Since 2006, the Northern Virginia Geocaching Organization (NoVAGO) has sought nominations for the outstanding caches placed in the previous year. Then NoVAGO has placed a challenge or bonus cache to encourage area cachers to find those nominated caches. This year's cache is along Fairfax County's Cross County Trail (CCT).
2) Resides in one of the counties/towns associated with Northern Virginia (see list below);
3) Has garnered 5 or more Favorite Points.
If you would like to learn more about this process, you are welcome to visit the NoVAGO awards forum post describing the annual awards.
The cache IS at the listed coordinates.
If you are in need of some caches to help you qualify, here is the list of NoVAGO's Best of 2006:
If you are just getting started in caching, this is a great list of caches with which to start (watch out for those tougher caches).
Let us know how many you have done in your log and we hope you enjoy them all. Click here and find out.
Here are the nominees by category:
Best Kids Cache Elephant's Foot (GCVCQY)
Zach's Doodle Cache (GCW0QV)
Chalk-Art Challenge (GCV19F)
Bergen’s Find (GCZNE5)
Optimistic Cache in Herndon (GCYG13) Clumsy Claude in St. Tropez (GCTYDC) Feeling Squirrelly (GCVKPY) Search and Re-search (GCT5HZ) White Oaks Hollow(GCX8C2) Lily & Lauren Kid's Cache (GCTPNK)
Best Location koz's kan't-lead-a-hortikulture kache (GCW373) Monument View (GCXHDJ) Glimwicket’s Rocky Hillside House of Treats (GCZWXZ) Nature Cache at Riverbend (GCV99V) Meadowlark (GCTHGA) Liver River (Liver Fiesta #6) (GCXTFC) President Truman's Washington Friend(GCV57J) Watch the Longhorns, you greenhorn! (GCYXA9)
Best Hike Liver River (Liver Fiesta #6) (GCXTFC) Feeling Squirrelly (GCVKPY) Can You Hear Me Now? (GCZJ2R) Nature Cache at Riverbend (GCV99V) Glimwicket’s Rocky Hillside House of Treats (GCZWXZ) Cat and Mouse Game (GCZ59P) The Halloween Cache (GCXN63) It Still Moves...... (GCXERE) ziibi bineshiinh ishkode (GCXERF) It's Slow Go'in (GCYA25) Deer Me! (GCYA1Y) Jack and Owen's Triceratops Treasure (GCZ9K5) The Treasure You Seek lies not in the box... (GCY83X) Troll Treasure (GC103KW)
Best Theme The Shape Under the Sheet (GCTP2H) The Liver Series by Team KKW The Beaver series by Rufnredy BAT-21 Series by flyingmoose Dr Mads TB Recovery Room (GCY8D7) The Silent Age (GCXE6W) The Geo-Justice League (GCYAYJ) Head Over Heels For You (GCTHRB) Inca Trail series by Blakeley Pirates K9 GEEP’s P caches The Halloween Cache (GCXN63) NJOY GR8 OUTDOORS (GCXQDC)
Best Name The Treasure of Les Cridge (GCW7GD) Glimwicket’s Rocky Hillside House of Treats (GCZWXZ) The Whispering Tree (GCX1PW) Micros are a Pain! (GCZZ48) Pot of Doom II (GCWYFZ) Do Not Log This Cache -- Oyhabm; bofrffvba (GCXBT6) Look Out Merlot! (GCZD9T) Kates Omaha (GCYNWN) U F L: Unidentified Flying Liver (Liver Fiesta #7) (GCY088) The Shape Under the Sheet (GCTP2H) Moose Droppings (GCTENT) koz's kan't-lead-a-hortikulture kache (GCW373) A hoopia branch (GCZ7YK) Type Zero (GCTYP0) You lookin at me ? (BYOP) (GCYXC6)
