NoVAGO 2026 Fall Picnic and Silent Auction

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📅 Save the Date! 🍂🐾 Join us for the NoVAGO Fall Picnic & Auction—a fun-filled day with friends, community, and our annual auction event! 📍 Bluemont Park, Arlington, VA 📅 October 18, 2026 🕚 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM Event page — coming soon! The event page will be published soon, along with volunteer sign-up opportunities for those who would like to help make this event a success. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details—we can’t wait to see you there! 🍁 Silent Auction This is our biggest fundraiser of the year! To find out how to donate items, visit our other post on the topic: -> NoVAGO Fall Auction 2026 Volunteers We’d love your help to make it a fantastic day for everyone. If you enjoy supporting events, meeting fellow cachers, or just lending a hand to keep things running smoothly, we’d be thrilled to have you on … Continue reading →

NoVAGO Fall Auction 2026

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October 12th is the date for NoVAGO’s Fall Auction at our annual picnic! From collectible geocoins to caching services or a day as your personal caching buddy, the possibilities are endless. Donations of items, services, or experiences from our members are essential to the auction’s success. Each bid directly supports our events, outreach, and resources for the geocaching community in Northern Virginia.

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NOVAGO’s 2025 Geocache Award Winners

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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 … Continue reading →

NoVAGO Spring CITO – 2026

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🌱 NoVAGO Spring CITO – 2026 🌱 Join us on May 3 for an hour of giving back to the park we love to explore. 📍 Hal & Berni Hanson Regional Park Hanson Nature Center.⏰ 2:30–3:30 pm The log and bags will be available near the nature center. Bring your gloves, your geo‑crew, and your enthusiasm as we clean up the trails and help keep this beautiful space ready for future adventures. Every bit of effort makes a difference. Let’s show some NoVAGO pride and leave the park better than we found it. Log your will attend: NoVAGO Spring CITO – 2026 … Continue reading →

2026 Spring Picnic volunteer sign up is open

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We’d love your help to make it a fantastic day for everyone. If you enjoy supporting events, meeting fellow cachers, or just lending a hand to keep things running smoothly, we’d be thrilled to have you on the team. We’re looking for volunteers to assist with: Grill Masters:  A team of at least two, will set up and heat up the grill at the start and cook hot dogs and hamburgers. Photographer: A photographer is needed to capture the award presentation and the fun camaraderie during the event. Setup and Cleanup: We need folks available to setup and clean up the picnic. The board members will be setting up for the awards ceremony and other activities. Your time and energy make a huge difference in bringing our community together. If you’re interested in helping out, please let us know — we’d be grateful to have you join the crew. Join … Continue reading →

NoVAGO 2026 Spring Picnic and Cache Awards — Event GCBJVA7

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Join us for a day of food, fun, friendship, and celebrating the amazing accomplishments of our caching community on May 3, 2026 — our annual Spring Picnic & Cache Awards Ceremony event page has been published. Log your “Will Attend” to stay informed. Event page: NoVAGO’s 2026 Spring Picnic & Cache Awards (GCBJVA7) 📍 Hal and Berni Hanson Regional Park, Pavilion #3 22925 Hanson Park Dr, Stone Ridge 🎉 May 3, 2026 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Voting for the Cache Awards Select to Vote for your favorite caches and cachers: https://forms.gle/JapCjBTT1fqMztxbA Select to view the Nominees for NOVAGO’s 2025 Geocache Awards as it lists the categories and nominations. Volunteers We’d love your help to make it a fantastic day for everyone. If you enjoy supporting events, meeting fellow cachers, or just lending a hand to keep things running smoothly, we’d be thrilled to have you on the team. We’re … Continue reading →

Ballot is open for NOVAGO’s 2025 Geocache Awards

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Voting is Open! The ballot for the 2025 NoVAGO Awards is now available. Although the deadline is Sunday, April 19, feel free to cast your ballot earlier than later – but only once!  Please reach out to the Awards Committee (awards@novago.org) if you have questions or run into challenges. Select to Vote: https://forms.gle/JapCjBTT1fqMztxbA Winners will be announced at our NoVAGO’s 2026 Spring Picnic & Cache Awards Event on May 3rd at Hal and Berni Hanson Regional Park, Stone Ridge, Virginia. … Continue reading →

Nominees for NOVAGO’s 2025 Geocache Awards

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Nominees for NOVAGO’s 2025 Geocache Awards Thanks to all those who took the time to send in nominations. While not all nominations were able to make the final cut, we were impressed with every suggestion. The hardworking awards committee have compiled the caches on this list from the very best of 2025. We invite all geocachers to go out and find as many of these wonderful caches as possible. For a geocaching friendly list of the nominees: CLICK HERE. Voting is Open The ballot for the 2025 NoVAGO Awards is now available. Although the deadline is Sunday, April 19, feel free to cast your ballot earlier than later – but only once!  Please reach out to the Awards Committee (awards@novago.org) if you have questions or run into challenges. Select to Vote: https://forms.gle/JapCjBTT1fqMztxbA Winners will be announced at our NoVAGO’s 2026 Spring Picnic & Cache Awards Event on May 3rd at Hal and Berni Hanson … Continue reading →

NoVAGO 2026 Spring Picnic and Cache Awards — Event GCBJVA7 published

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🌼 Event page is live – log your Will Attend! 🌼 Join us for a day of food, fun, friendship, and celebrating the amazing accomplishments of our caching community on May 3, 2026 — our annual Spring Picnic & Cache Awards Ceremony event page has been published. Log your “Will Attend” to stay informed. Event page: NoVAGO’s 2026 Spring Picnic & Cache Awards (GCBJVA7) 📍 Hal and Berni Hanson Regional Park, Pavilion #3 22925 Hanson Park Dr, Stone Ridge 🎉 May 3, 2026 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Don’t forget to submit your favorite caches published is 2025 —Nominations for the 2025 Awards are now Open! More information to follow – such as ways you can volunteer to help make this a memorable event! … Continue reading →