At long last, the Geocaching International Film Festival 2018 finalists have been chosen! These films stand out above the rest for their creativity, production quality, content, and contribution to the global community of geocachers. Let's give a huge round of applause to the following films and directors: All you need is CACHE | slynie COMA | Team CoMiKa (Comepiedras, MiTesoro, Kankus y MJ) Finding our family's lost monument through Geocaching | rolfdenver Geo | ZippyZipperZoo Geocache Mojo | jellyfishumbrella Geocaching documentary: Winter caching in Finland | weellu & Harjus Geocaching in the change of time | Team GC-Therapiegruppe (McMuts, Baluteam, Frau Schmidt, Freilandjäger, matzoo70, Mönchen811, Sternschnuppe31) Geocaching is Awesome. | Bretonv I Am Geocache | Skimbosh Justice GIFF League | Team AlboGIFF (boret, carlos_cga, NaxoMenX, pequenaruth, riherpe, xmetraya&mancusina) Little Helpers From Outer Space | Team Cassiopeia (MudMen_GER, Dracou, Navi-Sol, MacPivi) One day | Team URNA (JeDie, geo.luki, Migvin, carodejka_s.r.o., Joeyk59, Pavoucek86, Re:Bell) Six techniques geocaching | F1ndmycache TFTC | treasurehuntergd The Night I Became a Were-Cacher | Fluffnight & kttyquest Why I Geocache | TeamScortney Attend a GIFF Event November 8 – 12, 2018 to see the 16 films and to receive the 2018 GIFF souvenir. Do you want to organize your own GIFF Event? Visit this page to learn more. Are you looking for geocoins and other GIFF merchandise? Visit Shop Geocaching or International Retailers. [...]

Virtual Cache GCA4BC by bazzle Difficulty: 1.5 Terrain: 1 Location: Oregon, United States N 45° 31.064 W 122° 40.406 Welcome to Mill Ends Park in Portland, OregonGeocaches come in all styles, types, shapes, and sizes. But did you ever stop to think about the area around geocaches? They can vary greatly too. This Geocache of the Week is a Virtual Cache located in a city park, but with a twist. After all, it's the little things that count. This Geocache of the Week is a Virtual Cache located in a city park, but with a twistWelcome to Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon. The official city park is a small circle 2 feet (0.6 meters) across, with a total area of 450 sq inches (0.3 sq meters). That makes this the smallest park in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The park is located in the center of a busy parkwayThe park is located in the center of a busy parkway so logging this Virtual Cache doesn't take much besides answering a couple of easy questions and carefully following crosswalk signs. But once you're there, you must make sure to stop and smell the… flower? The only leprechaun colony west of IrelandOriginally, the plans were to install a light pole on the spot but it never arrived. In 1948, a local newspaperman planted flowers in the hole and named it after his column “Mill Ends,” a lumber mill reference. It became an official city park on St. Patrick's Day in 1976 as “the only leprechaun colony west of Ireland.” Past decorations have included a swimming pool, Easter egg hunt, Ferris wheel, zoo, dinosaur exhibit, and of course holiday decorOver the years the park has showcased many types of landscaping including miniature evergreens, shrubbery, perennials, cacti, and tropical flora. The landscaping is enhanced even more when local decorators indulge. Past decorations have included a swimming pool, Easter egg hunt, Ferris wheel, zoo, dinosaur exhibit, and of course holiday decor. So geocachers, look right around you. You never know where you may find a clever little geocache. Continue to explore some of the most amazing geocaches around the world. Check out all of the Geocaches of the Week on the Geocaching blog. If you would like to nominate a Geocache of the Week, fill out this form. [...]

