Choose location wisely
Geocache containers and physical stages of different geocaches must be at least 0.1 miles (528 feet or 161 meters) apart.
A physical stage is any object placed by the cache owner, such as a container or a tag.
There is no minimum required distance for
- Non-physical stages, including reference points, trailheads, parking coordinates, and virtual stages.
- Physical stages within the same Multi- or Mystery cache.
- EarthCaches and Virtual Caches as they do not have physical waypoints.
Geocaching HQ may further restrict geocaches in areas where geocache saturation becomes a concern.
This graphic shows examples of minimum geocache distance.
Learn how to check for minimum distance.
Do
Place your geocache or physical waypoints (WP) at least 161 m / 528 ft from physical waypoints of other geocaches.
Learn more about waypoints.
Don't
Don’t rely only on the Geocache Planning Map to choose a location. Multi-Caches, Mysteries, Wherigos, and Letterbox Hybrids can have hidden physical waypoints.
Learn more about the Geocache Planning Map.
Do
Waypoints that belong to a single geocache can be closer to each other than 161 m / 528 ft.
Don't
Don’t place physical waypoints that belong to your geocache too close to physical waypoints of a different geocache.