Geocaching in Maine's North Woods
New! High Tech Treasure Hunts in the Woods Are Fun For Everyone
We’re adding high tech treasure hunts in the woods this season. Find out why all ages love this new “sport” of go-your-own-pace adventures. Add a day of glorious hiking for hidden 'caches" in Maine's North Woods to your adventure vacation and explore the world of geocaching on a Self-Guided Geocaching Treasure Hunt. New to geocaching? Try our new Geocaching Orientation Sessions and Beginner's Geocaching Field Classes this summer and fall. Join us!What is Geocaching?
Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for GPS users. You get to hike in the woods and use the high tech features of the GPS unit to find small hidden "caches". These caches exist all over the world; the locations are shared via GPS coordinates on the internet. Our friends at the Center for Community GIS have a handy Geocaching 101 Primer that give s good overview of this fun "sport". Read full primer now.You can find out a lot at the Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site, geocaching.com.
Self-Guided Geocaching Treasure Hunts
Pick up your "treasure hunt" information from our main lodge at The Forks Resort Center, set your GPS coordinates, and you're off at your ownpace to find carefully hidden caches across our 250 acres of Adventure Resort. We've also set up a kid's treasure hunt right at the Forks Resort Center - kids will love the special blend of high tech toys and classic searches for Treasure!
- Season: Year-round
- GPS rental $15 per day . $10 per half day
- Geocaching materials include a printed map of area trails and Northern Outdoors Adventure Resort, GPS coordinates for hidden caches (8 caches hidden to-date)
- Special map and GPS coordinates for kids' resort-based treasure hunt: (5 caches hidden)
Move The Moose!
Northern Outdoors has 5 North Woods Moose on travel bugs, hidden around western Maine. Find Bullwinkle, Moosehead, Kennebec, Penobscot, and Katahdin, our moose friends, and help them get to travel as far as possible by October 20th, 2008.Here's how the game works:
The Moose that moves the furthest distance and racks up the most locations by October 20, 2008 will win.- Better yet, each person who registered a move on the winning Moose will be entered into a drawing for a FREE all-inclusive 3-Day Maine North Woods Adventure Getaway and a new GPS unit.
- Each "move" of the Moose qualifies for one entry into the drawing. Follow the moose's travels and help him to travel the furthest.
- Track each Moose's moves on geocaching.com, Geocaching's Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site.
Beginner's Geocaching Field Class
New to geocaching? Don't know what the acronym GPS actually stands for? It's ok, we all have to be beginners before we can be experts, right? We'll get you started with our new Beginner's Geocaching Field Class, available June through October at our Forks Resort Center. | Field Class Details | Descriptions |
| What Class Includes | Professional Registered Maine Guide on each trip Full use of the amenities at The Forks Resort Center |
| Class Length/Duration | Half day (4 hours) introduction to Geocaching, includes: 1 hour orientation at the Lodge 3 hour Guided Hike and Geocache Treasure Hunt Bring a water bottle and snack for the hike |
| Meeting Location & Time | The Forks Resort Center, 8:30am |
| Prices | Field Class: $28 per person, (Kids 8-15 1/2 price) GPS Rentals: $10 for Half Day, $15 for Full Day Minimum group size of 6 people required for field class departure |
Geocaching Orientation Sessions
- 1 hour introduction to use of GPS receivers & geocaching basics
- Season: June 15- October 10
- Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-7pm
- Location: The Forks Resort, meet in the main lodge by the fireplace
- No reservations necessary
- Free to Northern Outdoors Guests!
Reservations:
Book online with our online reservations request form. Or call us at 800.765.7238.Need help to dial in on the best vacation package for your needs? Email us or call us via phone @ 1-800-765-RAFT (1-800-765-7238). We're here to help!