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What is Geocaching?
Geocaching is like a treasure hunt, with a very accurate map. Individuals and organizations set up “caches” of rewards all over the world, ranging from toy army soldiers to bragging rights. The cache creator then reveals the latitude and longitude of these caches online, and provides additional clues if necessary. The general rule of thumb is, “If you take an item, leave an item, and write in the logbook.”
What is a GPS unit?
GPS stands for Global Position System. A GPS unit is an electronic navigational device that indicates the user’s longitude and latitude. It can be used to get from one point to another point, to measure distance traveled, speed, and other related parameters. It works by broadcasting a signal to satellites, and interpreting the response data to triangulate a location. GPS units range from $100 to $1000, and are used for a variety of purposes both recreational and official.
Potter County has some local geocache sites at the Austin Dam, along the Susquehannock Trail System and look for more caches here
Other Fun Outdoors Activities with a GPS Unit:
- Benchmark Hunting: Similar to geocaching, but benchmark hunters seek National Geodetic Survey markers, used by the NGS to enable land surveying, civil engineering and mapping activities. These markers are generally metal disks. Benchmark hunters who locate a benchmark report their find online and often share pictures of the moment of discovery.
- Trail running: Wrist-bound GPS units not only measure distance travel, but are also able to monitor heart rate, speed, pace and calories burned. Many of these devices also log lap times, so you can gauge performance over time. - Boating and Fishing: GPS units are great for nautical adventurers, as they help with following fish patterns, marking casting points, favorite fishing spots, etc.
 Garmin E- Trex GPS Price: 104.50 FREE SHIPPING - The Garmin E- Trex is Truly a small wonder, the E-Trex takes the best features of a 12 parallel channel GPS receiver and put them into a six ounce package that is only four inches high and two inches wide. The result is a unit that will literally fit in the palm of your hand. Besides its small size, mariners and outdoorsmen will likely notice the sleek design of the eTrex. All buttons are located on either side of the unit, allowing for simple, one-handed operation that won't obstruct your view of the display. In fact, the eTrex features only five operator buttons for the ultimate in user-friendly design. The eTrex will store up to 500 user waypoints with graphic icons and boasts Garmin's exclusive TracBack feature that will reverse your track log and help you navigate your way back home. Other Features: Antenna: Internal Mapping: No Waypoints: 500 Waterproof: Yes Digital Compass: No Dimensions: 4.4x 2 x 1.2in Power: 2AA Battery Life: 22 hrs Weight: 5.4oz Warranty: 1 Year Use: Backcountry
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 Garmin Geko 101 GPS Price: 112.95 FREE SHIPPING - The Garmin Geko's are the smallest and lightest waterproof GPS units on the market—inexpensive, with sleek designs and simple operating systems. With its sun-yellow case, the economical Geko 101 is perfect for navigational novices. Features such as one-touch waypoint marking make it a snap to use. Easily maneuver from one waypoint to the next using its 250-waypoint storage capacity with symbols, and pan along your track with PanTrack. Pantrack as automatic track storage: 3,000 trackpoints. Other Features: Antenna: Internal Mapping: No Waypoints: 250 Waterproof: Yes Digital Compass: No Dimensions: 1.9x 3.9 x 96 Power: 2AAA Battery Life: 12 hrs Weight: 3.1oz Warranty: 1 Year Use: Backcountry
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 Garmin E- Trex Legend GPS Price: 181.50 FREE SHIPPING - The eTrex Legend is Garmin's exciting, new, pocket-sized handheld that brings color, automatic routing, longer battery life, plus more to the popular-selling eTrex Legend. You won’t miss a thing when you take this colorful, lightweight, easy-to-use handheld out hiking, biking, boating or even geocaching. The eTrex Legend Garmin's smallest, least expensive products to combine GPS routing capabilities in a waterproof design. Outdoor enthusiasts will love the latest improvements made to the eTrex Legend. Other Features: Antenna: Internal Mapping: Yes Waypoints: 500 Waterproof: Yes, to 1 meter Digital Compass: Yes Dimensions: 4.4x 2 x 1.2in Power: 2AA Battery Life: 22 hrs Weight: 5.4oz Warranty: 1 Year Use: Backcountry
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 Garmin E- Trex Cigarette Lighter Adapter Price: 39.95 The Garmin E-Trex Cigarette Lighter Adapter will keep your GPS unit charged no matter where you are off roading or car camping. Compatible with all Garmin's E- Trex units.
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If you've never been geocaching, it's basically a community-enabled treasure hunt using GPS devices. The idea is, someone hides a "treasure" somewhere on the planet, and posts its coordinates online. Geocachers locate the "treasure," and the tradition is to sign a logbook, and if you take a piece of the treasure, to replace it with something else. Pretty neat, you can read more about it here. One of the most popular units among geocachers is the Garmin E-Trex, which is carried by BentGear.com.
Practice "Cache In Trash Out"
Every year geocachers around the world get together and clean up their local parks. It's just one way we can contribute to the maintenance of our outdoor spaces and to say "thanks" to the land managers that help to make our parks a great place for geocaching. Learn about how you can start your own CITO event, or just how you and your family can CITO every time you go geocaching. Visit CacheInTrashOut.org for more information.