Winners of NOVAGO’s 2024 Geocache Awards
Thanks to all those who took the time to send in nominations and also to those who voted. MrPsyduck and Schwandt graciously formed an awards committee and together conducted behind the scenes technical magic to make the process fair.
Our very own President, hrothroc, used her talent on the 3D printers and create medals for our winners to go along with the traditional trackable tags.
We gathered in Franklin Park, Purcellville, Virginia on May 10th, 2025 to find out who would bring home the prizes as well as get to display the special winner’s SWAG on their cache pages.
And the winners are…
Best Traditional Cache
GCAYDNR – NOVACON: Minifigure Mania! by sedor18
Best Mystery/Puzzle Cache
GCAXWWH – NOVACON – Doctor Who by TheUnstealthy Monkey
Best Multi-Cache
GCAVXZ3 – NOVACON: Hogsmeade to Hogwarts by Serrabou
Best Letterbox
GCAWFFF – NOVACON: Princess Peach Funland! by SP4FUN
Best Other (Earthcache, Wherigo, or Virtual)
GCAQZHK – NOVACON: Leap Into Vernal Pools by Awesnap
GCAT7PY – Quirky Qachers Query Questionable Quander Quandary – by sedor18
GCAJJQ0 – The Historic Douglass High School by MrPsyduck
Best Theme/Series
Wordle Wizard by GriffinTamer88
Best Container
GCAXWWH – NOVACON – Doctor Who by TheUnstealthy Monkey
Most Outstanding Location/Scenery
GCAVXZ3 – NOVACON: Hogsmeade to Hogwarts by Serrabou
Best Historical/Educational Cache
GCAJJQ0 – The Historic Douglass High School by MrPsyduck
Most Physically Challenging to Find
GCAVXZ3 – NOVACON: Hogsmeade to Hogwarts by Serrabou
Cache of the Year
GCAXWWH – NOVACON – Doctor Who by TheUnstealthy Monkey
Best Event Host (for an Event or CITO)
Optimusfinn_Megadork (Serrabou and ZippyFinn)
TheUnstealthy Monkey for March 2024 – Cherry Blossom Blooms at the Tidal Basin – Sunrise view of the Washington Monument while doing some Adventure Labs
Volunteer of the Year
2024 Special Volunteer Recognition
In appreciation of leading out 2024 cache series:
Optimusfinn_Megadork (Serrabou and ZippyFinn)
Cacher of the Year
Winners of 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 (GCB4AJQ)? 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.
A challenge cache that will be lots of fun to qualify for. Can’t wait!