Geocaching

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Last activity: 29.05.2026

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Share your adventures, pictures and video of this family friendly, high-tech, GPS powered treasure hunt.

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Location

United States, Washington, Seattle

Employees

51-200

Phone

+1 206-302-7721

Founded date

2000

Mentions in press and media 25

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Mar 18, 2026	New Geocaching Tour Launches: Historic Sadieville Geotrail 'Legacy of the Mules' Recalls Community’s Past	Sadieville Mural Sadieville and Georgetown/Scott County Tourism launch the Historic Sadieville Geotrail: Legacy of the Mules on April 11, featuring nine historic sites. We hope the experience encourages people to visit, explore, and come to...
Jan 2, 2025	Travel \| Geocaching is the free vacation activity that’s hiding in plain sight	The economy of geocaching can apply to travelers of any budget. On the pricier end, certain caches can only be accessed with a passport and a trip abroad. Even then, I find it more affordable and fun to explore on foot while caching. On a r...
Jun 13, 2024	50 Inexpensive Date Ideas to Impress Your Significant Other While Saving Money As we all know, romance isn’t always about fancy dinners and expensive excursions. Nevertheless, the typical American spent $3,025.12 on dating in 2023, according to OnePoll in collaboration with LELO’...	As we all know, romance isn’t always about fancy dinners and expensive excursions. Nevertheless, the typical American spent $3,025.12 on dating in 2023, according to OnePoll in collaboration with LELO’s survey of 2,000 Americans. Additional...
Jul 29, 2022	PennDOT, Highway Safety Network, Clinton County Economic Partnership Commemorate Opening of Clinton County Traffic Safety Geotrail	Clearfield, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Highway Safety Network (HSN), the Clinton County Economic Partnership & Visitors Bureau, and State Farm Insurance gathered this morning to commemorate the opening...
Nov 11, 2021	Геостартапы: направление задано верно	Геостартапы: направление задано верно
Nov 11, 2021	Geostartups: setting the right direction	Geostartups: setting the right direction
Aug 21, 2021	Geocaching is Your Modern-Day Treasure Hunt With the Help of GPS	Isabella James, Tech Times 21 August 2021, 01:08 am Ever wondered or wished that you could be part of an exciting, adventure-filled treasure hunt? Or were you the type of kid who enjoyed going on Easter egg hunts or snooping around in the a...
Mar 30, 2018	A Struggling Town Is Reviving Itself With... Geocaching	In the town of Wilberforce, Ontario, a quick detour from the main street will take you to a seven-foot-tall wooden fork that sits at the point where the road splits into two—a literal fork in the road. Unfamiliar passers-by may think it’s a...
Nov 20, 2017	Internet of Elephants uses AR to get up close to endangered species, turns their migrations into a game	Wildlife conservation groups have made a lot of strides in raising awareness of animals whose populations or natural habitats are endangered, and what we can do to help. Now a startup out of Kenya is tapping into advances made in augmented ...
Sep 14, 2017	Must-do family activities this fall	At this time of the year, retail stores want to remind you that summer is behind you. Back-to-school supplies have crowded the office supply store aisles, and toasty outfits for chilly weather adorn window displays. Don’t be fooled! All you...
Jul 29, 2016	Pokemon Go was invented 7 years too early in the North of England	This article was originally posted on the Tech North website. A game in which you wander around the real world with your smartphone, catching monsters via augmented reality. Sound familiar? No, I’m not talking about Pokemon Go. The year wa...
Jul 31, 2015	Cattaraugus County tourism office releases new History Geo Trail	LITTLE VALLEY — The geocache phenomenon continues to amaze Cattaraugus County tourism officials. The Cattaraugus County Department of Economic Development, Planning and Tourism has just introduced its fifth geocache trail, a three-part geoc...
