Nominations for the 2025 Awards are now Open!

1

Nominations will be accepted until February 28th. Each year NoVAGO honors some of the best caches that were placed in Northern Virginia. This year, more than 570 caches qualified to be nominated – well done, hiders! Nominations are an opportunity for you to recognize the efforts of your fellow NoVAGO cachers who have placed hides that you have enjoyed. This list is meant to help you think of some of the best geocaches you found last year. Any questions about the 2025 awards should be sent to awards@novago.org Select to view a Geocaching.com list of eligible caches: https://coord.info/BMF7J5D Click here to submit nominations: CACHE AWARD NOMINATION FORM Further instructions are included on the form. The categories are listed below. For descriptions, refer to this post: 2025 NoVAGO Award Categories Cache Type: Best Traditional Cache Best Mystery/Puzzle Cache Best Multicache Best Letterbox Hybrid Cache Best Earthcache Best Virtual Best Wherigo Cache of … Continue reading →

2025 NoVAGO Award Categories

Each year NoVAGO honors some of the best caches that were placed in Northern Virginia. Nominations are an opportunity for you to recognize the efforts of your fellow NoVAGO cachers who have placed hides that you have enjoyed. This list is meant to help you think of some of the best geocaches you found last year. For the 2025 NoVAGO Awards, nominations will be solicited for the following categories, which were approved by the NoVAGO Board. Some changes have been introduced from some of the 2024 categories. Make sure that you refresh your understanding of the categories before submitting your nominations. Also, please note that none of these categories are required to be awarded each year. Cache type awards may be combined after the nomination period.   2025 NoVAGO Cache Award Category Descriptions Cache Type: Best Traditional Cache – The familiar green box on the map, which one made the … Continue reading →

NoVAGO 2026 Spring Picnic and Cache Awards

Posted on by
Reply

🌼 Save the Date, NoVAGO! 🌼 Mark your calendars for May 3, 2026 — our annual Spring Picnic & Cache Awards Ceremony is headed your way, and you won’t want to miss it. 📍 Hal & Berni Hanson Park, Stone Ridge, VA🎉 A day of food, fun, friendship, and celebrating the amazing accomplishments of our caching community More details coming soon about the awards and the picnic — but for now, circle the date and get ready for a fantastic spring gathering! Let’s make this year’s celebration one to remember. 🌳✨ More information coming… … Continue reading →

Meet the Board & Thanks 2025! Event

Posted on by
Reply

Northern Virginia Geocaching Organization is pleased to announce the 2025 board of officers will return for 2026! OFFICERS-2025 PRESIDENT – hrothroc VICE PRESIDENT – CherokeeThree SECRETARY – sedor18 TREASURER – freddiecrs PUPLIC RELATIONS – TrexM8s DIRECTORS-2025: ThompsonKickers DePhogration SP4Fun TeAm G Winchester APC2 The 2026 DIRECTORS will be determined upon vote at the first board meeting, held prior to the Thanks Event. NoVAGO relies on its volunteers to deliver its many activities and events, publicity and community outreach, and honors and awards. During 2025, these NoVAGO volunteers included: APC2, ByStarlight25, DVC1, Frumiousb, hooclass, Iceleftd, kiisiskwa, LMNLanchot, mcgmarauders,  MrPsyduck, Rufnredy, Saberspark77, Schwandt, sedor18, SP4Fun, ThompsonKickers, UnstealthyMonkey In January, we will use Project GC to identify the cachers that hosted events in 2025. Thank you for helping bring our community together through these gatherings. Every year, we gather to meet our the officers (most will be there) and to celebrate the outgoing directors and volunteers who’ve given so much. Join the conversation and explore ways … Continue reading →

