Hobbies and Pastimes

Geocaching

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Home, Crafts and Hobbies Atlas. "Geocaching." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://home.interactiveatlas.org/hobbies/geocaching.

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Home, Crafts and Hobbies Atlas. (n.d.). Geocaching. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://home.interactiveatlas.org/hobbies/geocaching

BibTeX

@misc{home,craftsandhobbiesatlas-geocaching,
  author = {Home, Crafts and Hobbies Atlas},
  title = {Geocaching},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://home.interactiveatlas.org/hobbies/geocaching},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

A worldwide treasure hunt: participants hide watertight containers, post their coordinates online, and others find them by GPS and signed logbook. Millions of active caches now hide in plain sight on every continent, making it the youngest hobby in this atlas and one of the most widespread.

Facts

Hobby Class

Observing and Seeking 1

Established When (Circa)

May 2000, days after the United States ended Selective Availability degradation of civilian GPS; the first cache was placed near Beavercreek, Oregon by Dave Ulmer 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

The First Geocache

Source Geocaching (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Geocaching (Wikipedia)

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