When: Saturday, September 13, 2025, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Where: Champoeg State Park, Champoeg, OR 97137
Who: All geocachers – young, old, veterans, first-timers, families, locals, out-of-towners, and international cachers!
GEOregon welcomes you to Champoeg to help celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Geocaching with a BLOCK PARTY event!!!
We are excited to invite geocachers from around the world to join us for a day of geocaching fun at the beautiful Champoeg State Park. Geocaching started here in Oregon after Blue Switch Day. Oregon took its first steps to becoming a US State at what is now Champoeg State Park. What a better way to celebrate the anniversary of geocaching in the state where it began in the park where the state started becoming a state?
Our Planning Committee has planned a day full of fun activities. Champoeg is full of caches and work is underway on an Adventure Lab geoart to celebrate Oregon!
About the venue: Parking is $10 per vehicle per day. There is no additional parking fee if camping at Champoeg and parking is free with an Oregon State Parks Pass.
### ANNOUNCING THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS!!! ###
**10:00 am**
Registration Opens (We love you, but, please, wait for opening unless you are on the Logistics Crew or bringing infrastructure!)
**10:00 am – 2:00 pm**
* Basket Raffle and Silent Auction Open
* Winners posted at 2:30 pm
* Pick-up from 3:00 – 4:30 pm; Prizes MUST be picked up at event!
**10:30 am – 11:00 am**
Opening Remarks
**11:00 am – 12:00 noon**
Submitted for Publication: A Reviewer Forum
**11:00 am – 2:00 pm**
Tacos El Oso Loco food truck available in main parking lot
**2:00 pm – 3:00 pm**
Caching Conversations: Podcasters and Lackeys
**3:00 pm – 3:30 pm**
Closing Remarks
**3:30 pm**
Group Photo
**3:00 pm – 4:30 pm**
Prize Retrieval
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## On-site Interactive Games and Spaces Available ##
• Close to Pin Game (Flag staked by 2pm; Winner announced at 2:30pm, Pick-up from 3:00 – 4:30 pm
• Gadget Cache Display
• History of Champoeg and Oregon Adventure Lab
• Photo Booth to Commemorate 25 years of caching and community
• Picnic Area with sink and running water - and charcoal grills (subject to burn ban restrictions, BYO supplies)
• Sasquatch Adventure Lab
• TOTT Adventure Lab
TB Trading Station
Pre-ordered swag will be available to pcik up. T-shirts, geocoins, and raffle tickets will be available for purchase, while supplies last.
Nearby- Oregon Adventure Lab Art featuring 75 individual ALs with 375 stops and 2 Mystery Bonus Caches!
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## TOTTs to Bring ##
10x10 pop-up canopy and/or weights
* o Please get in contact if you would like to lend one or more to the event. Send a geomessage or post a Write Note on the event page no later than 9/10.
* o Personal 10x10 pops will be allowed in the “Quiet Area” of the event. Pop-ups MUST be secured with counter-weights; they cannot be staked into the ground.
• Camp/folding chair for speaking/panel events
• Phone charger / spare battery -- lots of Adventure Labs!!!
• Picnic lunch
• Pocketbook -- Opportunities to support the event and your caching community
* o PayPal “friend” payments preferred to GEOregon@gmail.com to eliminate transaction fees
* o Credit Card payments via Square
* o Cash also accepted
• Sense of adventure
• Standard geo survival stuff and swag – bug spray, hats, pens, sunglasses and sunscreen, water, etc.
SIGN UP NOW to volunteer at the event!!!
Click the button below and get your choice of role and time slot!
Attendees who volunteer for a minimum of 2 hours will receive a limited edition Block Party Volunteer t-shirt!!!
We are excited to see everyone soon!!!
Celebrating 25 Years of Geocaching History at Champoeg State Park
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