Geocaching.com has so much to offer, there are plenty of amazing and helpful features that you may have never known existed. Put these eight features on your radar to up your find count and enhance your geocaching out in the field! 1. Solution CheckerSo you've worked for hours to solve a puzzle, but how can you be certain, once you tromp all the way out into the middle of the woods that you'll be at the correct final location? Elementary, my dear cacher! Confirm your coordinates with the Mystery Cache solution checker. This simple tool ensures that geocachers have solved for the correct coordinates before searching for the final container. If a cache owner opts to use a solution checker, you will find it on the cache details page. 2. View your DNFs on the mapWant to know where your “previously Did Not Find” caches are so you can avenge them? All your DNF'd caches will display on the website and app map with blue, “saddy face” icons. The DNF icon makes it easy to identify which caches are your nemesis so you can get back out there and turn those frowns upside down. 3. Geocaching FriendsEver meet a cool cacher at an event or out on the trails? Become friends on Geocaching.com and stay in touch. You can see what your geocaching friends are up to in the newsfeed of your Dashboard, message them via the Message Center, and add them to your Friend League! 4. Friend LeagueNow that you have more geo-buddies, sign up for the Friend League! The Friend League is a leaderboard that shows you and your friends' geocaching activity. Whenever you log a cache, attend an event, or engage in other geocaching activities, you collect points. Check your Friend League to see how you stack up against your friends! 5. View LogbookThe logbook on a cache details page allows you to see if your geocaching friends have found that geocache. Click “View Logbook” just above the logs on cache details and easily view all logs, your logs, or your friends' logs for that cache. Use the Logbook to get an idea of who you can call if you need to phone-a-friend on a tricky cache! 6. Personal cache notes (Premium feature)Pssst… Need to write a personal note to yourself about a cache, such as solved puzzle coordinates, details about a hide, or steps for a Multi-Cache? You can add and edit Personal cache notes both in the Geocaching® app and on Geocaching.com. Personal cache notes in the app can be added while offline and are saved with geocache details in Offline lists. Note: Personal cache notes are only viewable by the author. 7. Public Bookmark ListsBookmark Lists are about what you'd expect: caches that are worth bookmarking and keeping track of. If you find a cache that you like, chances are it's on a List that includes similar caches such as, Favorite Caches in Paris, Creative Hides, or Tree-climbing Caches. Lists are a great way to keep track of geocaches and can be public, shared, or private. To see if one of your favorite caches is on a public list, scroll down the geocache details page until “Bookmark Lists” appears on the right hand side. This displays all the Public Bookmark Lists that this particular geocache in on. 8. Nearby Events on your DashboardWe recently introduced a personalized events calendar on your Dashboard. With one glance you can see the next geocaching event near you. It's easy to RSVP, view details about the event, or browse other upcoming events. We hope surfacing these features will help you make the most of your geocaching adventures. Have we missed any lesser known Geocaching.com features that you regularly use? Let us know in the comments below! [...]

On Tuesday, September 11, 2018 Geocaching.com, Waymarking.com, Wherigo.com and all related mobile applications, including 3rd party applications will be going down for several hours as we perform site maintenance. Geocaching HQ products will go offline around 1:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time (convert to your local time). Downtime is expected to last four hours. During this scheduled maintenance window, we are upgrading the infrastructure of our products to provide geocachers with increased site performance, security and room to expand. Follow us on Twitter during this downtime for the latest updates. Start following [...]

