+Benay148 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 what is the longest geocaching series in the world? i have seen one in west hartford connecticut that was over 100 but there has to be larger than that! whats the longest series in the world!? -Benay148 Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 What is the definition of a series? Quote Link to comment
+Benay148 Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 What is the definition of a series? like... "My Geocache #1" and then "My Geocache #2" type thing Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 (edited) Well.. E.T. 001 to 1022 will be one of the longest. Edited August 31, 2010 by SwineFlew Quote Link to comment
+ihorn Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 There is one that goes around the world to all 7 continents. Does that satisfy your question? Quote Link to comment
+Gratusin Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 There's one in central Nevada called E.T. starting with E.T. 001 (GC2551A) and most recently ending with E.T. 1022 (GC2AEQE). It's well over 1000, plus it has 51 caches set up to resemble an aliens head. Pretty cool concept and would love to check it out. We did the big smiley face in the New Mexican desert, which was only 23, but each cache was handmade (one was a flipped upside down dirtbike with an ammo can welded to it) and is a series that absolutely should be on your list of caches to complete before you kick it for good. Quote Link to comment
GOF's Sock Puppet Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Well.. E.T. 001 to 1022 will be one of the longest. This is why I asked for a definition. The caches listed as "The E.T. Highway" are touted as a "power Trail". Quote Link to comment
+escomag Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 There's one in central Nevada called E.T. starting with E.T. 001 (GC2551A) and most recently ending with E.T. 1022 (GC2AEQE). It's well over 1000, plus it has 51 caches set up to resemble an aliens head. Pretty cool concept and would love to check it out. We did the big smiley face in the New Mexican desert, which was only 23, but each cache was handmade (one was a flipped upside down dirtbike with an ammo can welded to it) and is a series that absolutely should be on your list of caches to complete before you kick it for good. Sounds like fun, but I can't get there soon. Anyway I can know before I kick it for good? If it was soon, I might have to change my plans Quote Link to comment
+releasethedogs Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 AMAZING! I will be back in the states (Arizona) at the beginning of 2011 to get married. no question about this, I am renting a car and me and my wife (to be) are doing this. Quote Link to comment
+GrateBear Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 AMAZING! I will be back in the states (Arizona) at the beginning of 2011 to get married. no question about this, I am renting a car and me and my wife (to be) are doing this. I'm sure that will be the #1 thing on her "to do" list for the honeymoon Quote Link to comment
+Rainbow Spirit Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 AMAZING! I will be back in the states (Arizona) at the beginning of 2011 to get married. no question about this, I am renting a car and me and my wife (to be) are doing this. I'm sure that will be the #1 thing on her "to do" list for the honeymoon I wonder if they will be posting photos from the cache sites? Could be an interesting series of honeymoon shoots! Quote Link to comment
+4 and The Dog Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 There is one that goes around the world to all 7 continents. Does that satisfy your question? Sounds interesting - have you got a reference for that one? Cheers Quote Link to comment
+calatxols Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Hi geocachers, talking about geocaching series, the one in Nevada is absolutely amazing. I have notice of some more series: One of 210 cache in the province of Castelló (Comunitat Valenciana, Spain) http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...fb-4251691c299b 101 cache in the Aiguamolls de l'Empordà zone, near Roses (in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain) http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...ca-f75e4c6bb037 70 cache in La ruta del Ferro, near Ripoll (province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain). http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...36-b1a5ec85bd93 We've done the last two, and are very nice and pleasant. When we came again to the US we will consider doing the ET trail. Best regards from Catalonia. Xavier, of Calatxols team, from Girona Quote Link to comment
+Are_we_there_yet? Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 The Indiana Spirit Quest series is up to over 700 caches now. Quote Link to comment
Ephemeral Moment Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 (edited) The Church Micro series in the UK has 1310 in it (so far ) Church Micro Bookmarks Edited September 13, 2010 by TheHappyWanderer Quote Link to comment
Earthdog Zippy Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 The Indiana Spirit Quest series is up to over 700 caches now. That's a lot of cemeteries!!!!! Quote Link to comment
+TerraViators Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 I think the Famous People series is over 600. The bridges series is at least over 700. But, the ET is the longest power trail in the world. Quote Link to comment
+ogeoISplash Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 (I think the Famous People series is over 600. The bridges series is at least over 700.) Where are these series located? Quote Link to comment
+Al 7365 Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 If u r looking for a power trail in the UK the UK mega series near Farnham is quite cool. Thats got 120 odd caches on it, next to it is UK mega series 2 with 54 caches on it. Then about 20 miles south the Sussex Amble trail of 71 caches. Quote Link to comment
+Ant89 Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 625 PM caches by the same hider. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.asp...p;u=L+E+G+E+N+D Quote Link to comment
+NNVN Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Longest geocache series is Iron Horse Trail in Alberta 1425 caches. Quote Link to comment
