NoVAGO Links
- Join NoVAGO – Register to join the Northern Virginia Geocaching Organization and take advantage of member benefits.
- NoVAGO Forum – for members only
- NoVAGO Blog – look here for news and announcements
- NoVAGO Facebook Group
- NoVAGO Discord – contact the NoVAGO PR officer (TrexM8s) for an invite *New* Feb 2026
Where to Find Geocaches
- Geocaching.com (This the official site for most geocaches found in the U.S.)
- Local Geocaching Events Calendar
- Handicaching (this aims to improve accessibility of geocaching for disabled people.)
- OpenCaching North America (this is a cache finding game)
- TerraCaching (this is another cache finding game)
Hide a Geocache
- Geocache hiding guidelines – guidelines created by Geocaching HQ are a good place to start
- How to get permission to place a new geocache – official blog by Geocaching HQ
- Virginia’s Land Use Agreements and Reviewers – regional policies and contacts
Help for Puzzles
- NoVAGO Puzzle Workshop 2026 event files: 2026 Puzzle Class Files.zip *New* Feb 2026
- In the NoVAGO blog: Help With Mystery Caches, Posted on January 28, 2023 by mcgmarauders
- Boulter’s Coordinate Conversion Tool – GPS coordinate converter
- CacheSleuth – many geocaching tools
- dCode – decipher codes
- Geocacing Toolbox – many geocaching tools
- Rumkin Ciphers & Codes – decipher codes
- WJ Family’s Geocaching Puzzle Webtools – a mega list links for solving puzzle caches
Useful and/or Related
- Cachetur.no – a trip planning tool for geocachers. Cachetur.no lets you plan private trips, group trips, and password protected trips.
- Download the guide book that was used in our 2026 “Geocaching 201 – How to CACHETUR” event: Cachetur Presentation Guide.pdf *New* Feb 2026
- Geocacher’s Compass
- Geocaching Central
- Geological Society of America: Earthcache
- Geoscouting
- GPS Visualizer
- GSAK
- Lab2Gpx – This tool generates a GPX file containing Geocaching Adventure Labs for use in several Geocaching Apps and Garmin GPS devices.
- My Geocaching Profile – compile stats for your profile page
- National Geodetic Survey – Finding Survey Marks & Data Sheets
- NGS Benchmark Viewer – even though Benchmarking isn’t part of geocaching, it use to be, so we are including it here
- Project-GC – Profile Stats, Challenge Checkers and other useful tools utilizing geocaching.com data
- TechBlazer – download & print log sheets
Apps for your phone
- Adventure Lab – the official app for playing Adventure lab caches (iOS & Android, FREE)
- Cachly – a geocaching app with access to geocaching.com for IOS devices
- GCDroid / WheriDroid – a geocaching app with integrated Wherigo player and other features for Android devices *New* Feb 2026
- Geocaching® – the official Groundspeak geocaching app
- Geooh GO – for Android can show all the stages for all Adventure Labs at the same time; helps you plan when labs overlap
- TBScan – discover and log trackables
- Wherigo – – the official app for playing wherigo type caches