To me this felt like a hidden memorial. A unique location.

"The Presidential Suite"

Two beautiful areas, one for each stage of this Earthcache.

A 100 Million Year Walk Earthcache

Fantastic views all around, including San Francisco.

Above the Stars

Walruz has a knack for good overlooks like this one.

Alum Rock Overlook

Angel Island is certainly one of my favorite places to go caching, it's just a spectacular location. This cache is located at just one of the many wonderful views, from this side looking at San Francisco, Marin, and the Golden Gate Bridge.

Battery with a view

This one is all about location, or rather, locations. It's really a wonderful cache because it nudges you to explore new areas all over the bay area. I have wonderful memories from my travels to complete this challenge and rate it among my favorite geocaching experiences.

Bay Area Quadrangle Challenge

Pretty trail and stream, nice overlook of the river with Shasta in the background, cool volcanic geology, and a spectacular waterfall you walk behind. All on about a five minute walk, wow! Highly recommended.

Big Spring - Lost and Found

I really enjoy Old Coast Road, and any cache is a good excuse to come drive it again.

Bridge Over Little Sur

A rare and wonderful location, easily one of my favorites.

Bridge Under Troubled Water

A nice scenic pond location, particularly nice in winter when it is foggy.

By the Lake

The Pinnacles are simply a spectacular place to visit.

'C' Is For Cave Dwellers

Devils' Release:  The Ark

A great example of a Santa Cruz woods hike.

Don't Take the Stamp!

It's nice to get to a cache site and say "Wow! This place sooooo needed a cache." The rest of the hike is also nice and the area at the top with the fire lookout tower are pretty cool too.

Eagle Rock Eyrie

Wonderful 360-degree views are your reward for making the amazingly steep climb.

El Toro

Another lovely overlook, requiring a good climb as many of them do.

Equinox Sky Camp

This one gets the nod because I find the small town of Yreka so pleasant and interesting. Try the graveyard and railroad caches here as well.

Famous Yreka

A perfect view down to what must be one of the most beautiful coves on earth.

Gem of Big Sur

Girlie Pants' Cache

Hoover Dam is an impressive location and benchmark heaven. Be sure to take the tour.

Hoover Dam Virtual

In my opinion, a really good cache needs at least one of two things:

1. An clever hide, puzzle, or something else the cache owner has done to make the cache hunt interesting. There are a LOT of ways to do this.

2. An interesting location. This is often something scenic but the location can be interesting or noteworthy for other reasons.

This list covers my favorite examples of interesting locations. I expect that it is incomplete but I'll update it as needed.

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