{"id":14722,"date":"2013-02-27T23:15:03","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T13:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=14722"},"modified":"2016-01-15T16:39:46","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T00:39:46","slug":"two-million-geocaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/two-million-geocaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Two Million Geocaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/2-million-geocaches-the-infographic\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15585\" alt=\"GooglePlus_Cover_940x180_vFINAL\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/GooglePlus_Cover_940x180_vFINAL.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2013\/02\/GooglePlus_Cover_940x180_vFINAL.png 940w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2013\/02\/GooglePlus_Cover_940x180_vFINAL-300x57.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15766\" style=\"width: 339px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15766\" alt=\"2 million reached!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/2-million-reached.png\" width=\"339\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2013\/02\/2-million-reached.png 462w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2013\/02\/2-million-reached-300x105.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Homepage counter at 5:11 am Seattle time on February 28<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Join Geocaching in celebrating a major milestone! The 2 millionth active geocache was published on February 28 at approximately 5:11am Seattle time. It&#8217;s located in Australia. The 2 millionth active geocache is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/seek\/cache_details.aspx?guid=f84181ad-ad7b-4b99-850f-22df61469cd6&amp;utm_source=blog.geocaching.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=2million\">Overwatch #1<\/a> (GC46N4E). The traditional geocache is rated a terrain 3.5, difficulty 3.5 and promises to take geocachers to a lookout over the city of Alice Springs.\u00a0 As of 6:12am Seattle time, the geocache has not yet been found.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate this milestone &#8211; Geocaching will be rewarding the global community with previously unreleased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/new-geocaching-souvenirs-celebrating-2-million-active-geocaches\/\">Geocaching Souvenirs<\/a>. Hundreds of thousands of geocachers will receive never-before released country and region souvenirs. Find details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/new-geocaching-souvenirs-celebrating-2-million-active-geocaches\/\">here<\/a>. Geocachers also have a new way to thank geocache hiders. Share this new &#8220;Thank a Geocache Hider&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=goAfLm3Njvo\" rel=\"nofollow\">video<\/a> with those who place and maintain geocaches so many enjoy.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/new-geocaching-souvenirs-celebrating-2-million-active-geocaches\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click to see the latest Geocaching Souvenirs release\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/unreleased-geocaching-souvenirs-image-1-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to see the latest Geocaching Souvenirs to be released<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to spread the word about geocaching by checking out and sharing the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/2-million-geocaches-the-infographic\/\">Celebrating 2 Million Infograph<\/a>, and the videos\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=IfU3blexL7o\" rel=\"nofollow\">2 Million Geocaches in 1 Minute<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=2nJ_GHVY7aI\" rel=\"nofollow\">Travel Bug<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=2nJ_GHVY7aI\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ae<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=2nJ_GHVY7aI\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00a0Travels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Join Geocaching in celebrating a major milestone! The 2 millionth active geocache was published on February 28 at approximately 5:11am Seattle time. It&#8217;s located in Australia. The 2 millionth active geocache is Overwatch #1 (GC46N4E). The traditional geocache is rated a terrain 3.5, difficulty 3.5 and promises to take geocachers to a lookout over&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[134,35],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-14722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-movie-references"],"episode_featured_image":false,"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":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"anxJ3di15I\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/two-million-geocaches\/\">Celebrating Two Million Geocaches<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/two-million-geocaches\/embed\/#?secret=anxJ3di15I\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Celebrating Two Million Geocaches&#8221; &#8212; Official Blog\" data-secret=\"anxJ3di15I\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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