Geocaching is an outdoor activity using GPS to find hidden containers (caches). Participants use a smartphone app to locate caches, often hidden in public places like parks. Once found, geocachers ...

We are sitting in our car in a Plantation parking lot, pulled over by the police at 3 in the morning under suspicion of prowling. But we are not prowling, or breaking any laws at all. We are ...

Who doesn’t like a good treasure hunt? There is a modern day version of the treasure hunt called “geocaching.” Someone hides something, provides a few clues online, and then others seek out the item.

Blend in with its surroundings. Be properly labeled with cache name, contact information and log location. Have a letter inside explaining the nature of the contents. Be located in a spot that doesn’t ...

A game of hide-and-seek using GPS technology is a joyful distraction for many. By A.C. Shilton If it feels as if you’ve already explored every last nook and cranny of your cramped lockdown life know ...

In a game of global positioning called geocaching, the lowly treasure hunt has gone high-tech — but it can also be a game of risk when terrorism-sensitive authorities find the goods first. Scot ...

A tiny geocache was supposed to be hidden in a hedge lining a Pasadena sidewalk, between a pole without a sign and a parking meter. The geocaching community labeled it as an easy find in the app, but ...

For the passerby, the scene must have looked a little strange. Two adults and three children, clambering around on all fours like a herd of herbivores, sniffing, scratching, and searching in the snow ...

GPS and inexpensive receivers have spawned a whole new sport or hobby called geocaching. A person or group hides a waterproof container containing a log book and some "treasure" items anywhere in the ...

SEATTLE — Geocaching celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The global game of hide and seek started in May 2000, when the U.S. government flipped a switch that made GPS signals far more accurate ...