+mmb3 Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 My husband, 11 year old daughter and I would like to take a vacation this summer and would like to find a good place for geocaching that also has other attractions to go to. Does anyone have any good advice for a child friendly place that is a great geocaching destination? Thanks! Quote
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 Close to home or far away? Pretty close to home is the U.P. of Michigan, but then I am a little biased. Nice waterfalls, Porcupine Mtns State Park; Keweenaw peninsula and it's copper mines; Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore; Tahquamenon Falls State Park; Whitefish Point/Bay; Sault Ste Marie Locks; Mackinac Bridge and Mackinac Island. Different than NYC or Aruba, but then what isn't? Lots of waterfalls and caches between (very few LPC's )! THEN -- complete the Superior Circle Route, around the top of Lake Superior, being sure to spend some time in the Thunder Bay district, visit the amethyst mines and take home bunches of it! Finish out the circle with a beautiful trip through MN Arrowhead! What more could one want? Quote
jholly Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 Of course the ultimate Geocaching vacation has to be a trip to Seattle for a day of Geowoodstock VIII. Besides the Geowoodstock event I hear many other geocaching events are planned for the week. Of course there are all the attractions in Seattle. Quote
+hukilaulau Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 Red Rocks recreation area outside of Las Vegas has a bunch of excellent geocaches for any level of cacher. There is tons of other stuff to do in the area, and hotels are cheap. There is one casino hotel right near the entrance to Red Rocks, Las Vegas is something like 12 or 15 miles away. I always stay downtown around Fremont Street because there are lots of shops within walking distance. I'm going for a conference in April and I got a package for $701 for six nights hotel, car, and airfare from NYC. Quote
+hydnsek Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 (edited) Of course the ultimate Geocaching vacation has to be a trip to Seattle for a day of Geowoodstock VIII. Besides the Geowoodstock event I hear many other geocaching events are planned for the week. Of course there are all the attractions in Seattle. What jholly said. THE geocaching vacation destination for 2010 is the Pacific Northwest and several days of fun around GeoWoodstock VIII in July, celebrating the 10th anniversary of geocaching. Lots of families and kids at the events (we're expecting 5000+ attendees), lots of great caches up here, and the Seattle/Portland/Vancouver area has great touristy things to do, from the Space Needle and Underground Seattle to the Cascade volcanoes and Olympic Peninsula rainforests. And, since it's July 4th weekend, WSGA is planning a series of "Fireworks 4th" events around the region, so that our visitors and their families can find a place to watch fireworks while they're on the road. Edited February 13, 2010 by hydnsek Quote
+Packanack Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 I am partial to Cape Cod Mass little more than an hour to Boston, a great place to visit on a day trip, Quote
+geodarts Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 Start with deciding where you want to visit and the caches will follow. Last summer we took a trip through Zion, Bryce, and the North Rim that brought us to some amazing places, and provided a great caching experience. Quote
+briansnat Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 Start with deciding where you want to visit and the caches will follow. Last summer we took a trip through Zion, Bryce, and the North Rim that brought us to some amazing places, and provided a great caching experience. I agree with that. Find a place that you want to visit and before you go, download the caches in that area. If the local caching scene in the area is not numbers oriented, you are likely to discover many places that the the usual tourists may never see. Quote
+J the Goat Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 We're going to Disneyland in September. I plan on doing a little bit of caching on the drive down (we live about 10 hours north) but what I'm looking forward to are the virtuals in the park and the surrounding caches once we're actually there. Quote
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