An alert on Facebook to Friends of Georgia State Parks introduces the Georgia State Park Geo-Challenge.
GETTING STARTED
■Download a Georgia State Park Geo-Challenge PassPort or just the Grid Sheet.
■Get the GPS coordinates at www.Geocaching.com for the Georgia State Parks Geo-Challenge locations
■Start your search and locate one or all caches using a hand-held GPS unit. The cache containers are sealed ammo boxes labeled as a Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites geocache. Caches are located in 42 Georgia state parks.
(Click here for a list of participating parks.)
■When you find a Geo-Challenge cache, log your name and any comments on the logbook inside the cache and stamp your PassPort grid sheet with the unique stamp for that specific park.
■Be sure to follow the Leave No Trace guidelines www.GeorgiaStateParks.org/LeaveNoTrace
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TRAVEL BUGS
Follow the Traveling Gophers on www.Geocaching.com. There are 58 Georgia State Park & Historic Sites travel bugs moving around the country. Be on the lookout for them and help them get to a new destination.
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EARLY BIRD PRIZES
■Be quick. There is a “First-to-Find” special prize for a certificate for a 1-night camping stay in each cache for the person who gets there first.
■Find one of the “endangered” gopher stuffed toys in 10 of the caches and it’s yours to keep and protect.
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GEO-COINS
Complete specific numbers of caches to get a custom geo-coin. Bring your stamped PassPort into the park’s Visitor Center and receive a voucher for your coin.
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■With 15 completed caches you are eligible for a bronze level coin
■With 30 completed caches you are eligible for a silver level coin
■With 40 completed caches you are eligible for a gold level coin
To redeem your voucher and receive your coin, send the voucher to:
Marketing Coordinator
Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites
2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, SE, Suite 1354 East Tower
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
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BONUS CACHES
Once you complete the caches for each coin level you are eligible for that level bonus cache. The bonus caches are a bit more challenging.