Winners of NOVAGO’s 2025 Geocache Awards
Thanks to all those who took the time to send in nominations and also to those who voted. MrPsyduck, Schwandt and sedor18 graciously formed an awards committee and together conducted behind the scenes technical magic to make the process fair.
Our very own President, hrothroc created certificates for our winners to go along with the traditional trackable tags. In addition hyperactivegirl provided laser ectched medallions.
We gathered at the Hal and Berni Hanson Regional Park, Stone Ridge, Virginia for NoVAGO’s 2026 Spring Picnic & Cache Awards event (GCBJVA7).
A huge thank‑you to the cachers who invested extra time and creativity into hides that stood out enough to earn nominations. And of course, cheers to this year’s winners!
And the winners are…
Best Traditional Cache
GGCBDW57 – NoVAGO ‘25 OFTs: A Gadget Sampler by rlobecker
Best Mystery/Puzzle Cache
GCBB7EQ – NoVAGO ‘25 OFTs: Electric Skateboarding by Luv4VA
Best Multi-Cache
GCBBPCD – NoVAGO ’25 OFTs; Mah Jongg 🀄️ by APC2
Best Letterbox
GCBCHEW – NoVAGO ’25 OFTs: The Jedi Path by saberspark77 (and WVKiwi helped)
Best Adventure Lab (with Bonus)
GCB2DA9 – I Spy With My Little Eye…a Bonus Cache! by QUE3NBE3
Best Wherigo
GCBF30Z – The Mighty Pohick: Other People’s Cachesby rlobecker
Best Other (Earthcache, Virtual)
GCAJHNJ – Chapel Ruins by rlobecker
Best Theme/Series
GCB0HRH – Arboria Obscura by Serrabou
Best Container
GCBAE03 – Idylwood FLAG by TheUnstealthy Monkey
Most Outstanding Location/Scenery
GCBCHEW – NoVAGO ’25 OFTs: The Jedi Path by saberspark77
Best Historical/Educational Cache
GCAJHNJ – Chapel Ruins by rlobecker
Best Kids Cache
GCB7D08 – Pirate Battleship by VAPirate
Most Physically Challenging to Find
GCBCHEW – NoVAGO ’25 OFTs: The Jedi Path by saberspark77
Cache of the Year
GCAXGCBDW57 – NoVAGO ’25 OFTs: A Gadget Sampler by rlobecker
Best Event Host (for an Event or CITO)
2025 Special Volunteer Recognition
In appreciation of leading out 2025 cache series:
Volunteer of the Year
Cacher of the Year
Winners of the NoVAGO annual cache awards final voting ballot may add this special SWAG to their cache page and to their geocaching.com profile as desired:
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Do you qualify for the NoVAGO’s Best of 2025 Challenge (GCBG5VE)? This year we are celebrating all great caches published in 2025. Find 25 or more within the NoVAGO territories which have 5+ favorite points to qualify. Thank you vpdj for placing and maintaining this cache.
Check out the Cache Award Winners: History for previous winners.