Jul 13, 2015	When geocaching goes awry	Dover Police responded to a report of a “suspicious package” in Schutte Park on Saturday morning. What they found was undoubtedly suspicious — a prescription pill bottle wrapped in camouflage tape. The contents of the pill bottle turned out...
Apr 21, 2015	Is $70K the new normal? Tech leaders weigh Seattle CEO’s pledge	Dan Price accepts the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the GeekWire Awards in 2013. Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price made big headlines when he announced plans to implement a minimum annual salary of $70,000 at the Seattle-based compan...
Jul 6, 2014	How Real Will Wearable Games Be?	Tadhg Kelly Contributor More posts by this contributor Games After Gamergate Is The Windows 10 Store The Next Step For PC Apps And Games? Editor’s note: Tadhg Kelly writes a regular column about all things video game for TechCrunch. He is a...
May 16, 2014	GeoBash set for this weekend at Allegany State Park	RED HOUSE — This weekend, geocachers will be swarming the woods of Allegany State Park as a part of the ninth annual GeoBash. The event centers around the unique activity of geocaching, which John Maier, event chairman, calls a “real-life t...
May 8, 2014	Revealed: The winners of the 2014 GeekWire Awards	Rory Rawlings, co-founder and chief tax automation officer of Avalara, celebrates on stage after winning the award for Next Tech Titan. The best and brightest of Seattle’s startup scene filled the EMP Thursday evening, as we welcomed more t...
Apr 18, 2014	GeekWire Awards: Vote for Bootstrapper of the Year	Startup companies don’t always take wads of venture capital to get off the ground. Some of the most promising — and inspiring — companies are fueled by the passion, drive and persistence of founders who never took a dime of outside funding....
Dec 26, 2013	Poker Champion Launches Real-life Bitcoin Scavenger Hunt	Mauro Velazquez, a former professional poker player, is planning to use his winnings to develop a new game that will allow players to collect bitcoin from real-world locations. The game, Coinding, is designed to be virtual scavenger hunt (m...
Aug 29, 2011	From outer space to the ocean floor, Geocaching.com now boasts more than 1.5 million hidden treasures	Seattle’s Groundspeak was one of the early pioneers in geocaching, a high-tech, location-based treasure hunt of sorts where people seek out hidden containers filled with goodies using GPS devices or smartphones. When Jeremy Irish, Elias Alv...
Aug 22, 2011	TC Tests The GeoMate Jr., A Geocaching GPS Unit For The Wee Ones	I just had the unique pleasure geocaching for the first time. I’d always been interested in the concept: someone hides something tiny in the wilderness and you use a GPS tracker to find it. However, the thought of traipsing around in the wo...
Sep 21, 2010	Geocaching Claims 2X Participants as Foursquare, Launches New Android App	Geocaching, the game of finding objects hidden around the world using a GPS device, is believed to have 5 million participants worldwide, according to leading commercial portal Geocaching.com. That company released a new geocaching app for ...
Jun 14, 2010	Geocaching, started in Ore., marks 10th anniverary	MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A decade after the first geocache was stashed outside the Oregon community of Beavercreek, enthusiasts of this high-tech scavenger hunt have multiplied the game by more than a million. Geocaching's 10th anniversary coul...
May 21, 2010	Putting My iPad’s Geocaching App to the Test, on a Vlog in the Woods	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Today’s column is in video form, which is a first for me. I was out hiking with my dog Rhody in the Blue Hills Reservation south of Boston last weekend when a few realizations...

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FAQ about Geocaching

When was Geocaching founded?

Geocaching was founded in 2000.

What has the press written about Geocaching?

Parsers VC has collected 25 articles mentioning Geocaching, among them “New Geocaching Tour Launches: Historic Sadieville Geotrail 'Legacy of the Mules' Recalls Community’s Past” (Mar 18, 2026) and “Travel | Geocaching is the free vacation activity that’s hiding in plain sight” (Jan 2, 2025).

Is Geocaching still active?

Yes, Geocaching is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from May 29, 2026.