Geocaching 4-H Project Area

Geocaching is a technology-based activity that has been growing in popularity. Participants, called geocachers, use hand-held global positioning system (GPS) units to navigate to a set of coordinates, and then attempt to find the hidden container called a geocache. After arriving at the location, the geocacher must use additional clues to find the hidden cache. Once the cache is found, the geocacher can log their name and the date in the log book found in the cache. The find can then be logged on your geocaching account.

If you leave an item in the cache, you then may take an item out of the cache as an exchange. Caches are creatively hidden everywhere, so the average person can walk by without noticing it. Many caches are hidden in historical or noteworthy places, giving the geocacher an opportunity to learn more about the location.

Scoresheets

Contact your local Extension Office

• Extension Offices

Exhibit Ideas 

• A poster or display about one of the Experiments or Project Areas completed
• Examples of Blue Ribbon Exhibits

How Do I Sign Up?

Project Videos

Related Events & Camps

WVU is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer -- Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran.
In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, and reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs).
The WVU Board of Governors is the governing body of WVU. The Higher Education Policy Commission in West Virginia is responsible for developing, establishing, and overseeing the implementation of a public policy agenda for the state’s four-year colleges and universities.
Reasonable accommodations will be made to provide this content in alternate formats upon request. Contact the WVU Extension Service Office of Communications at 304-293-4222.