1. DelawareGeocaching Trail Hagley Museum – New Castle County

2. What is Geocaching? Geocaching is the ultimate treasure hunt!! A geocacher can place a geocache in the world, zero in on its location using GPS technology and share the cache and location online. It is a fun way to add excitement to your driving, camping and hiking experiences with friends and family!

3. More Geocache Facts The term, “Cache,” originated from a camping/hiking term denoting a secret hiding place for concealing provisions. a cache can be a waterproof container that may hold goodies or trinkets including a Log Book. Geocaching is now a worldwide sport and phenomenon. To date, there are 914,274 active geocaches around the world. Caches can be found in over 100 countries and all seven continents.

4. Geocache History Geocaching originated in May 2000, when civilians were permitted to use the GPS satellite system. A civilian from Portland, Oregon hid a bucket of trinkets in the woods and posted the information online. The treasure was quickly found and within days more treasures were hidden nationwide. The term “geocaching” was coined and an official website was launched, www.geocaching.com, now owned by Groundspeak, Inc.

5. Geocaching in Delaware Geo-caching began in Delaware on December 30, 2000 when the first cache was placed in Trap Pond State Park. In the graph below you will see that the number of Geocaches placed in Delaware has doubled almost every year.

7. Geocaching Adventure Tools GPS Computer Car - (for getting around) Adventurous Spirit!!!

9. Obtain your Geocaching PassportThis is where you will store your stickers!

10. Delaware Geocaching Trail - Passport

11. Getting Started on the Trail Click ‘Enter the Adventure’, on the Delaware Geocache Trail website which will take you to the Geocaching.com website. Geocaching.com is the official gps geocache webpage. This is the site where you will obtain your coordinates for the Delaware Geocaching Trail caches. The coordinates will lead you to our special cache locations!

12. Finding A Cache Leave a trinket/take a trinket Sign the logbook Log into Groundspeak to report/log your find

13. Stickers Each location has its own designated sticker. The geocachers must obtain 5 stickers from each county. Total- 15 stickers The Delaware Geocache Trail contains 27 hidden caches!

14. Coin Redemption Coin is obtained from county redemption center Hagley Museum, First State Heritage Park Rehoboth Beach Visitors Center

15. Trackable Coins The Delaware trackable geocaching coin features: State Bug: lady bug State Bird: blue hen State of Delaware trackable coins were available to the first 100 geocachers to successfully locate 15 out of 27 hidden caches, including 5 from each county.

16. Coin Design - Front The blue hen chicken was designated the official state bird of Delaware in 1939. The history of this symbol stems from the Revolutionary war when Delaware soldiers were compared to fighting cocks.

17. Coin Design - Rear The lady bug was adopted as the official state bug of Delaware in 1974. Mrs. Mollie Brown-Rust and her 2nd grade students of the Lulu M. Ross Elementary School in Milford, Delaware, worked tirelessly with our State Legislature to adopt the bug. Also known as the lady beetle, ladybird, or ladyfly, lady bugs help the agricultural industry in Delaware by eating tiny insect pests that damage plants.

18. County Representative Contact Information New Castle County Meg Marcozzi Hagley Museum and Library 302-658-2400 Ext. 238 mmarcozzi@hagley.org Kent County Elaine Brenchley First State Heritage Park 302-739-9178 Elaine.brenchley@state.de.us Sussex County Scott Thomas Southern Delaware Tourism 302-856-1818 scottT@visitsoutherndelaware.com

19. Contact Information Heather Kenton Tourism Development Leader Group Tours and Events Heather.Kenton@state.de.us 302-672-6804 www.visitdelaware.com

20. Thank You!