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February 14, 2024 / Mackenzie

Show your cache some love with maintenance

Geocaching is for lovers: nature lovers, lovers of exploration, discovery, and more. Show your geocache some love this Valentine’s Day with geocache maintenance! Whether it’s a new logbook, fresh SWAG, or even a new container, this is the perfect time to spread the love.

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Community, Learn cache maintenance, Valentine's Day
December 7, 2021 / Mackenzie

What to do when a cache needs maintenance

Have you ever found a geocache that is in rough shape? Have you wanted to report that a geocache needs maintenance but you are unsure how to alert the cache owner? 

We have an easy way to help you decide which log to use to report a geocache for maintenance. 

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Community, Learn cache maintenance, maintenance
November 2, 2021 / Mackenzie

Tips and tricks for cache owner maintenance

You’ve hidden your first geocache and you’re thinking to yourself, now what? One of the most important parts of owning your own geocache is properly maintaining it. To help keep your geocache alive and well after publication here are six tips and tricks to best maintain your geocache. 

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Community, Learn cache maintenance, maintenance
February 21, 2020 / Sarah

Extreme Maintainers: Geocaching Edition

Any cache owner knows that owning a cache requires a lot of maintenance. This might include carrying a maintenance kit when going caching, having a regular “cache maintenance schedule,” or something totally unique to you!

We asked geocachers how they go above and beyond for cache maintenance. Here are some of their inspiring responses:

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Community cache maintenance, cache ownership, geocaching, maintenance

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Video: A geocacher stands next to a metal fence with a grassy park in the background. They reach forward, grab a screw, and remove it from the fence, revealing a hidden cache container. They hold it up in front of them and focus on the geocaching logo.

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Take art, leave art… but can you still find the cache (GCACQY9)?

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Media: The first image shows a free little art gallery box. The second image is outside of the art gallery.

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🫵 Are you ready to get hiding? 🫵 🥾 The s 🫵 Are you ready to get hiding? 🫵

🥾 The second hiding theme—hiking and nature 🧗

🗓️ Between May 1 and June 30, 2026: Nominate a geocache you hid or found by filling out the form on our blog. Make sure to attach pictures and videos to the submission.

📸 Post your photos and videos and tag us. Use the hashtag GeoHT26 for a chance to be featured on our Stories.

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👉 Nature-inspired containers disguised as rocks, logs, or pinecones
👉 Cleverly disguised ammo can hidden in the woods
👉 Geocache hanging high in a tree that requires climbing to reach
👉 Geocache tucked inside a hollow tree stump

Video: A compilation of geocaches is featured, set in natural surroundings and extreme locations.

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🪵 A log with a secret 🪵 Would you spot the 🪵 A log with a secret 🪵

Would you spot the geocache tucked inside this log?

Video: On a log cabin deck, a hand opens a magnetized log to reveal a geocache hidden inside.

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Us: Be sure to think outside the box! Geocachers: Us: Be sure to think outside the box!

Geocachers: Ok! 🤠

Us: Not what we meant, but we’ll take it!

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Video: A geocacher approaches a metal cube covered in moss on a patch of grass. They turn a metal bolt counterclockwise on the top corner of the cube with a socket wrench; they untwist the bolt the rest of the way with their hand, and it falls to the floor. The cacher lifts the top three panels of the cube to reveal a hollow inside with a logsheet inside a plastic bag.

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🏙️ Everyday places, unexpected finds 🏙️ 🏙️ Everyday places, unexpected finds 🏙️ 

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Video: In the first clip, a geocacher pulls a black tube from the top of a fence in a parking lot. Next, what looks like a street sign on a brick wall is removed to reveal a hidden log sheet on the backside. In the third clip, a geocacher reaches into an opening at the base of a tree and pulls out a plastic bag containing the log sheet. Finally, the camera closes in on a fence, where one of the poles is lifted out, revealing another geocache.

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