CLV3 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 (edited) Based on several recent threads asking about distance to the nearest unfound cache, exceeding the 500 cache limit on searches, etc I wondered how different areas compared in terms of cache density. Go to the "Hide and Seek a Cache" page, Enter in your address in the first box, then select the radius to 5 miles and do the search. Note the number then do the same for 10, 25, and 50 miles. Here is what I get for Ithaca, NY. 5 miles: 105 10 miles: 155 25 miles: 534 50 miles: 1891 5 Miles:191 10 miles:355 25 miles: 746 50 miles: 1821 BTW, Portland Maine Edited June 9, 2008 by CLV3 Quote Link to comment
+Mark.B Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Upstate NY- Greene County 5 miles- 3 10 miles- 40 25 miles- 280 50 miles- 1582 Quote Link to comment
+welch Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 zip 52332 1-1 5-7 10-72 25-468 50-1289 Quote Link to comment
+geojeeper74 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Springfield, IL 1 mile - 5 5 miles - 60 10 miles - 165 25 miles - 213 50 miles - 482 Quote Link to comment
+StClairC Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 From Huntington Beach, CA - 5 Miles: 244 10 miles:851 25 miles: 3636 50 miles: 9608 Quote Link to comment
+syfun Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Oxford, MI 5 miles - 30 10 miles - 105 25 miles - 813 50 miles - 2572 Quote Link to comment
+kf4oox Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Well for my very lovely area of far Western Pa from the very megaloplis of Sharon Pa 1 mile = 11 5 miles = 99 10 miles = 187 25 miles = 716 50 miles = 2253 I hope this helps you. Have fun and stay safe. (or right now in N.E. USA stay COOL) kf4oox - Paul Quote Link to comment
+Colonial Cats Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Williamsburg, VA 5 Miles - 45 10 Miles - 86 25 Miles - 383 50 Miles - 1484 Quote Link to comment
+wandering4cache Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 (edited) Oxford, MA (between Worcester, MA & the RI/CT border) 5 miles = 33 (8 of them ours) 10 miles = 123 25 miles = 1103 50 miles = 4879 (at 50 miles you hit Boston MA, Providence RI & Hartford CT) Just for fun, 1 mile = 2 caches. One of them ours. Here's some other fun stats. Cached for 5+ YEARS at home in MA to get to 500 finds & 1 FTF. Just returned from GeoWoodstock 2 WEEK trip in CA, where we found almost 200 caches & 2 FTFs. It was mostly sight-seeing / history with caching thrown in but due to density, you can see a huge difference in the numbers. Edited June 10, 2008 by wandering4cache Quote Link to comment
+sgarrand Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 (edited) West Brookfield, MA 5 Miles - 20 10 Miles - 127 25 Miles - 925 50 Miles - 4571 Guess I should have more than just 112 finds, eh? Edit: Just above me, wandering4cache, we found your Grizzly Adams cache in Charlton today. TFTC! Scott Edited June 10, 2008 by sgarrand Quote Link to comment
+Razer005 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 San Jose, CA 5 miles 364 10 miles 1152 25 miles 3355 50 miles 6354 GEEZ I figured mine would be similar to yours! the below are from santa clara, ca: 5 miles - 401 10 miles - 1280 25 miles - 3632 50 miles - 6664 and we've only found twenty-something of these! Quote Link to comment
+Genome Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Zushi, Japan: 5 - 22 10 - 58 25 - 126 50 - 391 100 - 500 not quite as dense as most, but quite challenging as transportation and parking here is quite expensive! Quote Link to comment
+Kiwi Nomad Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Sorry don't do miles only kilometers Cache Density: Within 10 km radius There are 39 caches (5 unfound). Within 20 km radius There are 50 caches (5 unfound). Within 30 km radius There are 61 caches (7 unfound). Within 40 km radius There are 88 caches (19 unfound). Within 50 km radius There are 124 caches (43 unfound). Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 35 miles Southwest of Chicago: 05 miles: 0048 caches 10 miles: 0369 caches 25 miles: 1869 caches 50 miles: 3878 caches 100 miles: 7383 200 miles: 23,985 500 miles: 99,580 750 miles: 173,782 1,000 miles: 244,459 1000 miles is the maximum you can do in the proximity search... Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 Oxford, MA (between Worcester, MA & the RI/CT border) 5 miles = 33 (8 of them ours) 10 miles = 123 25 miles = 1103 50 miles = 4879 (at 50 miles you hit Boston MA, Providence RI & Hartford CT) Just for fun, 1 mile = 2 caches. One of them ours. Here's some other fun stats. Cached for 5+ YEARS at home in MA to get to 500 finds & 1 FTF. Just returned from GeoWoodstock 2 WEEK trip in CA, where we found almost 200 caches & 2 FTFs. It was mostly sight-seeing / history with caching thrown in but due to density, you can see a huge difference in the numbers. That was my motivation for starting the thread. There have been lots of "stats" threads about number of finds in a day, number of consecutive days with a find, total number of caches found, etc. One can't really compare these without knowing what the cache density is for those sharing their numbers. To add the number that others have provided, I have 28 caches within 1 mile. I have found all but 2 caches within the 10 mile radius, thus almost all my searching is done between 10-25 miles from home. The town I live in has a population of about 30,000 and there is one other slightly smaller town about 20 miles away, and the next larger town is 45 miles away, so most of the caches in the range that I spend my time searching are in rural and forested areas. Like Curmudgeonly Gal, if I travel an hour away I'll be in an much more cache dense area where there are 380 caches within 10 miles. So if I want to have a big numbers day I would have to drive an hour away before seeking my first cache. Quote Link to comment
+slackpacker Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Highlands, NC 1 mile - 19 (15 of which are mine) 5 miles - 62 (30 of which are mine) 10 miles - 118 25 miles - 480 50 miles - 2,560 I live near OzGuff so several hundred of those nearby caches are his. I only have a handful unfound less than 15 miles (one of which, my closest unfound, is the final "bonus" in a series of OzGuff's that requires a 200 mile roundtrip through 10 counties to complete - it's been mocking me for two years. ) Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 I live near OzGuff so several hundred of those nearby caches are his. I only have a handful unfound less than 15 miles (one of which, my closest unfound, is the final "bonus" in a series of OzGuff's that requires a 200 mile roundtrip through 10 counties to complete - it's been mocking me for two years. ) I know what you mean. One of my caching goals is to clear out all of the nearest caches, and a few weeks ago I had found every cache within 10 miles. A couple of days later there were 3 new puzzle caches, two rated 4 stars and one rated five stars placed within that radius. I've since found those but a couple of weeks ago there was a cache posted 1.7 miles from home that is currently rated a 4 for difficulty. It's had 11 DNFs so far and no finds. It's on an old steam train, and the listing has the cache size as "unknown". The person that placed it has only one find (4 years ago) and no other hides. We've all seen the guideline about finding some amount of caches (50 or so seems to be the recommendation) and this cache might be one of the reasons for the recommendation. With only 1 find, the chance that the placement guidelines might not have been followed is greater than if it had been placed by a seasoned cacher. It could be buried under the train, require special tools to disassemble part of the train to get the cache, have soft coordinates, or something else that a beginner might think would make for a good hide, but isn't something a seasoned cacher might look for. Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 1 mile: 5 5 miles: 75 10 miles: 152 25 miles: 970 50 miles: 1875 100 miles: 5175 Quote Link to comment
+Totem Clan Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 That was my motivation for starting the thread. There have been lots of "stats" threads about number of finds in a day, number of consecutive days with a find, total number of caches found, etc. One can't really compare these without knowing what the cache density is for those sharing their numbers. To add the number that others have provided, I have 28 caches within 1 mile. I have found all but 2 caches within the 10 mile radius, thus almost all my searching is done between 10-25 miles from home. The town I live in has a population of about 30,000 and there is one other slightly smaller town about 20 miles away, and the next larger town is 45 miles away, so most of the caches in the range that I spend my time searching are in rural and forested areas. Like Curmudgeonly Gal, if I travel an hour away I'll be in an much more cache dense area where there are 380 caches within 10 miles. So if I want to have a big numbers day I would have to drive an hour away before seeking my first cache. I would have to cross into Canada and travel almost 2 1/2 hours to find a "cache dense" area, or 4 hours to Minneapolis. I think numbers do say something about the amount of experience a cacher has, but only when taking in the context of their cache environment and their logging methods. In other words, if they're not your numbers or the numbers of a close caching friend, they are meaningless. Quote Link to comment
