{"id":145060,"date":"2025-01-14T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=145060"},"modified":"2025-02-08T19:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T03:04:17","slug":"celebrate-25-years-of-geocaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/celebrate-25-years-of-geocaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate 25 years of geocaching"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you ready to celebrate 25 years of geocaching? Geocaching HQ has been busy preparing for this milestone, and we\u2019re excited that 2025 is finally here! Our team remains focused on the incredible community of geocachers who built the game from the ground up. Like you, we\u2019re still dreaming up creative caching experiences, bringing people together, and getting outside to explore and find the Treasure hidden all around us.
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In 2025, cachers can look forward to:<\/p>\n

Treasures: <\/strong>In March, players around the world will start finding digital Treasure<\/a> when they log qualified caches, adding to the excitement of cache discovery! The ever-evolving game will have a new feature for you to enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Hiding Themes: <\/strong>This year, we\u2019re introducing a new hiding theme per quarter<\/a> to celebrate geocaches published in 2025. We aim to inspire geocachers to hide (and find!) caches that showcase the creativity, innovation, and sense of adventure that make geocaching special. The first hiding theme is frogs! \ud83d\udc38<\/a><\/p>\n

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New Locationless Cache:<\/strong> We\u2019re excited to announce another fun way to celebrate 25 years of geocaching in 2025 with the publication of GCA2025 Where\u2019s 25? \u2013 Locationless Cache<\/a>. Show us where you find an already-existing \u201c25\u201d in the real-world and log this HQ-owned cache to earn the rare Locationless Cache icon.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Events Worldwide:<\/strong> Join fellow cachers at more than 100<\/a> large Mega, Giga, and Block Party events already scheduled. In addition, thousands of special Community Celebration Events<\/a> will be hosted by geocachers around the world throughout the year until December 31, 2025.<\/p>\n

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GIFF 2025<\/strong>: The Geocaching International Film Festival<\/a> will return November 6-16, 2025, to showcase the creativity and diversity of geocaching around the world.<\/p>\n

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Limited-edition Shop Geocaching collections<\/strong>: Celebrate not only 25 years of geocaching<\/a>, but 25 years of community<\/a> with geocoins, trackable tags, and collectibles to commemorate this milestone\u2014making both new friends and new memories!<\/p>\n

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Geocaching HQ has more to share throughout the year. Stay tuned to the newsletter, social media channels, and Geocaching.com to get the latest information about the incredible year of celebration we\u2019re all enjoying!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are you ready to celebrate 25 years of geocaching? Geocaching HQ has been busy preparing for this milestone, and we\u2019re excited that 2025 is finally here! Our team remains focused on the incredible community of geocachers who built the game from the ground up. Like you, we\u2019re still dreaming up creative caching experiences, bringing people…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":145100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-145060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2025\/01\/25th_Get_excited_011425_vFINAL2_Blog_800x450.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/inside-geocaching-hq-podcast","embedCode":"

Celebrate 25 years of geocaching<\/a><\/blockquote>