{"id":129198,"date":"2024-01-05T09:41:31","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T17:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=129198"},"modified":"2025-01-10T13:09:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T21:09:47","slug":"cache-hiding-themes-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/cache-hiding-themes-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Cache Hiding Themes 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2024 is finally here, and we have our planners open and ready for all the exciting plans the year will bring. One thing that we\u2019re sure of as we look to the new year: we\u2019re ready for something different.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d love to highlight all the memorable geocaches featured in the geocaching communities around the world\u2014the question is, where to start?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why we\u2019re introducing our monthly geocache hiding themes, for all those cache owners who don\u2019t know where to begin when it comes to their newest cache creation.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>January:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/cache-hiding-themes-january-books-and-libraries\/\">Books and libraries<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>February:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/cache-hiding-themes-february-birdhouses\/\">Birdhouses<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>March:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/cache-hiding-themes-march-plants-and-mushrooms\/\">Plants and mushrooms<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>April:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/cache-hiding-themes-april-colorful-caches\/\">Colorful caches<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>May:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/cache-hiding-themes-may-sports-and-video-games\/\">Sports and video games<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>June:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/cache-hiding-themes-june-animals\/\">Animals<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>July:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/cache-hiding-themes-july-outer-space\/\">Outer space<\/a>**<br \/>\n<strong>August:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/cache-hiding-themes-august-water-and-nautical\/\">Water and nautical<\/a>**<br \/>\n<strong>September:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/cache-hiding-themes-september-sneaky-camouflage\/\">Sneaky camouflage<\/a>*<br \/>\n<strong>October:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/cache-hiding-themes-october-x-large-caches\/\">X-Large caches<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>November:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/cache-hiding-themes-november-extreme-caches\/\">Extreme (T5) caches<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>December:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/cache-hiding-themes-december-holiday-caches\/\">Holidays<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each month, we\u2019ll highlight a handful of caches from that month&#8217;s theme on the Geocaching Blog. 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