geocaching
Sign in to savethumb|upright|A geocache concealed behind a sign in the Erratic Rock State Natural Site state park 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, at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world. The first geocache was placed in 2000, and by 2023 there were over three million active caches worldwide.
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Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting activity where people use GPS devices or smartphones to find hidden containers called geocaches at locations around the world. Since the first geocache was hidden in 2000, the hobby has grown to include over three million active caches worldwide, attracting participants who enjoy combining navigation technology with outdoor exploration.
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Key facts
- Sport.name
- Geocaching
- Sport.image
- Geocaching.svg
- Sport.caption
- International Geocaching Logo
- Sport.nickname
- Caching, treasure hunting
- Sport.first
- May 3, 2000 Beavercreek, Oregon, US
- Sport.team
- Optional
- Sport.category
- Recreational activity
- Sport.equipment
- GPS receiver or GPS-enabled mobile device, writing implement
- Sport.region
- Worldwide
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Article
44 sectionsContents
- History
- Geocaches
- Variations
- Geocache types
- Night cache
- Multi-cache
- Mystery cache
- Challenge cache
- Bonus cache
- Moving or traveling cache
- Chirp cache
- Geocaching HQ geocache (GCK25B)
- Wherigo cache
- Reverse Wherigo
- Letterbox hybrid
- Project A.P.E. cache
- Virtual cache
- EarthCache
- Locationless cache
- Webcam cache
- Adventure Lab
- Event caches
- Technology
- Obtaining data
- Converting and filtering data
- Mobile devices
- Ethics
- Reception
- Laws and legislation
- Websites and data ownership
- First page
- Geocaching.com
- Opencaching Network
- OpenCaching.com
- Other sites
- GPSgames
- NaviCache
- TerraCaching
- Extremcaching
- Geocaching Australia
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright|A geocache concealed behind a sign in the Erratic Rock State Natural Site state park 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, at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world. The first geocache was placed in 2000, and by 2023 there were over three million active caches worldwide.
Geocaching can be considered a real-world, outdoor treasure-hunting game. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook and sometimes a pen or pencil. The geocacher signs the log with their established code name/username and dates it, to prove that they found the cache. After signing the log, the cache must be placed back exactly where the person found it. Larger containers such as plastic storage containers (Tupperware or similar) or ammo boxes can also contain items for trading, such as toys or trinkets, usually of more sentimental worth than financial. Geocaching shares many aspects with benchmarking, trigpointing, orienteering, treasure hunting, letterboxing, trail blazing, and another type of location-based game called Munzee.