+genegene Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I was just wondering what are the best earthcaches that you have done? The ones where the EarthCache Lister has gone above and beyond the basics of the area and had you wanting to know more about the feature after you left. Quote Link to comment
+joranda Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I had a couple of school trips here when I was a kid. It was nice to see it get made into a earthcache so I could visit it again. The Ancient Dickson Mounds, GC18TNX Quote Link to comment
+Neos 1 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Hopefully we'll have more to add after our impending road trip but for now my personal faves are Trammel Fossil Park GCN170, Miss Daisy-We Have A Gusher GC1055Y, and Shiny Rocks-Crater Of Diamonds GCZNR8. At the first one and last one you keep what you find. There are admission fees for the last two but in my opinion both are worth the price. Quote Link to comment
+Haffy Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 This is probably one of the best here in Maine: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...14-57bcb137bfca Quote Link to comment
+joranda Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 This is probably one of the best here in Maine: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...14-57bcb137bfca I would love to visit that spot. There are some lovely picture for that area. Thanks for sharing that one. Quote Link to comment
+Miragee Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 These are some of my favorite Earthcaches: Tufa Towers That one is simply spectacular and shouldn't be missed if anyone is traveling in that area. Split Mountain Gorge You need high-clearance or 4WD to get to this amazing canyon wall. A Home of "Dragons" Earthcache Dizzying Display Earthcache The last two are located in the spectacular Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in southwestern Colorado. Quote Link to comment
+TrailGators Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 These are some of my favorite Earthcaches: Tufa Towers That one is simply spectacular and shouldn't be missed if anyone is traveling in that area. Tufa Towers is a great one! So is the nearby Travertine Earthcache. It is archived but the hot springs are still there, so it's worth stopping by! Quote Link to comment
+geoaware Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 (edited) These are some of my favorite Earthcaches: A Home of "Dragons" Earthcache Dizzying Display Earthcache The last two are located in the spectacular Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in southwestern Colorado. ...and the first EarthCaches in the USA! Edited June 28, 2008 by geoaware Quote Link to comment
+TerryDad2 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 These are some of my favorite Earthcaches: Tufa Towers That one is simply spectacular and shouldn't be missed if anyone is traveling in that area. Tufa Towers is a great one! So is the nearby Travertine Earthcache. It is archived but the hot springs are still there, so it's worth stopping by! I got permission from the previous owners to revive the Travertine Hot Springs and another one at Mono Lake. Quote Link to comment
+climbstuff Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 I got permission from the previous owners to revive the Travertine Hot Springs and another one at Mono Lake. Question about that... (not relating to a recent sore subject) I want to revive a couple that have been archived for over a year now. Did you get permission for purely etiquette reasons? It doesn't seem necessary... Quote Link to comment
+TerryDad2 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 I got permission from the previous owners to revive the Travertine Hot Springs and another one at Mono Lake. Question about that... (not relating to a recent sore subject) I want to revive a couple that have been archived for over a year now. Did you get permission for purely etiquette reasons? It doesn't seem necessary... I was actually hoping they would update the requirements and revive them on their own, so I could list them as a find. But since they didn't, I set them up as they are good locations. Since they are archived and the previous ownerns didn't want to update the logging requirements, that frees the location up. I also have suprised some traditional caches by listing EarthCaches near them and ruffled a few feathers. Everything got smoothed out though. That may have been the reason for the requirement to check with traditional cache owners when an EarthCache is placed close to their. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Favorites? Of the sixteen that I've found, two stand out. Both educational and scenic. "Rock In" Down The Highway Earthcache Diabase Dikes – Schoodic Point, Acadia NP Quote Link to comment
Susie_Q Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I have to agree with Haffy. My all time favourite, so far, has been the Acadia National Park Earthcache Program (GC11M7T), in Maine. TerryDad2 has a great one by there as well called The Ovens - 2 if by land, 5 if by sea (GCZ5JA). flyingmoose has some fabulous earthcaches along the Potomac River in Maryland and in Virginia, one being Great Falls Earthcache (GCZDA0). Another fascinating earthcache, by cirrus142, is the Chesapeake Bay Bolide (GCZNQT). Keep these great earthcaches coming! Quote Link to comment
+JoesBar Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 This cache is in Columbus, OH. That building is made of 40 types of Ohio stone. It is on the campus of The Ohio State University. Quote Link to comment
+BiT Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 This cache is in Columbus, OH. That building is made of 40 types of Ohio stone. It is on the campus of The Ohio State University. Cool, that is one of mine! Quote Link to comment
