Move this way!
Geocaching Fredericton's Trail System
What is Geocaching?
Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for GPS users. Participating in a cache hunt is a good way to take advantage of the wonderful features and capability of a GPS unit. The basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the Internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards.
For more information on terms and acronyms involved with geocaching please refer to the Geocaching Glossary and Geocaching FAQ's in the related content section.
Geocaching Fredericton's Trail System
This puzzle cache is fairly easy to figure out, but is designed to get you out moving on the Fredericton trail system. Once you find all the letters, unscramble them to make the coordinates for the final cache.
There are signs and benches along the trails that will have numbers on them to help you gather the coordinates.
You will have to visit two (2) different waypoints on five (5) different trails to complete this cache.
The City of Fredericton Community Services Department has offered some great traders to complete the cache.
Geocaching 101
This event is a geocaching lesson that is being put on by some local geocachers in partnership with the City of Fredericton Community Services Department at the Killarney Lake Rotary Centennial Lodge on Sunday afternoon, October 21st.
The presentation will begin at 1:30pm. There will be an overhead projector hooked up to the computer.
The lesson will talk about:
Using a GPS
Waypoint management
Geocaching etiquette
Different types of caches
Planning your geocaching day
Paperless caching
Travel Bugs & Geocoins
Logging your finds
Using maps (Google Earth, Garmin, etc)
The presentation will be followed up by a trek onto the nearby trails to find some caches. We are working towards getting a few GPS receivers on hand for new people to try out. All are welcome!
For More Information
If you miss out on the information session on October 21, 2007 and are interested in learning more about "Move This Way - Geocaching Fredericton's Trail System" contact the City of Fredericton Community Service Department by phone at 460-2230 or by email.