Traditional GC2MFZN by omabande Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 Location: Egypt N 25° 31.868 E 034° 38.471 Every hundred years (give or take a decade), a message in a bottle washes ashore from the sea, its origin often mysterious and the contents weathered. It is rare that such a vessel takes the form of a curiously vacant yacht marooned for years. This led a resourceful cache owner to place a container within, creating a bottle big enough to search inside for this Geocache of the Week! Image by gecko1971Just steps off the coast of the Red Sea in Egypt, rests the ANTARES, a leisure yacht that wrecked its hull after the captain miscalculated the height of the Red Sea reefs. This was a common occurrence after the opening of the Suez Canal, which expedited the shipping route between Europe and Asia, where an unknown number of vessels sunk due to the reefs and shoals. Fortunately the ANTARES didn't meet the same demise as its sunken predecessors and ended up on the white, sandy beaches (a T1 instead of a T5) where it has remained ever since. Image by pdc2008Since 2011, the ANTARES has offered visitors something special to discover: a geocache within its hull following the namesake of its host. Those who wish to seek this cache and adventure can reach it by water taxi, diving, or even camel! For everyone else, the cache is a short walk from Port Ghalib Marina, Egypt's first private seaport. Image by GeckoJJThe owner of this Traditional Cache, omabande, preserves the thrill of the hunt with only a brief descriptor on the cache page's hint [spoiler!]: “Inside.” Cachers are then led to explore the nooks, crannies, and crevices of the weathered vessel for the small container aboard. Although the boat is only 30 ft (9 m) deck bow to stern, there are still many hiding places to be discovered. Image by Crunchy34Those that venture in can enjoy life on the starboard side, as this yacht can only make right turns without its rudder (and the water to maneuver through). It still has some of its interior intact, including the remains of its galley (kitchen), bulkhead (dividing wall), and cleats (anchoring tie-offs). Image by CacheMichlContinue to explore some of the most amazing geocaches around the world. Check out all of the Geocaches of the Week on the Geocaching blog. If you would like to nominate a Geocache of the Week, fill out this form. [...]

Introducing a new four-month series called “You might be a geocacher if…” Each month from September through December, use the Friend League to individually earn points toward a new Geocacher Personality Souvenir. Are you an Adrenaline Junkie? A Caching Connoisseur? A Social Butterfly? A Trackable Lover? Collect them all to be the ultimate geocacher. Keep reading to learn September's challenge below! In September, you might be an Adrenaline Junkie if… It's all about the thrill of the hunt. You crave physical and mental challenges that include long days of geocaching with “gear, (some) fear, and fun!” Whether you're climbing, diving, or rappelling, there's nothing easy about getting to this GZ. To earn the Adrenaline Junkie souvenir, earn 50 points individually on your Friend League beginning Monday, September 3 at noon UTC and ending at noon UTC Monday, October 1. During this time, earn double points for difficulty and terrain! The scoring*: Found it log: 5Difficulty: x2Terrain: x2Found a geocache with 10+ Favorite points: 10Difficulty: x2Terrain: x2Attended Event: 5Drop Trackable: 3 When finding a geocache, receive double points for difficulty and terrain ratings. *The Friend League will not reflect this scoring until Monday, September 3 at noon UTC. FAQ: How do I play? Find different geocache types to individually collect 50 points on the Friend League between Monday, September 3 at noon UTC and Monday, October 1 at noon UTC and earn the Adrenaline Junkie souvenir. How can I earn points? If you log a cache, attend an event, or perform other geocaching actions, you collect points. Action Point value Log a Found it on any geocache 5 Earn double points for the Difficulty and Terrain ratings X2 Log a Found it on a geocache with 10 or more Favorite points 10 Earn double points for the Difficulty and Terrain ratings X2 Attend any event 5 Drop off trackable 3 * The max number of points you can earn for any cache log is 30 points by finding a D/T 5/5 geocache with 10 or more Favorite points. What is the Friend League?The Friend League is a leaderboard that shows you and your friends' geocaching activity. Earn points when you log a cache, attend an event, or complete other geocaching tasks. The number of points vary depending on the task at hand. The Friend League displays the total points you individually collect during the month. You can also see how many points your friends have earned. The Friend League will reset to zero on Monday, October 1 at noon UTC when a new souvenir challenge will begin. Can I join at anytime?Of course! Join anytime between September 3 through October 1 and earn 50 points individually on your Friend League and earn the Adrenaline Junkie souvenir. Where can I see my souvenirs? As soon as you collect a certain number of points, the associated souvenir will automatically be awarded to your profile. The souvenirs appear on your profile under the souvenir tab. Is the Friend League in the Geocaching® app?The Friend League is not in the Geocaching® app but can be viewed in your phone's web browser. My Friend League points aren't correct. Help! If you change a Note, DNF, or other log type to a Found it log, it will not be recognized on the Friend League. You may have found and logged a Lab Cache. At this time, the Friend League does not award points for finding Lab Caches. You logged on Monday, September 3 before noon UTC (convert to your local time here). We suggest that you wait to log until AFTER Monday noon UTC – which in some places like New Zealand is Tuesday at midnight – to log your geocaches. Otherwise the points will not count for the first week. You saved a Draft on a Monday, September 3 before noon UTC (convert to your local time here). If you have already posted your logs, select “View / Edit Log / Images”, then click the pen icon and “Submit Log Entry” on the website. Your logs should now be counted towards your total. What does UTC stand for?Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the basis for civil time today. It is the time standard (not a time zone) commonly used across the world. You can convert UTC to your local time here. Do I get points for attending a CITO, Mega or Giga-Event? Yes. Attending any event earns you five points. Still have a question?Having trouble logging your finds? Have a question about scoring? The best way to get answers quickly is to write to us using this form. Thanks and good luck! [...]

