t worry—we’ve all been there before.

That’s why we compiled some of our best ‘find a cache with me’ tutorial videos to help you better understand where to look and to get you some real geocache finds under your belt!

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Grandpa Wayne’s Treehouse — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC9DY1E
by haws24
Difficulty:
2
Terrain:
2.5
Location:
Utah, United States
N 41° 10.754 W 112° 07.171

Oh, to be a child again! Nothing brings back the feeling of childhood quite like climbing to the top of a treehouse. Everything on the ground below looks tiny, and the world seems completely carefree. Spark childhood joy with this whimsical Geocache of the Week, Grandpa Wayne’s Treehouse.

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