If your Geeklings are getting tired of Geocaching, and you’re looking for something a little more challenging for them, then it’s time you gave some thought to Orienteering. The basic idea of the sport is that you’re given a map with a sequence of navigational checkpoints, and then you race ...

The Internet and television may be dominating leisure activities and zapping outdoor time for kids, but that won’t slow down the fast growing trend millions enjoy: GPS treasure hunting called, geocaching. Thanks to Apisphere, Inc., the company behind Geomate.jr (www.mygeomate.com), children, their families and adventure seekers from all walks of ...

Geocaching tends to have quite a few electronic helpers, based on the fact that it’s an electronic sport. Letterboxing, however, the old fashioned analog version of geocaching, has usually been a pen-and-paper kind of activity. I recently reviewed BoxFinder, an app for letterboxing clues. I have since found a second ...

We at GeekDad are not new to geocaching. We’ve covered geocaching as a great family activity, Letterboxing – the no-tech geocaching alternative, and geoocaching without a GPS. But if you’re still interested in getting in to the sport, but don’t know how to start or what to expect, there’s a ...

In these days of economic woe, where a family trip to the local amusement park could potentially cost you the equivalent of a small down payment on a new car, it can be difficult to find activities for the entire family to enjoy that won't put a Britis...

To say that geocaching is relatively new would be grossly incorrect. With over a million caches worldwide, people have been using GPS devices to participate in the treasure-hunt-of-sorts for years. Whether hiking out in the woods or exploring little known places in your city, finding caches is fun and rewarding, ...