Geocache Your Way to the Gold

Aren’t scavenger hunts great? Well, as a full grown adult, your scavenger hunts probably consist of grocery runs and frantic searches for your car keys. But just because you’re not a kid anymore doesn’t mean you still can’t have fun—and get a good workout in the process.

If you’re not familiar with the new phenomenon of “geocaching,” it’s essential a scavenger hunt that uses your phone’s GPS to help locate containers, and afterwards, participants go online and report their findings.

Washington State Parks has its own geoacaching program: The Washington State Parks Centennial GeoTour, which features 103 geocaches spread across state parks in Washington.

Participants can print out passports, which are like scorecards—and once they’re completed, you can mail them in to receive a commemorative geocoin in either silver or gold (depending on how many times you’ve completed your passport).

For more information on the Washington State Parks Centennial Geotour, click here. You can also download the GeoTour passport, map, and guidelines. And for those who are curious about geocaching in general, join other Washingtonians on the Washington State Geocaching Association’s forums, here. Happy geocaching!