Geocaching

Geocaching: Outdoor GPS Game

Find hidden treasures using a GPS receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques in a global game of hide and seek with geocaches all over the world.

What is Geocaching?

Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook and sometimes a pen or pencil. The geocache itself is located at specific coordinates. These coordinates, along with other details of the location, are posted on a listing on a website like Geocaching.com. Other geocachers obtain the coordinates from that site and seek out the cache using their GPS coordinates.

When a geocacher finds a cache, he/she signs the logbook with his/her established code name and dates it, in order to prove he/she found the cache. After signing the logbook, the cache must be placed back exactly where the person found it. Larger containers such as plastic storage containers or ammunition boxes can also contain items for trading, such as toys or trinkets, usually of little financial value. Geocaching shares many aspects with benchmarking, trigpointing, orienteering, treasure-hunting, letterboxing, and waymarking.

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