Do Georgia state parks participate in geocaching?
The answer: Yes! There are 42 hidden caches at Georgia State Parks. If you’re not familiar with geocaching, it is described as the high-tech version of hide-and-seek, and it’s an adventure that families can really get into together. Start with a visit to www.geocaching.com to register for free basic membership, learn more about geocaching, find a cache near you and review the Frequently Asked Questions. There are also ways to geocache without a GPS device. One very basic example of geocaching is for someone to place a logbook and an inexpensive object — a small toy, for example — in a water-proof container (i.e,Tupper Ware). The person then hides the container in a place such as a park and posts the location’s coordinates and a message on the geocaching web site for people to look up. The “seeker” plugs the coordinates in a GPS and goes on the hunt. The geocaching Web site says if you take the trinket from the container, you should leave something behind of equal or lesser value for
