Geocaching
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Difficulty
Very easy – Advanced
Duration
30 minutes - a day
Location
Towns, parks, woods, wild country
Season
All year round
What is geocaching?
Geocaching is an outdoor game in which you use GPS coordinates to find hidden containers.
Participants follow clues and locations to find caches that other people have hidden.
It puts technology together with an afternoon out of doors.
You can do it on your own, with friends or as a family.
How does a geocaching session work?
Picking a cache
You choose a location that matches your experience.
Getting the coordinates
The spot is pinned down with the GPS.
Getting there
Participants follow the route and the clues.
Searching for the cache
The hidden container gets found.
Logging the find
Participants write down that they found it.
Who is geocaching for?
Families
It turns an ordinary walk into something to chase.
Children
It builds a sense of direction and an eye for detail.
Travellers
It takes you to places you would not otherwise find.
Explorers
It gives you a new challenge and something to aim at.
geocaching experience level
Geocaching for beginners
Easy caches, right for a first go.
Geocaching for families
Short routes with caches children can reach.
Adventure geocaching
Searches out in wild country, with longer routes and more to it.
Advanced geocaching
Hard caches, hidden where they are not easy to reach.
At a glance
GPS technology
The coordinates are what the whole thing turns on.
Cache
The hidden container you are looking for.
Community
Participants share what they have found and where.
Places worth finding
Many caches sit near something worth seeing.
The logbook
Finding the cache gets recorded.
Respect for the spot
You leave the place exactly as you found it.
geocaching kit
Smartphone
It runs the GPS apps.
GPS unit
It is more accurate than a phone.
Map
Handy for planning the route.
A pen
For signing the cache logbook.
Things to swap
Some caches let you swap small items.
Outdoor kit
Footwear and clothes to suit the ground.
geocaching safety
Anyone can do it, but it has to be matched to where you are doing it.
Geocaching — frequently asked questions
No. There are caches that suit beginners.
No. A phone with a GPS app does for most of it.
Yes. It teaches and entertains at the same time.
You can do it with next to no kit.
In towns, parks, woods and places worth visiting.
Yes — some caches allow small swaps.
Finding places you have not seen, by way of a game.