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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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This geocacher seriously knows how to find the sne This geocacher seriously knows how to find the sneaky ones 🔥

From hidden traffic sign caches to secret compartments in a phone booth… these hides are why we love geocaching 🧡 

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Urban caches 🏙️ or nature caches 🌲? Comment below which team you’re on! 

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Video: In the first video, a geocacher reaches underneath a traffic sign and pulls out a hidden geocache. In the second clip, they open a secret compartment inside a phone booth and pull out a log sheet hidden at the bottom. Lastly, a geocacher takes a magnetic warning sign, flips it over, and reveals a log sheet attached to the back. 

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💃 Dancing and caching?! Sign us up! 🎠 Do yo 💃 Dancing and caching?! Sign us up! 🎠

Do you have a “found it” dance?

Video: A geocacher approaches a chain-link fence and removes the end cap from a fence pole, revealing a chain attached inside the cap. As they pull the chain upward, several miniature horse figurines appear attached along it. At the bottom of the chain is a bejeweled cache container.

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💚 Geocache of the Week 💚

🏝️ Land ho! 🏝️

Join us as we sail the high seas 🌊 to find our Geocache of the Week (GC416NJ),, a cache at the foot of a spectacular lighthouse!

Images by:
MacPivi (1)
Fuego03 (2)
Momo et jojo (3)
Public Domain (4)
Teammako34 (5)

Images: The first image shows a lighthouse on a remote Pacific island. The second image shows a geocacher holding the geocache in their left hand. The third image shows a wide panorama from atop the lighthouse. A boat is visible docked to the island’s shore. The fourth image shows a series of wooden signs with the names of cities and the distances to those places labeled. The fifth image is a turtle swimming.

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☀️Celebrate the June solstice with geocaching! ☀️Celebrate the June solstice with geocaching! 🐳

How will you celebrate?

Video by philthriller.

Video: A whale tail sculpture appears and circles halfway around. A geocacher lifts a whale-shaped cast-iron container from the rocks and reveals the geocache. The camera pans across the beach waterfront from left to right. The June Solstice 2026 logo appears.

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📍 Places tell stories 🗺️ Have you ever do 📍 Places tell stories

🗺️ Have you ever done an Adventure in the park?

Video: A geocacher searches various landmarks in a park to find the answers to Adventure Lab questions.

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😳 This might be the hardest geocache ever. 😳 😳 This might be the hardest geocache ever. 😳

People think geocaching is just finding containers in a park… 🧗 

Would you try this—YES or NO? Let us know in the comments.

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Video: A bridge stretches over a river while two people hang beneath it using ropes and harnesses. They carefully inspect a strange red wooden figure sitting on a swing suspended from the middle of the bridge. They inspect it while looking for the log sheet.

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🏙️ Urban caching takes a different approach 🏙️

🧑‍🏫 Pro tip: they’re usually smaller and magnetic to blend in with their environment 🧑‍🏫 

Video: Quick shots of an urban environment, “I can’t go geocaching, I live in the city.” A compilation of sneaky urban caches, “look closer.”

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