Nominees for NOVAGO’s 2024 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 2024. We invite all geocachers to go out and find as many of these wonderful caches as possible. For a geocaching friendly list, CLICK HERE.
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(link will be active April 1-15)
Voting is scheduled to be open for ALL categories April 1-15, 2025. Winners will be announced at our NoVAGO’s 2025 Spring Picnic & Cache Awards Event on May 10th in Purcellville.
Without further ado, here are the nominees:
Best Traditional Cache
GCAK199 – Arlington FLAG by TheUnstealthy Monkey
GCAPFVZ – LPC: Inception by GeoGeoffing
GCAWC6M – Mimicry by 0xDEADC0DE
GCAYDNR – NOVACON: Minifigure Mania! by sedor18
GCAZ5P7 – NOVACON: RPG Encounter by rlobecker
Best Mystery/Puzzle Cache
GCAX3X5 – NOVACON: Hidden Action Figures by The_Creeds
GCAXT5Z – NOVACON: This is the Way Bonus Cache by kiisikwa
GCAXWWH – NOVACON – Doctor Who by TheUnstealthy Monkey
Best Multi-Cache
GCAQXFR – Adventures in Ashburn & Thompsons Tree by ThompsonKickers
GCAR42J – Fairy Tales & Fables: The Shoemaker & the Elves by GriffinTamer88
GCAVHFW – NOVACON: The Settlers of Catan by CWillyPngn
GCAVXZ3 – NOVACON: Hogsmeade to Hogwarts by Serrabou
GCAY63T – NOVACON: “Snatchers Rescue Adventure” by ThompsonKickers
Best Letterbox Hybrid
GCAP06M – NoVACON: Super Mario Bros. by GriffinTamer88
GCAWFFF – NOVACON: Princess Peach Funland! by SP4FUN
GCAXVD5 – NOVACON – SCOOBY DOO Geocaching in the Graveyard by supertodd88
GCAYBJA – NOVACON : Tasmanian Devillll by TheWanderesss
GCB02W3 – NOVACON Expansion Pack: Mario Kart by Serrabou
Best Earthcache
GCAPBJG- SMSP: Bare Witness to this Rock by Awesnap
GCAQZHK – NOVACON: Leap Into Vernal Pools by Awesnap
GCAW6TA – 8th Vermont Monument by MatthewCat
GCAYXRW – Duluth Gabbro for this Devil Dog Overlook by Awesnap
GCB03AD – Pentagon Stone Memorial by MJBinski
Best Wherigo
GCAKDE2 – Don’t Panic – An HHGTTG Wherigo by gob1g10
GCAM0F1 – How High Is Picky? by frumiousb
GCAP28B – Eclipse Groupies’ Slice of Sunshine by frumiousb
GCAT7PY – Quirky Qachers Query Questionable Quander Quandary – by sedor18
Best Virtual
GCAJFVC – Suffragist Leader: Alice Paul by TrexM8s
GCAJH32 – Fly me to the Moon by kiisikwa
GCAJHFN – Be All You Can Be! by MJBinski
GCAJHN3 – Groveton Confederate Cemetery by pwesleynd93
GCAJJ5T – Meadowlark Botanical Gardens by effstop
GCAJJQ0 – The Historic Douglass High School by MrPsyduck
Best Theme/Series
3rd Annual Turkey Drop by Multiple Hiders
Geo – helloitsmecarly
One Hit Wonders by mcgmarauders
Wordle Wizard by GriffinTamer88
WS Caching by Hankster892
Best Container
GCAN60T – NoVACON: Up, Up, and Awaaay! by frumiousb
GCAWC6M – Mimicry by 0xDEADC0DE
GCAXWWH – NOVACON – Doctor Who by TheUnstealthy Monkey
GCAZ5P7 – NOVACON: RPG Encounter by rlobecker
Most Outstanding Location/Scenery
GCAQZHK – NOVACON: Leap Into Vernal Pools by Awesnap
GCAVHFW – NOVACON: The Settlers of Catan by CWillyPngn
GCAVXZ3 – NOVACON: Hogsmeade to Hogwarts by Serrabou
GCAXVD5 – NOVACON – SCOOBY DOO Geocaching in the Graveyard by supertodd88
GCAY63T – NOVACON: “Snatchers Rescue Adventure” by ThompsonKickers
Best Historical/Educational Cache
GCAJFVC – Suffragist Leader: Alice Paul by TrexM8s
GCAJJQ0 – The Historic Douglass High School by MrPsyduck
GCAQZHK – NOVACON: Leap Into Vernal Pools by Awesnap
GCB17JF – The Electric Trolley Line by flyingmoose
GCAJH32 – Fly me to the Moon by kiisikwa
Most Physically Challenging to Find
GCAR422 – Fairy Tales & Fables: Jack and the Beanstalk by GriffinTamer88
GCARM8N – A Tale of Two Trees by GriffinTamer88
GCAVXZ3 – NOVACON: Hogsmeade to Hogwarts by Serrabou
Best Event Host (for an Event or CITO)
- DePhogration
- rufnredy
- Optimusfinn_Megadork
- frumiousb
- effstop
- kiisikwa
Cacher of the Year
Rookie / Newcomer of the Year
Volunteer of the Year
Nominees in this category will be selected by the 2024 board and winner will be presented at the spring picnic.
Photo of the Year
Visit our monthly winners from the 2024 Photo of the Month Contest here: 2024 Photo of the Month Contest Winners
Study the photos and make note of the one you think should win Photo of the Year!
Cache of the Year
Cache of the Year will be chosen from all the caches above.
Nominees who make it to 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 2024 Challenge? This year we are celebrating all great caches published in 2024. Find 25 or more within the NoVAGO territories which have 5+ favorite points to qualify. Thank you vpdj for placing and maintaining this cache. (Coming Soon)