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Want to merge some technology with your time in the park? Walk one of the many nature trials found in parks searching for one of the hidden geocaches using your GPS. Whether you are a seasoned geocacher or new to the game, you are sure to have a great time using GPS or time-honored methods to search for hidden “treasures” in our parks or just to have fun on the trail. Check to see which parks rent the necessary equipment and which require you to bring your own. To start your adventure, go to geocaching.com.
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Tahquamenon Falls State Park offers 9 caches of varying difficulty scattered around the park. Many are stashed in beautiful locations that might otherwise go unnoticed. The Lower Falls Island, the Giant Pines and the desolate shoreline of Whitefish Bay are all memorable caches for many explorers that visit Tahquamenon.
The interpretive staff put on an introductory "Geocaching 101" program weekly during the summer, providing hands-on instruction to learn the basics of geocaching. GPS units can be checked out from the park headquarters year-round, along with a print out of geocache locations.
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Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites
For the perfect mix of technology and trails try a Georgia State Parks & Histroic Sites Geo-Challenge! Now more than 43 state parks are part of The Parks Geo-Challenge and 14 historic sites are on The History Trail. Grab your GPS and join one of the biggest treasure hunts in the state.
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If you’re not familiar with geocaching, consider it a worldwide scavenger hunt, navigating via a specific set of GPS coordinates. All you need is a GPS unit or GPS-enabled device, and you’ll be wandering around parks, trails, city streets, monuments, natural landmarks, shopping malls — just about anywhere! — trying to find treasure caches. Read More on our blog!
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Geocaching is a high-tech version of hide-and-seek. Use your GPS for a family-friendly adventure at most Florida's state parks. Look at Tomoka State Park in Ormond Beach or Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Hobe Sound.
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Like a treasure hunt using GPS, geocaching is fun for all ages. At Sleepy Hollow, geocachers can test their skills with more than 20 challenging caches peppered throughout the park. Hayes, Straits, Fort Wilkins, and Hoeft State Parks all have permanent geocaches within their boundaries.
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Got GPS? Caches are stashed in dozens of parks, from Alum Creek to West Branch, and the lodges at Burr Oak, Deer Creek, Hueston Woods and Mohican, Salt Fork and Shawnee offer special overnight packages with geocaching. Hueston Woods is studded with caches, and is holding a geocaching day in August to get you started. See geocaching.com for cache details.
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If you do not have a GPS, some of the parks rent them, or you can teach your child orienteering using a basic compass.
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