2018 NoVAGO Cache Awards Nominations are OPEN!

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Each year NoVAGO honors some of the best caches that were placed in Northern Virginia. Cache nominations and awards are a chance for you to recognize the efforts of fellow NoVAGO cachers who have placed hides that you have enjoyed.  Help recognize the great caches and the people who placed them by nominating your favorites for the 2018 NoVAGO Cache Awards!  This year we are allowing nominations early so that folks can nominate the great ones as they find them. For more information on categories please head over to NoVAGO’s 2018 Cache Awards — Nominations in the forums. … Continue reading →

DC Department of Parks and Recreation launches the EIGHT WARDS OF WASHINGTON, DC GEOTRAIL

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The District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation has implemented a new Geocaching program in which various facilities have been outfitted with geocaches along a Geocaching trail. The DPR hopes to educate geocachers about the eight Wards that make up the District of Columbia and their local histories, and to also highlight nearby parks and facilities throughout the eight Wards. Once you have logged all nine caches and affixed the unique stamp from each cache in your family passport, mail it in to receive your free EIGHT WARDS OF WASHINGTON, DC GEOTRAIL geocoin (only one geocoin per family while supplies last).   … Continue reading →

The Summer CITO is Coming!

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Join us July 7, 2018 for NoVAGO’s Winter CITO as we help clean up the Neabsco Creek area at Cloverdale Park. Park Ranger Eric Wysocki hand picked this CITO location for us to clean up, as the Prince William Park Authority continues to be a great partner with NoVAGO. NoVAGO 2018 Summer CITO Saturday, July 7, 2018 9:00 a.m. Cloverdale Park 15150 Cloverdale Rd Dale City, VA 22193 … Continue reading →

NoVAGO Members in the Spotlight

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NoVAGO Members have been going above and beyond representing our hobby over the last few months. On June 9, 2018 Hooclass2002, Sassyinmyheart, and PlatoAddict along with others were honored for their participation in the Find Your Chesapeake Geotour Kickoff Event in Pennsylvania.  Both Sassy (Pictured above) and Hooclass placed geocaches in Virginia for the geotour, while Plato was recognized for her contributions by staffing the FYC Table at Geowoodstock 2018 in Ohio. On May 6, 2018 DePhogration (Pictured above) and PlatoAddict were also both speakers at Geowoodstock 2018.  Set on the Land of Oz stage at Coney Island, Plato gave a Cachetur.no demonstration and DePho gave his presentation “Geocaching & Avoiding the Bomb Squad.” On May 18th Platoaddict (Pictured above) was a guest on the GeoGearHeads Podcast episode #333 titled cachetour.no I.  This episode was broadcast and recorded live on YOUTUBE. Podcasters ChrisOfTheNorthWest and DarrylW4 talked with her about Cachetur.no. … Continue reading →

Find Your Chesapeake Geotour Launches in June

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The Find Your Chesapeake Geotour Kick Off Event has been published. The event will be held at the Zimmerman Center near Wrightsville, PA on June 9th, 2018 from 10am-Noon.  NoVAGO members joined the MGS, the Chesapeake Conservancy, the National Park Service, and Susquehanna Heritage to place caches for this huge endeavor. This geotour will have over 60 caches within Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. A trackable geocoin will be awarded to the first 300 geocachers who find 20 geocaches on the trail, while supplies last. You will need to find 20 geocaches on the trail, gather the code word, to earn one of the 300 geocoins. For more information on the Find Your Chesapeake Geotour please visit the information thread in our NoVAGO forums. … Continue reading →

2018 Cache Awards: Call for Nominations

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Update (February 15, 2019): Nominations are closed. Stay tuned for your nominees! Update (February 19, 2019): View your nominated caches and cachers here 😎 👏 NoVAGO’s 2018 Geocache Awards 👾 🥰 Each year NoVAGO honors some of the best caches that were placed in Northern Virginia. Cache nominations and awards are a chance for you to recognize the efforts of fellow NoVAGO cachers who have placed hides that you have enjoyed. Please consider sending in nominations, we need your input 🙏 This year, we’re starting early. From now until February 15, 2019 we will be taking nominations for the categories below (see this post for a description of categories). After the nomination period ends, the list of nominated caches and cachers will be consolidated into a ballot and be voted on by all NoVAGO members. That’s right, even if you didn’t submit nominations, you are encouraged to come vote. Winners will be announced at … Continue reading →

And the 2017 Cache Awards Winners are…

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NoVAGO members flocked to Sundays CITO at Glencarlyn Park and NoVAGO Spring Picnic and Awards events.  Thanks to everyone who helped out and attended to make this Spring event a success.  We look forward to seeing everyone again in the fall! HERE ARE THE 2017 NoVAGO CACHE AWARD WINNERS: Best Theme/Series The Line by Awesnap (6 caches) Best Kids Cache Toad’s Missing Buttons by CWillyPngn Most Outstanding Location/Scenery The Ghost Deer Tale by freddiecrs Most Creative Cache M.I.L.L. Race: Spaceship by Serrabou Most Physically Challenging to Find M.I.L.L. Race: Spaceship by Serrabou Best Historical/Educational Cache Ghost Lake (FSf#1) by rlobecker Best Camouflage TMNT ROCKS! by nycjoyce & Taparent Best Multi-Stage Cache The Ghost Deer Tale by freddiecrs Best Mystery/Puzzle Cache End of the Line by Awesnap Best Traditional Pumpkin King’s Cliff by sassyinmyheart Best Other (Earthcache, Whereigo, Event) Barrett Branch Library Wherigo Adventure by Awesnap Best Letterbox M.I.L.L. Race: Ignition Sequence by Serrabou … Continue reading →