+GEO WALKER Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Lime City GCZBXZ Huntington IN USA What I find most interesting here is not so much the “geology”, but the creative land use. Perhaps this may be due to a few “Planning” courses I had taken in college or my environmental background. It’s a great example of land reuse. Quote Link to comment
+dalls Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Here is a couple that I have enjoyed in Tennessee. Pinson Mounds Earthcache (GCN6ZK) On Top Of Old Smoky (GC19AXK) Quote Link to comment
+Accordiongal Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 There are three that have been my favorite: GC13END Soda Lake in California because the research station is beautiful. I wanted to stay there, just think of the location and go into a zenn state and feel relaxed. GCZ9C7 Petrified Dunes in Snow Canyon in Utah. Talk about the moki marbles a lot with my main caching partner. Even found something like them in Minnesota. GC1054V Get Down & Dirty in Indiana because you have to make mud and play in the dirt. Another earthcache that I like discussing because of the lessons learned about soil and dirt. Quote Link to comment
+casadelrut Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 This cache is in Columbus, OH. That building is made of 40 types of Ohio stone. It is on the campus of The Ohio State University. That one was cool. It was my first EarthCache and probably the most interesting I've done. Quote Link to comment
+NorthWes Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Chesapeake Bay Bolide (GCZNQT) by cirrus142 was absolutely creepy. Standing on a boardwalk in the late afternoon sunshine, my wife and I looked over our shoulders at the town and then at each other and said simultaneously 'What if it happened again? Now?' It was an eye-opener. Our favorites during that trip out east (in addition to the chilling Bolide) were the now-archived pair at Harpers Ferry (Phyllite of Stairs, and 'A River Runs Through It') as well as the fabulous Shifting Sands earthcache by K4OTN at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (a long walk hand in hand on a sunny warm beach with my best friend of 30+ years... sigh... we didn't want to leave! Thanks for that one, K4OTN...) A very happy Mrs NW at 'Shifting Sands' earthcache Quote Link to comment
+Rev Mike Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 This cache is in Columbus, OH. That building is made of 40 types of Ohio stone. It is on the campus of The Ohio State University. Cool, that is one of mine! Aren't all of the earthcaches in Ohio yours? Seriously, since you keep your Ohio earthcache bookmark list so well maintained I am going to take mine down. Quote Link to comment
+catsnfish Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Pipestone National Monument Earthcache This site has it all, geology, history, hardrock mining, a waterfall, culture, spititualism, erratics Quote Link to comment
+bluelamb03 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 I'd like to nominate Cape Cod Tidal Flats by Justin & the Girls. (GC1E67W). Nothing too strenuous or dramatic, but an impressive display of the Cape Cod Bay! Bluelamb03 Quote Link to comment
+oldfatguy Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 The "Big Bang" by ohjoy! (GCPRH2) in Washington was my first and I can't wait to get back to this area - it is truely amazing. There are now 4-5 more around Mt. St. Helens. Quote Link to comment
+fox-and-the-hound Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I've only found 3 so far, but that last one has had me digging for weeks for an answer now. At the Hickory Run Boulder Field earthcache I managed to scrape my shin. Not much more than a scratch and I have a remarkable ability to recover without scars usually, but this tiny scratch turned into a major scar for some reason. I'm wondering just what it was about that area that could cause it to happen and if it has any relation to why there's absolutely no growth of any kind in the middle of this boulder field. Now I'm wondering if ph levels are involved as well. All kinds of questions to be researched Quote Link to comment
+whistler & co. Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I've only found 3 so far, but that last one has had me digging for weeks for an answer now. At the Hickory Run Boulder Field earthcache I managed to scrape my shin. Not much more than a scratch and I have a remarkable ability to recover without scars usually, but this tiny scratch turned into a major scar for some reason. I'm wondering just what it was about that area that could cause it to happen and if it has any relation to why there's absolutely no growth of any kind in the middle of this boulder field. Now I'm wondering if ph levels are involved as well. All kinds of questions to be researched It was the rat poop on the rocks. You do realize the boulder field is infested with giant nocturanal parasitic rats, right? Quote Link to comment
+fox-and-the-hound Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I've only found 3 so far, but that last one has had me digging for weeks for an answer now. At the Hickory Run Boulder Field earthcache I managed to scrape my shin. Not much more than a scratch and I have a remarkable ability to recover without scars usually, but this tiny scratch turned into a major scar for some reason. I'm wondering just what it was about that area that could cause it to happen and if it has any relation to why there's absolutely no growth of any kind in the middle of this boulder field. Now I'm wondering if ph levels are involved as well. All kinds of questions to be researched It was the rat poop on the rocks. You do realize the boulder field is infested with giant nocturanal parasitic rats, right? I did notice an oddly large number of hunting spiders, but that's about all. Quote Link to comment
+humboldt flier Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 These are some of my favorite Earthcaches: Tufa Towers That one is simply spectacular and shouldn't be missed if anyone is traveling in that area. Tufa Towers is a great one! So is the nearby Travertine Earthcache. It is archived but the hot springs are still there, so it's worth stopping by! Travertine near bridgeport, Calif is back Waaaaaaaayyyy cool cache Quote Link to comment
