There was 63 votes cast for NoVAGO’s Path Tag Contest, and clear winner is choice “C,” the “Virginia is for Geocachers” design. Congratulations to The Unstealthy Monkey for creating the winning design! NoVAGO will get started right away on getting these made! … Continue reading →

A new 12 cache geotrail is being launched in Winchester on June 5, 2021 at 10:30 am. The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley has preserved 90 acres of the largest green space in the city of Winchester and it is open to the public year-round.  The MSV has more than three miles of trails for walking, running, and biking that will take cachers through fields, woods, and wetlands. Those who find them all will have an opportunity to be among the first to earn a commemorative geocoin created specifically for this collection of traditional caches.  Access to the Trails at the MSV is free. Here is the link to the event: “Trails at the MSV Geotrail” Kickoff Event (GC9B40C) … Continue reading →

  On Saturday, April 24, 2021, the Olympiad Games in Northern Virginia came to an end with a closing ceremony that ran for about two hours. Medalists from South Korea, Jamaica, and Greece met at a private ceremony held in Woodbridge, VA to receive their prizes. The nature of the Olympics shifted significantly from the original plan, and the distribution of the 50 medals had to be changed.  While there are Olympians who went above and beyond in their quest for magnets, limits had to set for real medals to one per person for the general medal hunt.  Geocachers who won a photo category received a medal and a trackable for their winning photo. The president of the NoVAGO Olympiad Committee (NOC), Zippyfinn, used her speech to praise the cacheletes from all three competing teams for their good sportsmanship, great logs, and zany cache photos. After the official medal distribution … Continue reading →

The link below will take you to a PDF with some guidance.  Feel free to ask questions! HOW TO PLAY LINK     … Continue reading →