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Our scout troop will be in the Dayton area soon. We'll be staying at the WP AFB and doing the Air Force Museum and that sort of thing. Of course, I've done a number of searches but keep coming up with micros and a few that haven't been found in a while so I can't confirm they are still there... We've had bad luck with Geocaches for quite some time and need to find a good one to keep the kids interested in the topic. Would like to find a decent geocache large enough to have trade-ables, track-ables, and the like. Best case ,it's a 15 minute drive or less, then we can easily park and maybe a 15 - 30 minute hike / hunt to find it. Any suggestions??? Mike

Do you plan to leave the trail to find these caches? For practical purposes there are no caches on the towpath because it is a National Park. Having biked the entirety of the canal twice (self contained) I can tell you that there are not a lot of places where you can actually leave the trail (relatively speaking given its 183.5 mile length) Edited to add: There is a 20+ mile stretch of paved rail trail that parallels the towpath stating near Big Pool that extends westward. This would give your Scouts a break from the dirt and rocks and it has lots of geocaches along the way. You can see them by searching for Hancock, MD geocaches and then click on the "map these geocaches button" More info on the rail trail: WMRT THANKS!!!! We are stopping at multiple camp sites along the way. I'll have to look those up individually - that's likely the only time we'll have to Geocache anyway.

I would like to know how to locate and store Geocaches offline for an upcoming Scout bike trip on the C & O Canal bike trail from Swain's Locks near D. C. to Cumberland, MD. I have the premium membership, etc. and have tried the obvious, "Geocaches Along Route" but that assumes you are driving a car and will not let me set the route on the bike trail. I do have a map of the trail and could enter individual towns, etc. which might get some of the Geocaches, but definitely not all. There is very little cell coverage on the bike trail so I need to store all of this information off line once I find it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Dear All: I would like to take the local scout troop through the Geocaching merit badge. I would like a basic power point presentation that shows the basics. I can make one myself, but suspect there's something out there already pre-canned that I could use or at least start with. If you know of any basic presentations, please let me know. Mike