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How Far Will You Go for a Trackable?

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Trackables are fun to find in a geocache, or trade at events. But, did you know that there is a trackable on the surface of Mars? NASA scientists came up with the idea for including a trackable on the Mars Perseverance Rover. Printed on a glass disk, it is a calibration target for the rover’s WATSON camera to focus on. When you log the trackable, you’ll earn a souvenir. Lucky for us, we don’t need to leave home to get a glimpse of this trackable.

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More new Souvenirs can be earned this month!

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More new Souvenirs can be earned this month!   Earn the International EarthCache Day 2024 souvenir by visiting any EarthCache and completing the logging requirements from Friday, October 11 through Sunday, October 13, 2024. Celebrate International EarthCache Day 2024! – Official Blog (geocaching.com) Earn a brand new Adventure Lab® souvenir to celebrate Adventure Day by completing any Adventure Lab Location from Friday, October 18 to Sunday, October 20. Save the date: Adventure Day is October 19 – Official Blog (geocaching.com) Attend or host any CITO Event September 1 through November 30 to earn your CITO 2024 Season 2 souvenir. Cache In Trash Out® (CITO) Season 2 has begun! – Official Blog (geocaching.com) Why not plan to attend the NoVAGO Fall Picnic & Annual Auction (GCAXQTF) on October 20 and you MAY be able to claim the Adventure Day Souvenir while having a fun time with your friends? And if you would … Continue reading →

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Collecting Souvenirs

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Collecting Souvenirs Souvenirs are virtual pieces of art displayed on your public profile. You can earn souvenirs in several different ways. Here is a link to help you to identify the many types available: Profile and Dashboard (geocaching.com) Some cachers are highly motivated by collecting Souvenirs while others pay little attention to these “badges”. Personally, I like this aspect of geocaching almost as much as I like working on Challenge (mystery) caches! Both encourage me to get out there frequently and provide a nice sense of accomplishment. Here are the upcoming new souvenirs for this year that have been announced so far: 2024 hider: January 1–December 31 Leap Day 2024: February 29 Cache In Trash Out®, Season 1: March 1–May 31 Blue Switch Day: May 2–4 June Solstice: June 19–21 International Geocaching Day: August 17 Cache In Trash Out®, Season 2: September 1–November 30 World Postcard Day: October 1 International EarthCache … Continue reading →


Say Goodbye to 2023 and Hello to 2024 with NoVAGO

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Members Host Events Before and After the New Year across Northern Virginia As announced by Geocaching HQ, there are two opportunities to earn some souvenirs. Earn Farewell to 2023 by finding any geocache, attending an Event, or completing an Adventure Lab® Location from December 24–31. Earn Greetings from 2024 by finding any geocache, attending an Event, or completing an Adventure Lab® Location from January 1–8. Thanks to all our volunteers who host these events so that the rest of us can get together and share geocaching stories. Here’s what coming up for you to earn these colorful souvenirs: 12/24, 9:00-9:30am, Twas the morning of the Night before Christmas in Dumfries, hosted by Team_Palazzo 12/24, 11:15am-12:00pm, Jingle Burgers in Lake Ridge, hosted by Awesnap 12/24, 1:00-2:00pm, Bottom of the Hump – Twas the Day Before Christmas in Chantilly, hosted by effstop 12/25, 3:00-3:30pm, Merry Christmas in Reston, hosted by effstop 12/29, 12:00-12:30pm, Need Your Event … Continue reading →

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Get the 2023 Hider Souvenir

2023 Hider Souvenir

We are about half-way through the year now. Time to consider how you’re doing on your geocaching goals. Did you want to hide a new cache this year? If you hide a cache before December 31st, you’ll get the 2023 Hider Souvenir.


Northern Virginia Has 17 Events Dropped On the Area for the 2018 Planetary Pursuit Promotion

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Northern Virginia has gone “event crazy” for the upcoming Groundspeak promotion “Planetary Pursuit.” Geocaching’s Official Blog describes this promotion as “The year is 2650. You are invited to join the Geocaching Explorers Club and be among the first geocachers to visit every planet in our solar system, earning souvenirs along the way. Find different geocache types to individually collect points on the Friend League between March 19 and April 8 and earn up to 10 new souvenirs to become an Official Space Explorer.” Attention space explorers! To give geocachers more time to complete their missions, Planetary Pursuit has been extended for an additional week. Please log all your finds before Monday, April 16! You cane score Points as follows: Action Point value Log a Found it on any geocache (Traditional, Virtual, Webcam, Wherigo) 5 Log a Found it on a Multi-Cache or Letterbox Hybrid 10 Log a Found it on a Mystery Cache or EarthCache 15 Log a Found it on a … Continue reading →

Australia Day Events in Northern Virginia

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To celebrate Australia Day Groundspeak has created the Where in the world is Signal the Frog®? Australia!.  You can earn a Australia Day 2018 souvenir by hosting or attending an event on Friday, January 26 through Sunday, January 28, 2018.  A few members of our local geocaching community jumped at the the chance to host a Australia Day event!  So hop on over to one of them, hang out with fellow geocachers, and earn your Australia Day 2018 souvenir. Friday, January 26, 2018 Australia Day! 5:30 pm in Haymarket Hosted by Gaiterman Saturday, January 27, 2018 Australia Day 2018 5 pm in Sterling Hosted by Effstop Bunch of Guys Down Under – Australia Day 6 pm in Stafford Hosted by Roadtrip Sunday, January 28, 2018 Australia Day (1/28/2018) 1 pm in Dumfries Hosted by Cache Clown 76 Australia Day 2018 5:30 pm in Arlington Hosted by PlatoAddict [poll id=”3″] … Continue reading →