Celebration time!
History of Geocaching
May 1, 2000 - President Clinton declares the end of Selective Availability
May 2, 2000 - Selective Availability turned off
May 3, 2000 - First "stash" (cache) hidden by Dave Ulmer
May 30, 2000 - The term geocaching was first suggested by Matt Stum
June 3, 2000 - Beaver Cache placed in Georgia (still active)
Sept 2, 2000 - Geocaching.com web site launched with 75 caches listed
July 2001 - Georgia Geocaching Association formed (oldest active geocaching group)
Dec 26, 2006 - First 7 digit geocache id assigned
Mar 8, 2010 - 1,000,000th active geocache listed
Feb 28, 2013- 2,000,000th active geocache listed
Apr 17, 2017 - 3,000,000th active geocache listed
Feb 29, 2020 - Most finds in a day 606,220
2020 Year in Review blog post
It’s the 20th Anniversary of Geocaching and we want to celebrate with YOU!
(Pandemic delayed celebration in 2020)
We will top off the day with Cake! Then we'll snap a photo of our festive group
WHEN: Saturday December 3, 2022 at 12:00pm
WHERE: Kolomoki Mounds State Park Picnic Shelter #2 All visitors are required to have a park pass.
WHO: YOU and your friends! Don't forget your party hats ;)
Community Celebration Events - 2020
This Event is part of a limited release of Community Celebration Events to celebrate 20 years of geocaching. Geocachers hosted events between May 2, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Learn more about Community Celebration Events on the Geocaching Blog.