Adventure: Geocaching – Today’s Treasure Hunting

Growing numbers of adventure seekers are embracing the unique combination of treasure hunting and outdoor traveling – geocaching. Learn the basics and discover the addictive nature of hiking with a GPS device in your hand.

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GeoCaching? What's That?

Geocaching is enjoyed by all ages from all walks of life, but what is it? Ask a muggle, the name for non-geocachers, and the most received response is, “It’s a waste of time.” Ask a geocacher and you may hear it’s a game, a sport, a hobby, or an online treasure hunt. In reality, most cachers can relate to all of these descriptions.

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Geocaching: High Tech Treasure Hunt

For users of the Global Positioning System (GPS) the sudden announcement on May 2, 2000 by the White House that the intentional degradation of GPS signals available to the public would be ended was a cause for celebration. It meant that civilian users of GPS were able to pinpoint locations up to 10 times more accurately than they had before.

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Explore the State Parks with Your GPS

Minnesota State Parks have rolled out a new geocaching adventure, after introducing a geocaching program that was a big hit with park visitors. Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunt, where participants use hand-held GPS devices to track down a stash hidden in a weatherproof, camouflaged box at a location designated by latitude and longitude.