Outdoors

What is Geocaching?

November 17th, 2007

If you have never heard of geocaching you are not in the minority. Geocaching is, however, fast gaining popularity all around the world.

So what exactly is this geocaching thing all about?

Geocaching is an outdoor treasure hunting type sport in which the participants use a global positioning system (GPS) device to navigate their way around and hide and seek containers called caches. It has been likened to a high tech Easter egg hunt. Someone hides a bunch of usually inexpensive collectables in a container (the cache) and then they post the longitude and latitude coordinates on the Internet so that others can search for it.

The treasure hunting aspect makes it perfect for families who have children old enough to go hiking. Wait until you see the looks on their faces when you find your first geocache!

For the rest of this article, visit the Grandpa Richard’s Kids website.

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