The Leprechauns' Top 5% Greatest Cache Hunts (shared, public)
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Here's the top 5% of our cache finds (not including caches later archived). Caches with an asterisk* were found with Goldilocks as "Team Irish Gold" and caches with a caret^ are hunts where Little Leprechaun participated. Our 272 favorites reflect the 46 states and six countries where we've found caches, as follows: PA - 96, OH - 48, WA - 25, TN - 11, WV - 11, NV - 8, NY - 8, Australia - 6, KS - 6, MI - 5, CO - 4, KY - 4, MO - 3, MD - 3, NC - 3, AR - 2, CA -2, IL - 2, IN - 2, ME - 2, NE - 2, AZ - 1, CT - 1, DE - 1, FL - 1, ID - 1, MT - 1, NJ - 1, OR - 1, SC - 1, TX - 1, VT - 1, Israel - 1 & Jordan - 1.
Traditional (non-micro) - 125, Micro - 40, Mystery/Puzzle/Challenge - 36, Multicache - 30, Virtual - 18, Letterbox Hybrid - 7, Earthcache - 6, GPS Adventures Maze - 1, Geocaching HQ - 1, Project APE - 1, Wherigo - 1.
To find 70+ terrific caches in the Greater Pittsburgh area, search for keyword: (Local) on this list.
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GC17MX1
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Bridges & Arches of Central Park* - A TOP 10 CACHE
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New York. Over two days, we visited every bridge and arch in Central Park to collect the information needed to discover the location of this cache. We were rewarded with a custom geocoin themed to the cache. |
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GCVTH7
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Chimney Top Cache - A TOP 10 CACHE^
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West Virginia. An exhausting hike to a challenging rock scramble find was made worthwhile by the spectacular views from the North Fork Mountain Trail. |
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GCX0QP
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Easterly Extreme - A TOP 10 CACHE^
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Australia. Hike past a classic lighthouse to a tip of land jutting into the Pacific, while watching kangaroos hop on the hillside and humpback whales cavort in Byron Bay. |
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GC13DC
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Ebey Bluffs - A TOP 10 CACHE^
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Washington. Best view ever. Went twice, even though it's across the country. |
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GCGY9C
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Melakwa's Heaven - A TOP 10 CACHE
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Washington. Spectacular mountain top view after tortuous rock scramble. |
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GCQ03E
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Mocopulence - A TOP 10 CACHE*
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Ohio. This journey through a residential backyard was part anti-war protest, part Ohio history exhibit, and part art installation. A one of a kind spot! |
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GC282A
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Petra - A TOP 10 CACHE
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Jordan. I felt like Indiana Jones crossing wooden bridges and climbing narrow stone steps up a mountain to Jordan's oldest cache, where I was rewarded with a picture postcard view. |
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GCH643
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The Upper Yough Trek - A TOP 10 CACHE
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Maryland. Killer bushwack after a long hike along a spectacular wild river. |
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GC59AF
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Thousand Steps Cache - A TOP 10 CACHE^*
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Pennsylvania. A stone stairway up the side of a mountain, so the quarry workers could commute. The Leprechauns' 100th Find in 2002, and re-found with Goldilocks in 2019! Surviving entry from our first "Top 10" favorites list in 2003. |
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GCGC55
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Warthog Down - A TOP 10 CACHE
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Arizona. Grueling desert hike up to mountaintop site of a jet crash. |
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GCHE3Y
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"Old" 1880 Bridge
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Kentucky. A nice letterboxing clue led me to a creatively hidden cache at a beautiful, long covered bridge in the middle of nowhere. |
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GC66F
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...and a whimper
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Washington. Another mountain with breathtaking views, another EraSeek cache. The high point of my third geo-trip to Washington. |
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GC8N105
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000 - Ruddlo's Panhandle PowerTrail*
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Pennsylvania. The beginning of a long power trail, best done by bike. |
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GC4DK9M
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001 - Eldorado!^
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Nevada. The beginning of a 500 cache power trail, done by 4x4 in the Mojave Desert. |
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GC1Y772
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090909*
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Kentucky. An imaginative gadget cache had us pulling and unscrewing things in an innocent looking road gate. |
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GC8CM7C
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1. "X" Marks the Spot (Groundfox) Geoart*
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Ohio. My favorite of 30+ T5 paddle caches around a lake, because we paddled through a tunnel to access it. |
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GC32TDQ
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100% challenge
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California. A nice straightforward Fizzy Challenge, made even better by its location along the Santa Ana River Trail amidst a power trail of other hiking/biking cache finds. |
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GC6AWV1
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147429*
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Pennsylvania. The largest cache I've ever found - or been inside! |
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GC8RX9Q
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17 Elmer Davis Kayaker*
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Kentucky. Our favorite out of a kayak power trail around a nice lake. |
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GC5CP2B
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360 Degrees of Ohio Challenge Cache
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Ohio. One of the hardest challenge caches I've ever completed: find a cache in each of the 360 degree arcs around a point in north central Ohio. Took years, since I live in PA. |
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