Did you know there are over one million* active trackables traveling around the world from geocache to geocache? Trackables add a layer of fun to the game, letting you experience an epic journey, one story and one geocache at a time. Whether you're a seasoned geocacher or a newbie just starting out, here are five reminders about trackables. 1. Trackable (trakābəl), nounTrackables are traveling game pieces that geocachers send out into the world by placing in a geocache or at an event. Trackables come in many shapes and sizes, and each one has a tracking code: a unique series of letters and numbers. This code allows geocachers to track the real-world travels of the item online. Trackables may have missions or goals they are trying to achieve, which makes their journeys more fun! You can read entries of your trackable's travels, see photos from your trackable's travels, and connect with geocachers who carry your trackable from geocache to geocache. 2. SWAG is swapped and trackables travelIf you take a SWAG (Stuff We All Get) item from a geocache, then you should leave something of equal or greater value behind. However, trackables move from cache to cache, so no need to leave a trackable when you take one. Just ensure you can help move a trackable toward its goal if you take one from a geocache! 3. Log or it never happenedLogging a trackable helps the owner know it has been picked up and that its journey is continuing. When you find a trackable, follow these steps to log a trackable in the Geocaching® app: From the cache details, scroll down and select Trackables. Select Log from the trackable you wish to log. Enter the trackable's tracking code to select from the log types Retrieve, Discover, or Grab. Or select Write Note. Write your log, submit a photo if you wish, and post! 4. Keep on keepin' onEach trackable may have a mission or goal that it is trying to achieve. Some trackable goals are specific, such as visiting every state in the US, or some just want to go on adventures to as many caches as they can. Most often, a trackable just wants to be moved. So, when grabbing a trackable from a cache, move it along in a timely manner to a cache where it is likely be picked up by someone else and actually will fit. Try to move it closer to its goal even if you can't move it far. 5. The muggle struggle is realSometimes trackables go missing. There are a number of reasons: a cacher mistook a trackable for a SWAG item, a trackable was dropped and lost (but sometimes they're found!), or a cache is—dun dun dun—muggled. Some believe that muggles are just people who aren't geocachers yet, but until they come to that realization, we still have to encounter their mistakes! If you think a trackable is missing, follow these steps to inform the cache owner and trackable owner. If it's truly missing, the trackable owner can reuse the lost item's tracking code on a replacement item. Inspired to send a trackable out on a journey of its own? View our trackable album on Facebook to gather some ideas for your next trackable or visit the collection at Shop Geocaching! But we want to know, what's the best trackable you've ever encountered? If you're a seasoned geocacher, what tips do you have about trackables? Tell us in the comments below! *trackables with a log since August 1, 2017. [...]

