Geocaching with Woo

The latest treasure collection has been announced, and it sounds interesting. It's Bingo, and here are the criteria: Bingo 2026 - find 25 qualifying geocaches from July 28 - September 13, 2026 Difficulty/terrain rating: 1-4 stars Favorite points: minimum 1 point Four souvenirs will be available throughout this time period: Bingo 2026: Vertical - collect five treasure in one column Bingo 2026: Horizontal - collect five treasures in on row Bingo 2026: Diagonal - collect five treasures in a diagonal Bingo 2026: Blackout - collect all twenty-five treasures These treasures will be assigned randomly, so in order to ensure that you get them before time runs out, make sure you prioritize the Bingo 2026 collection on the Treasures page. More information can be found on the official blog post .

International Geocaching Day is coming and it's time to get planning! There are two souvenirs available this year, and I intend to get both this time. First, find and log a geocache, attend an event or complete an Adventure Lab location from August 14-16 for the Finder souvenir. Second, hide a geocache and have it published from August 1-31 for the Hider souvenir. You can read the official announcement here .

So, I noticed that there haven't been any new treasure collections released lately, and now I know why - player feedback ! But hey, there's going to be a new collection released on July 28, and it will be available through September 13, so, kind of like a souvenir campaign. Something else to note, three collections will be retiring, and will only be available through December 31, 2026: Making Memories , Celebrating 25 years and Event mementos . So go get them while you can while we wait for more news on the upcoming treasures collection!

It's time for the June Solstice and out next souvenir opportunity! From June 20-22, 2026, log a find, attend an event or complete an Adventure Lab location to earn the souvenir. As always, you can read more about it on the official blog post .

I just happened to be looking today, I noticed that a new treasure collection has been released - "Maker Magic." This collection was released on 04/07/26 and has five treasures that can be earned with the following criteria: Traditional, Multiple, Mystery or Letterbox Size - any except none Favorite Points - minimum of 5 OR a regular event I can't tell you how behind I am on collecting treasures, thank goodness there isn't an expiration date on them!

Blue Switch Day is approaching, and so is the opportunity to earn two new souvenirs! As usual, there is a souvenir for finding and logging a geocache, attending an event or completing an Adventure Lab location from May 1-3, 2026, but like last year, there is an additional souvenir available if you have a geocache published between May 1-31, 2026. If you haven't already had a geocache published by now, you'll also earn the 2026 Hider souvenir (**Bonus!**). Learn more on the official blog post .

Geocaching is bringing back Maker Magic! Whether it's 3D printed or handcrafted, show off what you've got while attending a Maker Magic event from April 9-30 to earn the souvenir. At the last Maker Magic event I attended, I brought a PVC cryptex that I made for the Creation Celebration back in 2019 - it was a great show-and-tell moment. Check out the official blog post for more information, or for guidelines if you'd like to host your own official Maker Magic event.

It's almost time for the March Equinox! Get your souvenir by logging any geocache, event or Adventure Lab location between March 19-22, 2026. Check the official blog post for more.

Two months worth of treasures has been announced on the official blog ! Here's a list of what you need to know: Fast food erasers - 4 treasures to be released February 17 Type: Not-Event caches Difficulty: 2 to 2.5 Favorite Points: 1 minimum Toy dinosaurs - 5 treasures to be released February 17 Type: Multi, Mystery, Earth Cat figurines - 9 treasures to be released March 17 Type: Traditional, Mystery, Multi Difficulty: 1-3 Geomobiles - 5 treasures to be released March 17 Attribute: Park and Grab The Treasures page on the website has also been changed out, the Priority Collections are in a column on the left, and Available Collections have been moved from below the Priority Collections to the column on the right, which can be toggled with Completed Collections. The blog post states that the App has changed as well, but I haven't interfaced with that enough to know what has changed - bad Woo :-(

Who doesn't love pie, so let's celebrate Pi Day with three new souvenirs! We need to find Mystery caches from March 13-15 to earn the following souvenirs: Coconut Cream Pi - 1 mystery cache Cherry Pi - 3 mystery caches Blueberry Pi - 14 mystery caches So, to sum it all up, find and log 14 mystery caches to earn all three souvenirs - I'm going to get solving! Read more about it on the official blog post .

It's time to start planning for Cache In, Trash Out Season 1! From March 1 to May 31, 2026, you can earn a souvenir by attending any CITO event. The official announcement can be found on the Geocaching blog post .

