Geocaching, a high tech form of a scavenger hunt, is now being used to promote tourism in Maryland.
The Maryland Municipal League (MML) has become the first municipal association in the nation to launch a geocache trail program. Maryland's goecache trail, which hinges to a "Celebrating Maryland's Cities and Towns" theme, includes seventy nine caches that are located in a network of seventy eight municipalities in the state. MML has divided the network into eleven districts.
Geocachers who find at least two caches in each of the eleven districts are eligible to receive collectable geo coins. To find the caches, geocachers must visit the official geocache web site, then go to the MML account and obtain map coordinates for each cache.
They must also pick up a passport at a participating visitor center and have their passports validated to receive the coins. Geocache Passports can be picked up and validated at the Garrett County Visitor's Center in McHenry. You do not have to return to the same office to have your passport validated and receive your coin.
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The Maryland Municipal League (MML) has become the first municipal association in the nation to launch a geocache trail program. Maryland's goecache trail, which hinges to a "Celebrating Maryland's Cities and Towns" theme, includes seventy nine caches that are located in a network of seventy eight municipalities in the state. MML has divided the network into eleven districts.
Geocachers who find at least two caches in each of the eleven districts are eligible to receive collectable geo coins. To find the caches, geocachers must visit the official geocache web site, then go to the MML account and obtain map coordinates for each cache.
They must also pick up a passport at a participating visitor center and have their passports validated to receive the coins. Geocache Passports can be picked up and validated at the Garrett County Visitor's Center in McHenry. You do not have to return to the same office to have your passport validated and receive your coin.
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What a great idea! How many times as geocachers do we say, "What a great park I never would have found." Perfect way to get tourists to some "off the beaten path" type of spots.
Posted by: Chris | March 15, 2009 at 10:10 AM