West Bend GeoTourWest Bend, Wisconsin, is the Geocaching Capital of the Midwest and ready to be discovered. Geocache your way through historic sites, parks, trails, museums, and more on the West Bend Four Seasons GeoTour. It's named the Four Seasons GeoTour for good reason — all the caches are accessible year-round. So slather on the sunscreen or slip on snow boots and come cache with us! Great caches on this GeoTour Twenty geocaches have been hidden that highlight the best of historic West Bend. These three caches are not to be missed WBGT 01: Historic Frisby House, GC53BATWBGT 01: Historic Frisby House, GC53BAT The Frisby house is named after Leander F. Frisby, a prominent figure in Wisconsin history and is now home to the West Bend Chamber of Commerce. This is a great first stop on your tour — grab your passport and find the first cache right outside. WBGT 02: Old Courthouse Square, GC53BB1 Clad in brick, the courthouse was built in 1889 in the Richardson Romanesque Revival Style and served as the county courthouse until 1962. Today, The Old Courthouse Museum is thought by many to be the best local history museum in the Midwest. Albino deer drinking waterWBGT 13: Shalom Wildlife Zoo, GC53GBA A diverse, 100-acre farm/zoo featuring deer, bison, elk, red fox, mink, and more than 400 other animals call Shalom Wildlife Zoo their home. Their mission is to preserve the wilderness while providing education, enjoyment, and wildlife encounters in a natural ecosystem. Local events for geocachers to discover while on the Four Seasons GeoTour From mid-May through the end of October, pay a visit to the West Bend Farmers Market, held every Saturday. It's one of the largest farmers markets in the state. From Thanksgiving through Christmas, enjoy an interactive light show with music, and performance at Enchantment in the Park. West Bend $1,000 Cache Ba$h If you're a fan of contests and cash, check out Wisconsin's only Mega-Event, the West Bend $1,000 Cache Ba$h, held annually during the second weekend in August. Other great reasons to visit West Bend In addition to being the Geocaching Capital of the Midwest, West Bend is an amazing place to visit Ice Age TrailTons of great trails to hike and bike including the Eisenbahn State Trail, Ice Age National Scenic Trail, and Kettle Moraine State Forest. Two wonderful downhill skiing locations, one with the world's largest tubing park! A charming downtown bustling with restaurants, unique shops, and museums, including the stunning Museum of Wisconsin Art. Geocache “WBGT 04: Art and Trains”, GC53BBB, informs of the art museum and the area's railroad history. Prizes! Receive a limited-edition West Bend Four Seasons geocoin when you collect 25 points on your passport. Plus, if you find every cache on this GeoTour, you'll earn the official digital souvenir for your profile! West Bend GeoCoin What geocachers are saying Thank you for bringing us to some great and historic areas. I can't wait to finish the rest of the caches! -ptrol64 We really enjoyed the buildings around here. We were most surprised at the wildlife. -wigglesworth We had a lot of fun finding the different cache types and going to amazing spots. We worked together to find the answers needed for the Virtuals and Earthcaches. We found some very cool caches. -Bike_4_me [...]

Virtual Cache GC7B7JV by Ally Pirelli Difficulty: 2 Terrain: 3.5 Location: Duisburg, Germany N 51° 28.820′ E 006° 46.808′ Virtual Caches are a great way for geocachers to visit special locations worthy of discovery but unable to host a physical geocache. Mitten im Pott is located in the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, Germany. It is part of a region called the Ruhrgebiet, which is colloquially also known as Ruhrpott. This Geocache of the Week combines geocaching with learning about the history of this fascinating location. The park is located at a coal and steel production plant that was abandoned in 1985. It is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage, a network of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe. To log the cache you must climb to the top one of the blast furnaces, answer a question, then take a picture of yourself or a personal item. Visitors are encouraged to take their time and take in the view as you can see for miles and miles on a clear day. The preserved industrial structures connect through a combination of gardens, terraces, and landmarks creating an interesting environment where people can learn about the rich industrial history of the area. The park is a hub for all sorts of activities. Recreational divers, as well as police and firefighters, use a decommissioned gasometer filled with water. A blast furnace is now a parkour course, and part of one of the ore bunkers was transformed into an alpine climbing garden with over 400 routes, some of them of the highest difficulty. The park is also used for musical performances, theater festivals and as an open-air cinema. Continue to explore some of the most amazing geocaches around the world. Check out all of the Geocaches of the Week on the Geocaching blog. If you would like to nominate a Geocache of the Week, fill out this form. [...]