Finding treasures just became more rewarding! There are now souvenirs available for reaching certain milestones, such as how many overall have been found and how many collections have been completed. According to the official blog post , six souvenirs are available for the following achievements: Collect 100 treasures Collect 200 treasures Collect 300 treasures Complete 10 collections Complete 25 collections Complete 50 collections A new treasure collection was also released today, called Seashells. The six treasures in this collection have the following criteria: Type: Any non-event geocache (excluding Adventure labs) Size: Micro Favorite Points: 1 minimum I'm looking forward to the new year and what's coming up next!

It's time for my yearly geocaching review! I don't feel like I accomplished much, but maybe I did? I found less than 200 caches, but still more than the previous year. I missed out on two official souvenirs, the International Geocaching Day Hider and the GIFF 2026. I overthink putting out caches, so in my desire to put out a quality cache, I missed the window. I actually never put the cache out at all, so I even missed qualifying for the next round of Virtual Rewards. And then, I was on a cruise for the entire period of the Geocaching International Film Festival. I did, however, complete nine treasure collections, two of which had souvenirs, so I decided to make homemade souvenirs for the other seven. I'd have to say that my favorite part of last year was attending GeoWoodstock in West Virginia and completing the Country Roads Challenge and enough of the Middle of Everything GeoTour to qualify for the geocoin. We visited some really interesting places and I really...

Being a Premium Member has it's perks, especially when collecting treasures. Instead of being able to collect treasures for three different collections, which you have to select ahead of time and ensure that they are in the priority list, all treasure collections are open and available for collection. Premium members can prioritize five collections, but can still collect treasures from non-prioritized collections, as long as the toggle is in the correct position on the Treasures page . That way you can collect treasures now, or later, and you choose which collection fills up first. Another new perk for Premium Members, cache pages have a new selection in the upper-right menu - "View Treasures." Click on that to see which treasure collection(s) that particular cache qualifies for. It seems like that will come in handy. I've had times where I've switched between maps of different collections in order to plan a trip in order to get the most treasures, and it ...

The Solstice is approaching, so it's time for another souvenir! In order to earn the December Solstice 2025 souvenir, we must find a geocache, attend an event or log an Adventure Lab location from December 19-21, 2025. Read the official announcement here .

Three new treasure collections were released today - here's what you need to know: Dog figurines - This is a collection of nine treasures any non-event geocache, except Adventure lab locations Size: micro Attribute: dog friendly Origami animals - This collection has fourteen treasures Traditional geocaches Size: small Favorite Points: 4 minimum Snow globes - There are seven treasures in this collection Traditional, Multi-cache, Mystery Size: regular, large, other Favorite Points: 2 minimum Check your Treasures page to stay updated on your progress and new collections!

2025 is coming to a close, so it's time to wrap up this year, and start the new one, with souvenirs! Each can be earned by finding a geocache, attending any event or logging an Adventure Lab location. Get the Closing 2025 souvenir from December 24-31, 2025, and the Unboxing 2026 souvenir from January 1-8, 2026. Read a little more about it in the official blog post .

Guess what just came in under my radar. Yup, a new treasure collection. Released on October 21, 2025, the Plush bird watching treasure collection has 21 treasures, earned by finding Traditional and Letterbox geocaches with a minimum of one favorite point and the Scenic View attribute. It'll be a while before I complete this collection!

Oooo look, new treasures! We've got two new treasure collections coming down the pike, and they look interesting. The way I read it, the first requires Premium Membership. Kind of crazy, I know, but I decided years ago that although I hate having to pay for anything that could be free, I wanted to support Geocaching and all that they do to create this hobby that I enjoy so much. I can't even imagine all the work that goes into it, and to support millions of people - so yeah, I bit the bullet and started paying for a Premium Membership. Anyway, the River expedition puzzle collection is just that, a puzzle, and it's laid out like a difficulty/terrain grid, from 1 to 2.5 in either direction. So, sixteen treasures, one of each difficulty/terrain combination, all geocache types, except events and Adventure Lab locations. As an added bonus, you get a souvenir upon completion, pretty cool! More information about this collection can be found on the official blog post . I ...

This weekend, Tom and I started - and completed - the Heart of the Civil War US 250th GeoTour . This GeoTour was released on September 19, 2025, and it brings geocachers to the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area, three counties in Maryland where there is a lot of history from that time. We had completed the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area GeoTrail several years ago, and while we visited several of the same sites this time, the GeoTour focused more on the general history of some locations, rather than their relationship to the Civil War. This GeoTour consisted of 21 geocaches of all types that needed to be found or completed to earn the souvenir, but 15 physical caches had to be found, and the code words inside recorded, to be eligible for the geocoin. As a "bonus," for three of the mystery caches, Adventure Labs had to be completed in order to receive the coordinates. There were also two GeoTour-related events (Kick-Off and Coin Redemption events), as well as a...