+TerryDad2 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 These are some of my favorite Earthcaches: Tufa Towers That one is simply spectacular and shouldn't be missed if anyone is traveling in that area. Tufa Towers is a great one! So is the nearby Travertine Earthcache. It is archived but the hot springs are still there, so it's worth stopping by! Travertine near bridgeport, Calif is back Waaaaaaaayyyy cool cache I'm sorry. It's not cool. It is a HOT cache! Be sure to bring a high temperature thermometer for the logging requirement. Quote Link to comment
+geoaware Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 "Travertine EarthCache" has been archived because it does not meet the EarthCache guidelines. As far as I can see, it still has not been updated to provide an educational logging requirement. This is sad as it really could be made easily into a wonderful active EarthCache. What surprises me more is that an archived EarthCache is listed in this thread...especially when it was archived because it failed to meet the guidelines. Quote Link to comment
+TerryDad2 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 "Travertine EarthCache" has been archived because it does not meet the EarthCache guidelines. As far as I can see, it still has not been updated to provide an educational logging requirement. This is sad as it really could be made easily into a wonderful active EarthCache. What surprises me more is that an archived EarthCache is listed in this thread...especially when it was archived because it failed to meet the guidelines. Here is the revived earthcache that meets the requirement. Visit Travertine Hot Springs http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...f7-b626d5d1168c Quote Link to comment
+supertbone Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Some of the ones I have loved are: The Great Thistle Landslide (GCZCPB) - This highlights a massive landslide in the early 1980s that dams up a river and wipes out a small town. St. Francis Dam Failure, Saugus California (GC11HZH) - You see what happens when a huge dam bursts and the geology that caused it. Devil's Punchbowl (GCPFPW) - The unique geology here is spectacular and so is the wildlife. Kramer Borate Deposit Earthcache (GCQ5FV) - You get to see a massive open pit borate mine. Virgin River Gorge Earthcache (GC10YWK) - I own this earthcache and this is my favorite one. It takes you along a desert river through the bottom of a gorge in northwestern Arizona. With vertical walls of hundreds of feet high. Quote Link to comment
+danieloliveira Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 My favourite has to be a now archived EC by the name of Dunas de Maspalomas Earthcache (Gran Canaria) in the Canaries (Gran Canaria) not because of the great geology or the feature itself but rather because of the curious incident while en route to ground zero. We were stationed on the beach near the Faro de Maspalomas (those who have been there will know what I mean) and it was 1.2 km to GZ. I decided to walk the distance while the rest of the family enjoyed the beach. On the way I was so concentrated on the little arrow of the GPSr that when at certain point I looked up I was in the middle of a nudist beach. Needless to say that someone "wandering" through naked men and women holding a camera and a GPSr raised many an eyebrow and made a certain someone blush. Quote Link to comment
+Cav Scout Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 This one is on my watchlist of favorites http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...01-3b58b45c98fe. What I find interesting is that its not even really an earthcache. Quote Link to comment
+geodarts Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 (edited) I agree with what other posters have said about Tufa Towers. It is a remarkable place that I never would have discovered had not there been an earthcache there. There have only been a few earthcaches that have left me scratching my head about the location. But I also enjoyed: Avalanche on Wall Street: A hike into the hoodoos of Bryce Canyon that was as close to a religious experience as I have gotten in recent years. Talus Cave - Pinnacles NM: Part of a series of great earthcaches, a remarkable hike through the Pinnacles in California. Cheddar Gorge: A beautiful area in England, with steep Limestone cliffs rising through the Gorge. La Ventana Arch - El Malpais National Monument: I love arches and this one was beautiful and within easy reach. 3 Rivers Petroglyph Site: Petroglyphs are probably more of an attraction here than geology, but in terms of WOW this was an amazing spot. Diablo Canyon Columns: Balsatic coumns rise up in this New Mexican canyon. I could go on. Jacoby Dunes in North Carolina. The Yosemite caches by TerryDad2 that we did last weekend were certainly special, in part because I know how much work he put in to get them approved by NPS officials. His Zion caches were amazing. Anybody who reads this list will know that I tend to favor the caches with the visual factors. By the time I finished some high school science classes, I realized that I never would be a scientist. So I struggle to understand some of the geology, learning at various caches, agonizing at some others. But at their best, earthcaches help me to focus in on specific things, to pay attention to details I would have otherwise missed, to appreciate and understand a little more about the earth. Edited October 15, 2009 by Erickson Quote Link to comment
+TH 1969 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 This is probably one of the best here in Maine: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...14-57bcb137bfca Agreed! Best EC I've had the fortune to experience Quote Link to comment
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