The Charlotte Museum of History

Geocaching

Geocaching, one of the museum’s latest initiatives introduced by Nicole Davis, is a GPS

guided scavenger hunt that allows adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices to locate

geocaches, or hidden treasures. There are nearly 865,000 geocaches around the world!

Geocaching is enjoyed by people from all age groups, and encourages a strong sense of

community and support for the environment, while teaching navigational skills such as the use

of GPS devices, compasses, and maps. It also educates the seeker about their surroundings.

Caches can be hidden in numerous places and concealed in a way to optimally promote its

location. Treasure finders are encouraged to share their experiences online with the entire

geocaching community.

The museum is now home to one geocache for hunters to locate, and eight people have already logged its find. The museum hopes that through geocaching it will be able to reach and educate a new community of people that may not have visited otherwise. Geocaching will also help the education department in lesson plan development encouraging compass and directional skills.

You can start your own high-tech adventure as a geocacher by visiting www.geocaching.com. There you can register for a free membership and search for caches according to zip code or address. Each cache has a profile with a description and the longitude and latitude coordinates of its location. Equipped with your personal GPS device, program the given coordinates into the device, and set off on your search for the geocache (Click here for a Guide to Buying a GPS Device). After finding your treasure, be sure to sign the physical log book that is located in the cache and leave a note on the cache’s profile on the website.

The museum’s cache coordinates can be found on the website under the profile name “Charlotte’s Best Kept Secret.”


	Geocaching Geocaching, one of the museum’s latest initiatives introduced by Nicole Davis, is a GPS guided scavenger hunt that allows adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices to locate geocaches, or hidden treasures. There are nearly 865,000 geocaches around the world! Geocaching is enjoyed by people from all age groups, and encourages a strong sense of community and support for the environment, while teaching navigational skills such as the use of GPS devices, compasses, and maps. It also educates the seeker about their surroundings. Caches can be hidden in numerous places and concealed in a way to optimally promote its location. Treasure finders are encouraged to share their experiences online with the entire geocaching community. The museum is now home to one geocache for hunters to locate, and eight people have already logged its find. The museum hopes that through geocaching it will be able to reach and educate a new community of people that may not have visited otherwise. Geocaching will also help the education department in lesson plan development encouraging compass and directional skills. You can start your own high-tech adventure as a geocacher by visiting www.geocaching.com. There you can register for a free membership and search for caches according to zip code or address. Each cache has a profile with a description and the longitude and latitude coordinates of its location. Equipped with your personal GPS device, program the given coordinates into the device, and set off on your search for the geocache (Click here for a Guide to Buying a GPS Device). After finding your treasure, be sure to sign the physical log book that is located in the cache and leave a note on the cache’s profile on the website. The museum’s cache coordinates can be found on the website under the profile name “Charlotte’s Best Kept Secret.”