Tito_DBM Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Oak Grove, MO 5 Miles = 12 10 Miles = 50 25 Miles = 302 50 Miles = 1116 Not too bad here! Quote Link to comment
Tito_DBM Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Oak Grove, MO 5 Miles = 12 10 Miles = 50 25 Miles = 302 50 Miles = 1116 Not too bad here! Quote Link to comment
+CKx3 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 LINDEN, NJ 1 MILE - 5 5 MILES - 50 10 MILES - 314 25 MILES - 1520 50 MILES - 4530 Quote Link to comment
+CKx3 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 LINDEN, NJ 1 MILE - 5 5 MILES - 50 10 MILES - 314 25 MILES - 1520 50 MILES - 4530 Quote Link to comment
LordEd Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Kelowna BC 1 mile: 3 5 mile: 49 10 mile: 111 25 mile: 224 50 mile: 464 About 275 found in the 50 mile range (including some that have been archived) Quote Link to comment
+ecanderson Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Broomfield, Colorado has a goodly few per square mile, and on a per capita basis (our population density isn't nearly as high as many of the cities above), one of the higher densities around: 5 mi = 280 10mi = 801 25mi = 2792 50mi = 4248 Quote Link to comment
+The Cookie Makers Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Terrace, Northern British Columbia, Canada 5 miles - 17 caches 10 miles - 34 caches 25 miles - 43 caches 50 miles - 47 caches We're a small town in the middle of a mountain range, not many urban caches, quite a number of "Hey what should we do this afternoon? How about this cache?" Note that's not plural? Quote Link to comment
+softball29 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 From my little nook in wonderful Delaware County, New York... 1 mile: 11 5 miles: 19 10 miles: 27 25 miles: 117 50 miles: 555 All of these include one CITO event coming up next weekend. Quote Link to comment
+stites1 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Oak Island, NC 5- 26 10- 54 25- 248 50- 600 Of course beyond 3/4 of a mile south of me is the Deep Blue Sea. Kinda limits density a tad. Quote Link to comment
+DrgnTrappr Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I thought I lived in a pretty cache dense area until I looked at some of the numbers posted here. Well for a little place called Dillsboro NC. 50=2958 25=537 10=123 5=52 1=5 Quote Link to comment
+Keruso Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 From downtown Pittsburgh, PA: 5 miles - 114 10 miles - 335 25 miles - 943 50 miles - 2113 sort of the same with Leps, but in a different area. A Place called Moon Township, bout an hour from Pittsburgh 1 mile - 4 5 miles - 50, a few of which that are mine 10 miles - 217 a number of which are the leps 25 miles - 984 50 miles - 2410 boy, i got a long way to go with only 82 finds on my belt Quote Link to comment
+Castle Mischief Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 (edited) Close to Cullman, Alabama 5 Miles - 11 (8 are mine) 10 Miles - 48 25 Miles - 470 50 Miles - 1835 Edited June 10, 2008 by Castle Mischief Quote Link to comment
+Ming Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Pascaog, RI (Tri-State corner) 1 Mile: 2 5 Miles: 54 10 Miles: 212 25 Miles: 1146 50 Miles: 4755 Quote Link to comment
+-CacheMonkey- Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 South Hill/Puyallup, Wa 5mi - 96 10mi - 348 25mi - 1709 50mi - 5450 Guess I better get to work!!!! Quote Link to comment
+Road Rabbit Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Merritt Island, FL 1 mile - 2 5 miles - 135 10 miles - 296 25 miles - 713 50 miles - 1800 (exactly. Today, at least.) I live about 4 miles from the ocean, so about half the area of the larger diameter circles include the Atlantic Ocean, a relatively cache barren area. Quote Link to comment
+Road Rabbit Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 (edited) Duplicate post. Now I understand how this happens. I apologize to all those I previously thought were fuddle fingered clods. Edited June 10, 2008 by Road Rabbit Quote Link to comment
