450 hidden treasures waiting to be found!

Hidden all over Bruce County, there are over 450 of these cleverly hidden treasures waiting to be found. The days of making treasure maps and scavengers hunts have come together in an international game that young and old can play. Are you ready for an adventure? Do you enjoy the thrill of the hunt? Are you good at solving puzzles? Do you like seeing new places that are often not ones that everyone else knows about? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then geocaching is definitely for you!

Geocaching (pronounced geo-cashing) is a worldwide game of hiding and seeking treasure. A geocacher can place a geocache in the world, pinpoint its location using GPS technology and then share the geocache's existence and location online. Anyone with a GPS device can then try to locate the geocache.

[Definition of Geo-Caching from geocaching.com]

How much does it cost?

The cost to you will be the boost to your pride, as you uncover each new find. It doesn’t cost anything play and your reward is discovering that hidden cache. Geocaching is not only spending time looking for hidden treasure, but it is quality time out with family, friends or even out caching while walking the dog.   (For information on how to get started with Geo-Cahiong in Bruce County, email our Geo-cache Enthusiast for help: Cherie P. Please add in subject line: geo-cache questions)

Geo-caching is a fun way to get outdoors and truly explore where you live and Bruce County has some of the best hidden caches and unique sites that can only be seen by traveling around Bruce County. This is an international game, so it can be played anywhere. Are you ready to geocache in Bruce County yet? I hope so, because this game will not only excite you, but it will leave you constantly want to find more and with over 1,316,024 active geocaches around the world; you will be busy searching for a long time! It‘s a game that never ends and new caches are always being hidden around Bruce County and the world. Perhaps you might even hide one in a location for other geocachers to find.

Where are these "Caches"?

In Bruce County there are many unique and interesting areas where geocache can be found. Where are some of these amazing spots? Some can be found along the Bruce Trail, Rail Trail Bridges, local parks, near the waters edge for breath taking views of sunsets along Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. Perhaps you would prefer searching near provincial parks, old abandoned pioneer homes, or even old cemeteries not commonly seen. Caches are hidden everywhere in Bruce County and in places you might not always expect. Are you excited yet? Don’t forget your camera because the hidden cache is great, but the sites you will see are worth capturing and sharing with others.

Before you head out always remember to bring the essentials:

A GPS and extra batteries, water, food and always dress appropriately for the areas you are hiking too. Make sure you also remember a map of the area and a compass. Don’t forget to load your GPS coordinates into your GPS for the hidden caches you are seeking. Also bring along family or friends to take up this great game together. Sometimes extra eyes are needed to spot some of these tricky hides. We have some of the best geocachers in the area and they have made their caches extra hard to find! So be prepared for a great hunt!

What does a geocache look like?

Geocaches often contain hidden treasures that are perfect for children or they might only have a logbook for you too sign. Most caches are hidden in ammo cans or Tupperware containers, but they may also be as small as film containers or even extremely tiny containers called micros or nanos. Some caches even have ‘travel bugs’ which are trackable items that are designed to found by geocachers and placed into new caches for others to find. There locations and where they have traveled around the world are a great way to see where they have been.

What if you don’t own a GPS, but you still want to try geocaching?

That is simple if your from Bruce County. You can borrow at various library branches in Bruce County; like Tobermory, Lion's Head, Wiarton, Sauble Beach, Southampton, Walkerton, Kincardine and Ripley.

To play this game there only a few rules:

1. If you take something from the cache, be sure to leave something of equal or greater value.
2. Sign the log and hide the cache exactly as you found it, so that future geocachers have as much fun as you did finding it and the final rule.
3. Log your visit and find on geocaching.com

How do you and your family get started?

All you need to do now, is visit  GEOCACHING.com to sign up for your FREE account. When your account is activated and your GPS is ready, You can begin this game. Now get out there and happy geocaching!  Oh, and by the way, Bruce County libraries have GPS devices which you can sign-out to use while your visiting the area!

Here is an example of how many hidden Geo-caches are all over Bruce County Towns
(Screen-shot from geo-caching.com).


Watch this video on "What is Geo-caching"