How do you explore your local forest, wander through your favorite park or get over the river and through the woods to grandma's house? You use a trail! Trails are pathways to discovery across the U.S., whether they're winding through the Great Smoky Mountains, along the breathtaking Pacific Coast or in your backyard. This year, we're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Trails System Act, which established a national network of trails, including the Appalachian Trail. To do so, we have partnered with Discover the Forest, a campaign from the U.S. Forest Service and the Ad Council, to create custom Discover the Forest trackables. Request a free trackable at geocaching.com/DiscovertheForest. Experience all that America's trails have to offer while geocaching with or searching for one of the 1,500 limited-edition Discover the Forest trackables. And don't forget to share your adventure on social with #DiscovertheForest! If you're looking for more opportunities for exploration after locating a trackable, visit www.discovertheforest.org to find a trail or park near you. You and your family can then reconnect with nature by experiencing it first-hand! [...]

Being a better hider begins long before a lucky adventurer claims a FTF (First to Find) on your brand new geocache. It even begins before you submit your freshly hidden geocache for review. Some geocachers are already experts at hiding great caches. For the rest of us, here are four quick pointers to be a better hider. 1. Access grantedMake sure to get permission from the land owner or manager before placing a geocache, even many public locations require permission. This step will help to offer a great experience to geocachers without them being concerned about looking for the cache at that location, and means you won't need to worry about the cache being removed.2. Location, location, locationGeocaching guides treasure-seekers to a precise set of coordinates. The adventure begins there. You should double (even triple) check your coordinates using a dedicated GPS receiver. It's okay to use smartphones to establish coordinates for new geocaches, but a GPS device will be more accurate. Best practice is to check the coordinates on multiple devices.3. All weather, all the timeDo your best to ensure the cache and the log book are weatherproof. A soggy log sheet can dampen the joy of geocaching. See examples of great geocache containers that help keep the log and contents of the cache dry.4.Make a lasting impressionPlace the geocache in a spot you would like people to visit. Ask yourself, “Would I show my favorite person in the world this geocache?” Is the geocache placed at a scenic overlook? Does it reveal a hidden history? Or is the geocache experience creative? If you answered “yes” to at least one of these questions, you're on the right rack to placing a great cache. Check out some creative cache ideas and start brainstorming!You can learn even more by reading 10 Tips for a Tip-Top Geocache Container, getting familiar with the geocaching guidelines, and by getting out there and finding geocaches to spark some inspiration for your own hide! Share your most memorable geocache find in the comments! [...]

How do you explore your local forest, wander through your favorite park or get over the river and through the woods to grandma's house? You use a trail! Trails are pathways to discovery across the U.S., whether they're winding through the Great Smoky Mountains, along the breathtaking Pacific Coast or in your backyard. This year, we're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Trails System Act, which established a national network of trails, including the Appalachian Trail. To do so, we have partnered with Discover the Forest, a campaign from the U.S. Forest Service and the Ad Council, to create custom Discover the Forest trackables. Request a free trackable at geocaching.com/DiscovertheForest. Experience all that America's trails have to offer while geocaching with or searching for one of the 1,500 limited-edition Discover the Forest trackables. And don't forget to share your adventure on social with #DiscovertheForest! If you're looking for more opportunities for exploration after locating a trackable, visit www.discovertheforest.org to find a trail or park near you. You and your family can then reconnect with nature by experiencing it first-hand! [...]

