Geocaching

Family Treasure Hunting (geocaching with your family)
What is Geocaching?
Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or 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 "treasure," usually toys or trinkets of little value. Geocaching got its start in 2000 when a Global Positioning System (GPS) enthusiast hid a container in Oregon and posted the coordin...

All about Geocaching
D o you love a good treasure hunt? Do you own a GPS (Global Positioning Unit)? Do you like to travel? Do you like exercise? Do you love seeing new places, discovering new things? Then Geocaching might be for you! Geocaching is kind of a high tech treasure hunt. Which isn't really about the treasure, we discovered...but actually all about the hunt itself, solving the mystery. ...By Geo King and Mamma Cache This lens made lens of the Day May 29th, 2008 read the entire post here!

Geocaching is Great Family Fun! Are you a Muggle?
What's a muggle, you ask?
Well, if you don't know what geocaching is, then you might be one. Muggle is a term taken from Harry Potter meaning those who don't have magic. If you don't know the fun of geocaching, then you are missing a bit of magic in your life. I hope this lens can help you out. See the picture of the plastic container of stuff here? That's the very first cache we found on our very first geocaching trip. The little treasures inside are called "swag" and we helped ourselves to the deck of children's ca...

Best Gifts for Geocachers
Geocaching Tools, Toys, T-Shirts and Other Useful Things for Those Who Like to Find and Hide Caches
Looking for a gift for someone who likes to geocache? Or even for yourself? I've put together some suggestions for everything from GPSes and backpacks to geocache containers, books on the topic, travel bugs and more. Whether someone is just getting into geocaching or has logged hundreds or thousands of caches, these items are appropriate. Me, I've done quite a bit of this "treasure-hunting" with my boyfriend, who's an avid geocacher. I'm also a big hiker, so I've used some of this gear when ...

Handheld GPS For Geocaching
What is Geocaching?
Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. If you love the outdoors and adventure then this could be a great hobby for you. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location. The place to learn every thing you need to know about getting started in the geocaching game. Do not forget to come back for more. Take a look, then come on back for more information about gps s...