This geocache was placed with the intention of being found for the DLA Block Party Event on August 16th, 2025.
Cache is not at the posted coordinates
DLA2025 - The First 25 Years of Geocaching
Geocaching began on May 3, 2000, when Dave Ulmer hid a container in Oregon and posted its GPS coordinates online. This simple act, meant to test the accuracy of GPS technology following the removal of Selective Availability, is widely regarded as the birth of geocaching.
The first geocache—a black bucket—contained an assortment of items, including software, videos, books, money, and a can of beans (later known as the legendary "Original Can of Beans"). Within days, others located the cache and began hiding their own, sparking rapid interest and growth through online forums and communities.
Key Moments in Geocaching History:
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May 2, 2000 – The U.S. government removed Selective Availability, greatly improving GPS accuracy for civilian use.
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May 3, 2000 – Dave Ulmer placed the world’s first geocache in Oregon.
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Within Days – The first geocache was found, and the idea quickly spread.
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September 2000 – Geocaching.com was launched by Jeremy Irish as a hub for the growing community and on Sept 30th, the first ever Mystery Cache was published. (GC70)
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October–November 2000 – Jeremy Irish, Elias Alvord, and Bryan Roth founded Groundspeak Inc. (now Geocaching HQ) to support the game.
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2001 – Travel Bugs were introduced, enabling players to track items as they move from cache to cache. Jeremy Irish released the first Travel Bug, “Deadly Duck: Envy.”
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2002 – The Cache In Trash Out (CITO) initiative was launched, encouraging geocachers to clean up parks and natural areas while caching. Premium memberships were introduced. Those who joined during the first year are known as Charter members.
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2006 - The first geocaching Mega-Event was GeoWoodstock 4 (GCRRC6), held near Dallas, Texas and Wilberforce was named the "Geocaching Capital of Canada".
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2007 - The 500,000th geocache is published.
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2008 – Astronaut Richard Garriott placed a geocache and a Travel Bug on the International Space Station, taking the game out of this world.
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2010 - The 1,000,000th geocache is published and Signal the Frog attends his first Mega-Event at Geowoodstock VIII in Carnation, Washington.
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2011 - The first "Discover L&A County MEGA Geocaching Event" in Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
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2013 - GIFF is introduced to geocaching in Seattle during a Block Party Event. The 2,000,000th geocache is published.
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2014 - The first GIGA-Event took place in Munich, Germany.
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2020 - Geocaching and NASA head to Mars with the Perseverance Rover
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2024 - In just one day (February 29, 2024), there were 618,976 geocaches found worldwide.
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2025 - There are currently more than 3.4 million geocaches available to find.
Since that first cache, geocaching has evolved into a global activity, with millions of active caches and participants across the world. It has inspired related pastimes like letterboxing and continues to promote environmental stewardship through initiatives like CITO.
25 years later geocaching is still growing. Today, there are over 3 million active cacher accounts.
CACHE ON EVERYONE AND HAPPY 25 YEARS OF CACHING!!!!!