Geocaching 200: January 2026 workshops

Posted on by
1

NoVAGO volunteers have been sharing the basics of geocaching through Geocaching 101 events at local libraries since 2024. Now, in 2026, they’re taking geocaching education to the next level with advanced courses—starting with two hands-on workshops in January. Log your will attends to enable the hosts to setup the meeting room with enough tables and seating. Cache Mob / Geocaching 201 – How to CACHETUR (GCBFZH8) Refer to the cache page to download a workbook with details on how to use CACHETUR. Who: NoVAGO What: CACHETUR When: Sunday, January 4th 2026, 3:30PM – 5:30PM Where: City of Fairfax Regional Library – Meeting Room 101 A/B Host: vpdj The event page explains: Cachetur.no is a website and app available to plan an all-day caching adventure. The website – https://cachetur.no – is used to gather the group of caches to target on a trip. You set a starting and ending place and … Continue reading →

2026 Photo of the Month Contest – Introducing Themes

Posted on by
Reply

***To enter the 2026 contest: log in as a member and then visit HERE. For 2026, we plan on introducing monthly themes for the Photo of the Month Contest to inspire NoVAGO cachers and provide a clearer focus for voting. In addition, we will be adding an optional field to insert a link to the log where the photo has been posted. This may provide some backstory to the photo for the enjoyment of the viewers. The following are the proposed 2026 guidelines. This contest is for our community, and we welcome feedback. Please share your positive suggestions with TrexM8s (Monica Lynch) – PR. Whether you found it around the corner or across the globe, your photo should be taken during a caching adventure within 12 months of the theme.* Please consider a creative, theme-based title as it can provide a fun aspect. List the cache associated with the photo … Continue reading →

Love Favorite Points

Posted on by
Reply

Favorite points, marked by a heart icon, is a Premium feature that let geocachers celebrate standout caches and track memorable adventures. If a cache brings you joy, giving it a Favorite point is a simple way to say thanks and help guide fellow geocachers to a great find. Reclaiming points from archived caches give you additional points to keep spreading the love. Here are a few fund facts about how Favorite Points work: 📚 Memory Keeper: The “Favorites” tab on your Lists page is a useful tool. You may use the list to recommend caches. It is an especially useful tool when looking for nominations for the NoVAGO Annual Awards which occurs in the Spring of each year.   💚 Appreciation Made Easy: Every cache found is a smile, but haven’t we found caches that just wow you? A quick tap of the heart thanks the cache owner for their creativity … Continue reading →

NoVAGO Volunteer Profiles: Officers

Reply

#volunteerspotlight Did you know that NoVAGO is 100% run by volunteers? They are ordinary geocachers who want to give a voice for the the wider geocaching community while supporting efforts in their own Northern Virginia area. To spotlight opportunities in the org, we are running a series of job profiles between now and our “Thanks Event,” the annual volunteer appreciation lunch in January. NoVAGO Volunteer Profiles: Officers Our annual officer elections take place during the month of December. A nominations and election committee is formed to make the process run smoothly. This team will be accepting nomination for officer positions during the entire month of November. Anyone wanting to self nominate may reach out to the committee. If you know someone who you think would be perfect for one of the jobs, you may also reach out. The committee will contact each person nominated to confirm their interest before they … Continue reading →

NoVAGO Volunteer Profiles: Nominations and Elections Committee

1

#volunteerspotlight Did you know that NoVAGO is 100% run by volunteers? They are ordinary geocachers who want to give a voice for the the wider geocaching community while supporting efforts in their own Northern Virginia area. To spotlight opportunities in the org, we are running a series of job profiles between now and our “Thanks Event,” the annual volunteer appreciation lunch in January. NoVAGO Volunteer Profiles: Nominations & Elections Committee Our annual officer elections take place during the month of December. A Nominations and Election Committee is formed to make the process run smoothly. This team will be accepting nomination for officer positions during the entire month of November. They will contact each person nominated to confirm their interest. In December they will create a ballot for any contested positions and will supervise an election. This committee is the first to know who will make up the officer slate in … Continue reading →