+2Rad4U Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 We're headed out of town for the weekend and I'd like to grab a cache or two during the trip, maybe at rest stops along the way. How can I search for these when I don't know the zip codes? Quote Link to comment
+pwcorg Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Spring for the premium membership and use the GC.Com map. Drag it along your route and use the "identify" feature to select the caches you want. Bookmark them and then run a PQ based on that bookmark. There might be aneasier way, but this works for me. Quote Link to comment
+Teamhawaii1981 & blueicyrose Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Markwell's site has a nice process to do this (sorry I don't have the link I bet someone else does). However, the one mentioned above will work fine and I use it often. Also if you are a Premium Member, you can DL caches into Google Earth and scroll along your route (although you are limited in scroll #'s). Using this you can see if it is in woods, rest stops (if you want...), etc... There is a large discussion regarding the topic pinned at the top of the "Geocaching Website" forum. As I understand it now, it would require some expensive mapping software that is just out of the question right now. Thus, the solutions created by cahcers are the best available option. Quote Link to comment
+Sputnik 57 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Link to Markwell's most excellent Caches Along a Route. Quote Link to comment
+2Rad4U Posted December 29, 2005 Author Share Posted December 29, 2005 Okay, I just became a premium member, but I can't find the maps... Can you point me in the right direction... Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Go to any cache page near the beginning of your trip, like one that's near the interstate you'll be taking. Open the cache page and click the link for Geocaching.com maps. It's down there with Mapquest, Google Maps, TopoZone, etc. Then, zoom out to a zoom level that still shows the highway route you'll be taking, and start panning along the route looking for caches right next to the highway (rest stops and exits). This is the "low-tech" way to do caches along a route. I bookmark the rest stop and easy on/off caches into a bookmark list and download them as a PQ, then combine them with a full PQ for my destination area. Quote Link to comment
+mb3 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Markwell's site has a nice process to do this (sorry I don't have the link I bet someone else does). However, the one mentioned above will work fine and I use it often. Also if you are a Premium Member, you can DL caches into Google Earth and scroll along your route (although you are limited in scroll #'s). Using this you can see if it is in woods, rest stops (if you want...), etc... There is a large discussion regarding the topic pinned at the top of the "Geocaching Website" forum. As I understand it now, it would require some expensive mapping software that is just out of the question right now. Thus, the solutions created by cahcers are the best available option. I don't think you need to be a premium member to use Google Earth. Quote Link to comment
+BigFurryMonster Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Also see: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=80274 Quote Link to comment
+Miragee Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Also check out this method: Caches along a route Quote Link to comment
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