Traditional GC4VKVR by WVTim Difficulty: 2 Terrain: 1.5 Location: West Virginia, United States N 39° 30.146 W 077° 57.916 This blog post was written by Visitor Center maven and Geocaching HQ employee, Sarah Along a Berkeley County trail in West Virginia are thirteen unique geocaches. Each is a unique gadget cache which, combined, have earned over 5000 Favorite points. Along this trail lies our Geocache of the Week. Lovingly constructed, Name that Tune certainly won't fall flat, and is sure to test both your musical and geocaching skills. When you sing you begin with Do Re Mi, and when you make a creative cache like this, you start with the basics: a birdhouse. Image by Ump35 & Bee In cache owner WVTim's own words, “I look at everything through the eyes of a cache builder. As I walk the aisles of hardware and toy stores, etc. I'm always thinking, ‘How can I use that to make a gadget cache?' While in the toy store, I saw this xylophone and inspiration hit.” When you arrive at the cache, it looks like a home for a songbird, covered in carefully painted musical notes. The first step is to slide out the xylophone and play the notes given on the cache page. There's no musical skill required, so even if you didn't pay attention during music class in school, this cache is still for you! Simply match the numbers in the cache description with the numbers painted on each note of the xylophone. Image by WVTimOnce you figure out the tune, that's where your geo-skills and riddle playing come in. The last four notes of the melody correspond to the numbers needed to open the combination lock on the side of the cache. Image by Ump35 & BeeThis clever cache is only one of the many sharp caches that are a part of WVTim's forte: I'm blessed to have over 50 caches with over 100 Favorite points. Finders are so generous with their time and many write amazing logs. Reading the logs of their finds takes me there with them. Let's be honest, the reason cache creators spend so much time in their shops is so they can read these great logs. For those of you out there interested in making your own birdhouse-based gadget cache, the cache owner has you covered. Watch him explain how he made this cache in the video below. Here he walks through not only through the process behind his different caches, but also how to convert an ordinary birdhouse into an extraordinary geocache. Continue to explore some of the most amazing geocaches around the world. Check out all of the Geocaches of the Week on the Geocaching blog. If you would like to nominate a Geocache of the Week, fill out this form. [...]

The Geocaching International Film Festival (GIFF) is still three months away (November 8-12) but now is the perfect time to start planning your event. Don't know where to start? Look here for help. GIFF is your only chance to earn a special souvenir by watching a whole series of unique and fun geocaching movies. For more inspiration, check out these 39 amazing moments from GIFF 2017. Questions you should think about while planning: What equipment will you use to show the finalist films? How many people will come and how many seats do you need? Will your film night have a theme, snacks, or film judging? How to host a GIFF Event: Read the tips for hosting an event. Submit your event listing on Geocaching.com at least two weeks prior to the date of your event and wait for it to be published by a Volunteer Reviewer. Once your event is published, fill out the GIFF Sign Up Form. Wait for your event to be approved via email by the GIFF team at HQ. Approved events will be added to the GIFF 2018 bookmark list and will receive the GIFF film reel file prior to the event. Are you looking for GIFF Geocoins or other merchandise items? Check out our Shop. [...]

Traveling through the forest, over the desert, into the ocean, and up to the mountaintops, geocachers witnessed 13 species of Hidden Creatures around the world. We created an infographic to showcase six fun stats from the campaign. From stats to photos, here's a look inside Hidden Creatures: Plus, your fun photos from Hidden Creatures adventures across the globe! Photo by: Tecnics of GeodogBlu!Photo by: Gloworm77 of North Dakota, United States!Photo by: icabrian in Slovenia!Photo by: MikimichiSaiko in Austria!What was your favorite part of Hidden Creatures? Share in the comments below! [...]