Best History Related Cache "Peanut" Johnson (GCYZEQ) Courting History (GCWY4R) A child not forgotten (GCYN4Q) Optimistic Cache in Herndon (GCYG13) Town History in Herndon (GCYE86) Silent Service: Eternal Patrol (GCWCK3) The Bridges of Loudoun County (GCV1RC) President Truman's Washington Friend (GCV57J) To The Overlook? (GCTENF) Monument View (GCXHDJ) To Hell and Back (GCTX88)
Best Micro Deer Me! (GCYA1Y) Stage Right AKA Are You Nuts? (GCZ46V) Barking Up the Wrong Tree (GCYE4Q) It Still Moves...... (GCXERE) You’re killing me Smalls! (GCYA1Q) The Hobo's Gateway (GCTM1E) Kate's Omaha (GCYNWN) High Tech Monitoring Device (GCWKCQ) Advantage ... rufnredy (GCVQ4P) koz's konkrete kache (GCRV3B) Micros are a Pain! (GCZZ48) Lincoln Pythias (GCZNA0) Sliver Of Liver (GCWMKZ) ALP???? (GCZ3QW)
Best Multi-Stage Pitch Black (GCTGNB) A Cat and Mouse Game (GCZ59P) A hoopia branch (GCZ7YK) You are the GPS (GCV153) BAT-21 Norris (GCV17N) South Run Ramble (GCRZ1Y) Swamp Romp (GCY1RQ) Nature Cache at Riverbend (GCV99V) Browns Mill (GCTY51) The Treasure of Les Cridge (GCW7GD) Type Zero (GCTYP0) DOT COM 2.0 (GCT9ZQ)
Best Mystery/Puzzle Have A Ball! (GCVV2Y) NoVAGO Secret Stash (GCTQRD) Algonkian Jewel (GCYE3J) The Geo-Justice League (GCYAYJ) The Treasure you seek lies not in the box…. (GCY83X) Can You Hear Me Now? (GCZJ2R) rufn it (GCJNG6) Horses and Knights (BB15) (GCZ58E) Case 013064 - The Puzzle Cache Club (GCVE3A) Fetch! (GCWW3G) The Quest for the Staff of Asclepius (GCWAWX) Buccaneer Anna of Ashburn (GCTRDM) Alaskan Connections - Sweet Creams (GCZ48C)
Best Traditional (non-micro) Glimwicket’s Rocky Hillside House of Treats (GCZWXZ) Out of Bounds in Bluemont (GCTF7W) Confluence! (GCTVK3) Smokewood Blizzard (GCT0Q7) The Halloween Cache (GCXN63) Ghillie Cache (GCT56H) Short Bridge (GCX1PV) Bon Air Brook (GCTEP2) As Seen on TV (GCTVAR) koz's kan't-lead-a-hortikulture kache (GCW373)
Best Letterbox The Missing (GCV8DM) The Hideout (GCZY9C) Come in #51, Your time is Up (GCV7AD) Sherando Warrior (GCZ6P6) The Ballfield (GCWFZT)
Best EarthCache Great Falls Earthcache (GCZDA0) Mather Gorge (GCZP3V) Oh Chute, More rocks and Sand! (GCZ8HC) Thar Be Gold in Them Thar Hills (GCZWGE) The Falls of the Rappahannock (GCZH2W)
Most Creative Cache High Tech Monitoring Device #1 (GCWKCQ) A hoopia branch (GCZ7YK) A Cat and Mouse Game (GCZ59P) Algonkian Jewel (GCYE3J) The Treasure you seek lies not in the box…. (GCY83X) Crystal Lite (GCZJN7) koz's konkrete kache (GCRV3B) Wilderness of Mirrors (GCZA03) DOT COM 2.0 (GCT9ZQ) Kate's Omaha (GCYNWN) Can You Hear Me Now? (GCZJ2R) G.I. Joe (GCPVRC) Search and Re-search (GCT5HZ) Principal Archimedes (GCZ17Z)
Cache of Year The Shape Under the Sheet (GCTP2H) Gimme Shelter from the Beavers (GCYEGC) Nature Cache at Riverbend (GCV99V) You are the GPS (GCV153) Can You Hear Me Now? (GCZJ2R) The Treasure You Seek lies not in the box... (GCY83X) Type Zero (GCTYP0) Der Blinkenlichten (GC105PE) Liver River (Liver Fiesta #6) (GCXTFC)
Northern Virginia is defined as: Alexandria (city), Arlington (county), Clarke (county), Fairfax (county), Fairfax (city), Falls Church (city), Fauquier (county), Frederick (county), Loudoun (county), Manassas (city), Manassas Park (city), Prince William (county), Stafford (county), Warren (county), Winchester (city)
This cache was placed with permission from the Fairfax County Park Authority.