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Caching the Capital Region and Beyond Adventure Lab

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Awesnap

Since 2006 the Northern Virginia Geocaching Organization has had “Caching the Capital Region and Beyond” in our crest. NoVAGO was recently awarded 10 new Adventure Labs and has opted to place them around the District of Columbia. With this latest Adventure Lab we strive to take cachers into the District to show off a few things they may have missed during past visits. During a test run of these we found that grabbing most of these easily done by those red DC Bikeshare bicycles. None of these 10 labs require admission fees, security check points, or to go inside any buildings. Only three of these are not available 24/7 and you can find those posted hours on the lab pages. NoVAGO want’s our community to cache with confidence and has permission for all virtual placements. On 11JUL19 the National Mall and Memorial Parks supervisors noted: “As long as nothing is … Continue reading →

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

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Awesnap

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 →