Geocaching

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Treasure Hunting With Your Kids Getting kids moving and outdoors can be a challenge sometimes. The lure of hidden treasure may be just the key to getting them off the couch. DadLabs.com provides a brief, but thorough, video introduction to Geocaching.

Geocaching Terms What do all of those terms and abbreviations mean in cache logs? Find out what's really being said in our list of Geocaching terms.

Geocaching Container Types Get an idea of what type of container to look for when hunting a cache before you head out the door!

Geocaching Rules When hiding or searching for a cache it's important to make sure that we don't damage the natural environment or our relationship with land managers whose duty it is to protect the places we frequent. These few simple guidelines should keep cachers happy and places open to Geocaching.

A view of Lake Austin from the cliffside near the cache. The 360 bridge is just below out of view to the left. Bridgepoint Overlook

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Geocaching, 2nd Edition
The Editors of Geocaching.com
List Price: $16.95 Our price: $3.74

The ultimate global game revealed!

The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Geocaching, Second Edition is a comprehensive, yet entertaining and easy-to-understand book for getting started and having fun with geocaching-the high-tech version of hide-and-seek for global positioning system (GPS) users. In this edition, two new tools of the game-Waymarking and Wherigo-are included.

• The Geocaching website, which began operating in 2000 and is owned by Groundspeak, Inc., is the first and currently the largest website devoted to Geocaching
• Today, well over 800,000 geocaches are registered on various websites devoted to the pastime
• Geocaches are currently placed in over 100 countries around the world and on all seven continents, including Antarctica