+Nochipra Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 From Newport News, VA 1 mile - 4 5 miles - 98 10 miles - 202 25 miles - 897 50 miles - 1296 Quote Link to comment
+fings1 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Kennesaw, GA 5 miles - 143 10 miles - 335 25 miles - 1213 50 miles - 2605 Quote Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 35 miles Southwest of Chicago: 05 miles: 0048 caches 10 miles: 0369 caches 25 miles: 1869 caches 50 miles: 3878 caches 100 miles: 7383 200 miles: 23,985 500 miles: 99,580 750 miles: 173,782 1,000 miles: 244,459 1000 miles is the maximum you can do in the proximity search... It was interesting to me to compare with these numbers and see what happens when you run into an ocean, a few large mountain ranges and the frozen Canadian north. 05 miles: 0301 caches 10 miles: 1196 caches 25 miles: 3402 caches 50 miles: 5895 caches 100 miles: 10962 200 miles: 20555 500 miles: 42197 1,000 miles: 116007 I will obviously need to move to Chicago if I ever want to have a chance at any real numbers. Quote Link to comment
+redheadsrule Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Mountain Home, Idaho. Population approximately 12,000, not including the nearby Air Force Base. 1 mile 25 5 miles 84 10 miles 131 25 miles 265 50 miles 1596 Quote Link to comment
+eagsc7 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Here you are - Spokane WA(99201) 5 Mi. - 253 Caches 10 Mi. - 477 Caches 15 Mi. - 575 Caches 20 Mi. - 655 Caches 25 Mi. - 728 Caches Ohh, and for the Mother of all cache Dense areas... Seattle, WA(Origin: N 47° 37.243 W 122° 20.852) 5 Mi. - 461 Caches 10 Mi. - 1043 Caches 15 Mi. - 2041 Caches 20 Mi. - 2847 Caches 25 Mi. - 3678 Caches Thats ALOT if caches!!! The steaks Quote Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Here you are - Spokane WA(99201) 5 Mi. - 253 Caches 10 Mi. - 477 Caches 15 Mi. - 575 Caches 20 Mi. - 655 Caches 25 Mi. - 728 Caches Ohh, and for the Mother of all cache Dense areas... Seattle, WA(Origin: N 47° 37.243 W 122° 20.852) 5 Mi. - 461 Caches 10 Mi. - 1043 Caches 15 Mi. - 2041 Caches 20 Mi. - 2847 Caches 25 Mi. - 3678 Caches Thats ALOT if caches!!! The steaks 1000 miles from 99201 = 129,865 caches 1000 miles from 98101 = 116,036 caches Obviously the Spokane area is more richly covered than the Seattle area! Quote Link to comment
+Totem Clan Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Here you are - Spokane WA(99201) 5 Mi. - 253 Caches 10 Mi. - 477 Caches 15 Mi. - 575 Caches 20 Mi. - 655 Caches 25 Mi. - 728 Caches Ohh, and for the Mother of all cache Dense areas... Seattle, WA(Origin: N 47° 37.243 W 122° 20.852) 5 Mi. - 461 Caches 10 Mi. - 1043 Caches 15 Mi. - 2041 Caches 20 Mi. - 2847 Caches 25 Mi. - 3678 Caches Thats ALOT if caches!!! The steaks 1000 miles from 99201 = 129,865 caches 1000 miles from 98101 = 116,036 caches Obviously the Spokane area is more richly covered than the Seattle area! 1,000 miles from 15201 (Pittsburgh, PA) = 222,854 Quote Link to comment
+Totem Clan Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 1000 from Columbus, OH = 237080 Quote Link to comment
+Totem Clan Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 1,000 from the middle of the Gulf of Mexico (N 25 00.000 W 90 00.000) = 99,481 Quote Link to comment
+3doxies Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Bristol TN/VA 5 miles: 269 10 miles: 525 25 miles: 1690 50 miles: 3197 Quote Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Honolulu, HI 235 miles: 839 1,000 miles: 839 Quote Link to comment
+TheAlabamaRambler Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 35210 - Irondale, Al 359 within 10 miles 1537 within 50 miles (I haven't found 1148 of those) 4246 within 100 miles Plenty to keep me busy! Quote Link to comment
+loftonww Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Hillsboro,ohio 5-13 10-26 25-172 50-2595 Quote Link to comment
+Annie & PB Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 From a small obscure town somewhere in New Zealand - that we happen to live in ! 1 mile 42/10 ours 5 miles 81/16 ours 10 miles 95/18 ours 25 miles 165 50 miles 227 We have the ocean about a mile away on one side and a serious mountain range on the other side, that begins within the 50 mile area. So fairly slim pickings compared to most of you in the USA. Annie Quote Link to comment
crawil Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Fullerton, CA (Orange County) 5 miles: 335 10 miles: 1,028 25 miles: 5,179 50 miles: 11,149 Quote Link to comment
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