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Thanks mgo! That was the link I used to use and that stopped working for me as well. I think it used to be accessible through the Advanced Search page on the original dashboard but that now directs me to the normal search page. But the link does seem to be working again which is great. I'm reposting the link here so that I can find it again easily in case I lose it again: https://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx

One question about the “Advanced Search” feature on the original dashboard. It does not seem to be working and instead defaults to the regular search page. Has this feature been discontinued? I ask because this was the one surviving way I could do a search to find the nearest caches to a set of coordinates. I have posted a few times in the past year asking whether this functionality will be made available again on the regular search page but I’m not getting any helpful response. And now the Advanced Search option appears to be gone. Has the decision been made just not to allow for effective searches from a set of coordinates (other than your home coordinates)?

I'm re-raising a question that appears to have gone dormant again. I often search for caches that are nearby to a set of coordinates (eg., I'm going to be travelling and staying in a hotel and I want to create a list of the closest caches to that hotel. Or I'm visiting a friend in a nearby town and want to know how far the closest caches are to their house). Currently when I enter a set of coordinates into the search box I get a list of caches sorted by the distance they are from my home location, not the coordinate location. When I create a map of this list it is sorted in the order of distance from the coordinate location (which is better), but still gives the distance from my home location. When this was identified as a bug back in February I believed there work being done to fix it. Is that still in the works? Thanks.

Is there any update on searching for nearby caches from a set of coordinates? While the “finding nearby caches to a cache” bug has been fixed (and thank you for that!), the “finding nearby caches to coordinates” is still showing distances from my home location and not from the entered coordinates. Would be interested in knowing if you’re still working on a fix for this.

I’ve been having the same problem creating lists on my iPad or Mac … I found a workaround by using the Geocaching site on my iPhone but it only works if I turn off my wifi and use cellular data, it will not create the list if I’m using wifi. I thought it was a problem with my wifi but now that I see this thread I’m not sure what the issue is.

I use the “nearest cache to” feature all the time when I’m caching, I like to pick a spot or special cache and then put the 10 or 20 closest caches on a list to find. I also use it to keep track of the nearest caches to my cache centroid. This really risks upsetting my entire caching mojo, I hope it gets fixed soon! The best workaround I’ve found is to reset my home location every time I do a “nearest cache” search which is pretty time-consuming.

Thanks for the reply! What I think would be helpful is a quick and easy way to select individual caches from that screen and add them to a List that can be saved. This is possible on the website but not on the iPhone app. The only option on the app currently is to "Add All to List". If the app programmers are reading these forums, this would be my strong suggestion and wish for an addition to the app.

Now that it seems inevitable that I will have to start using the new Geocaching App on my iPhone, I have a question about replicating a function on the Classic App that I have always used and that fundamentally shapes the way I geocache almost all the time. I love the "Find Nearby Geocaches" button. Wherever I find myself, I will invariably open up the app and check out the 10 closest geocaches. I will sometimes obsessively flip to the list and see if they've changed since yesterday. I will see if a new find has been logged on one of those pesky puzzle caches close to home, or close to the office. If I find myself in another town for an hour or two, I will find the 10 closest geocaches and do a tour around to find as many of them as I can. It's important to me that the caches are in a radius from a central point, so that when I look at the map later I can see the smiley's at that point in the map and remember my trip there. It's just the way I understand caching. So I know that there are ways in the new app and online to create a list of the 10 closest unfound caches to any point I choose, but it's not the same as just pressing the button that gives me that list right away. So my question is: Is there any quick and easy way to create a list of the 10 closest unfound caches to where I am right now, in the field, with my iPhone, that takes only one or at most two steps? I'd be grateful for any tips or advice. Thanks!