+CanadianRockies Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Longest geocache series is Iron Horse Trail in Alberta 1425 caches. Or is it? 2000-E.T. Quote Link to comment
+Ma & Pa Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Longest geocache series is Iron Horse Trail in Alberta 1425 caches. There are at least that many on the Confederation Trail on Prince Edward Island. The trail is a well maintained bike trail built on the old railway lines and going to all corners of the island. http://www.geocaching.com/map/default.aspx?lat=46.379533&lng=-62.843833 PAul Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 AMAZING! I will be back in the states (Arizona) at the beginning of 2011 to get married. no question about this, I am renting a car and me and my wife (to be) are doing this. I'm sure that will be the #1 thing on her "to do" list for the honeymoon I know the area well and I know lots of folks who have done the series... That right there sounds like a recipe for disaster unless the bride to be is as equally gung ho for doing that series. I'll probably do the series some day, but I won't be driving and it won't be in my car. It looks to me more like geocaching torture than anything real exciting.... Quote Link to comment
+zephyrsailor Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 GC2X83C 1001caches, longest in europe that i know of. Quote Link to comment
+jellis Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 (edited) ET Hwy has 2000 and yes and I wouldn't be surprised if they add more by next year too. Plenty of desert out there. Edited October 12, 2012 by jellis Quote Link to comment
+duncanhoyle Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 GC2X83C 1001caches, longest in europe that i know of. The recently published Haggis Highway series in Scotland has 1082 (http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=4514ad76-9816-4d4e-8f74-6078176ecf2f) Quote Link to comment
+Team Woodward Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 ET Hwy has 2000 and yes and I wouldn't be surprised if they add more by next year too. Plenty of desert out there. I believe this entire series has been archived. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 ET Hwy has 2000 and yes and I wouldn't be surprised if they add more by next year too. Plenty of desert out there.I believe this entire series has been archived.Yeah, there's a story behind that. The first ET Highway numbers run trail was archived after the Nevada Department of Transportation contacted Groundspeak. But the creators of the ET Highway numbers run trail worked with the Nevada DoT and have recreated the ET Highway numbers run trail, and this incarnation is even longer than the previous one. And apparently, there are plans to make it longer still. Here's where it starts: GC2ZKDF Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 ET Hwy has 2000 and yes and I wouldn't be surprised if they add more by next year too. Plenty of desert out there.I believe this entire series has been archived.Yeah, there's a story behind that. The first ET Highway numbers run trail was archived after the Nevada Department of Transportation contacted Groundspeak. But the creators of the ET Highway numbers run trail worked with the Nevada DoT and have recreated the ET Highway numbers run trail, and this incarnation is even longer than the previous one. And apparently, there are plans to make it longer still. Here's where it starts: GC2ZKDF According the latest log on that cache (0002-E.T. ), ET-0001-E.T. was "unreasonably archived without notice". Perhaps the rest of them will be archived as well, and the trail can be recreated for the third time, giving finders the opportunity to increase their find count by 1500 or so by visiting the same stretch of road for the third time. Quote Link to comment
+humboldt flier Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 (edited) ET Hwy has 2000 and yes and I wouldn't be surprised if they add more by next year too. Plenty of desert out there.I believe this entire series has been archived.Yeah, there's a story behind that. The first ET Highway numbers run trail was archived after the Nevada Department of Transportation contacted Groundspeak. But the creators of the ET Highway numbers run trail worked with the Nevada DoT and have recreated the ET Highway numbers run trail, and this incarnation is even longer than the previous one. And apparently, there are plans to make it longer still. Here's where it starts: GC2ZKDF According the latest log on that cache (0002-E.T. ), ET-0001-E.T. was "unreasonably archived without notice". Perhaps the rest of them will be archived as well, and the trail can be recreated for the third time, giving finders the opportunity to increase their find count by 1500 or so by visiting the same stretch of road for the third time. ET 0001 has been re-enabled. Thus bumping the count back to 2,000 from 1,999. Edited October 12, 2012 by humboldt flier Quote Link to comment
+jellis Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 ET Hwy has 2000 and yes and I wouldn't be surprised if they add more by next year too. Plenty of desert out there.I believe this entire series has been archived.Yeah, there's a story behind that. The first ET Highway numbers run trail was archived after the Nevada Department of Transportation contacted Groundspeak. But the creators of the ET Highway numbers run trail worked with the Nevada DoT and have recreated the ET Highway numbers run trail, and this incarnation is even longer than the previous one. And apparently, there are plans to make it longer still. Here's where it starts: GC2ZKDF According the latest log on that cache (0002-E.T. ), ET-0001-E.T. was "unreasonably archived without notice". Perhaps the rest of them will be archived as well, and the trail can be recreated for the third time, giving finders the opportunity to increase their find count by 1500 or so by visiting the same stretch of road for the third time. ET 0001 has been re-enabled. Thus bumping the count back to 2,000 from 1,999. When was it unreasonably archived? I don't see any messages. I am guessing someone mentioned how they thought it was an illegally placed one. Quote Link to comment
+Bestboys Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 haggis highway, scotland over 1100, not bad comparing to its countrys sise Quote Link to comment
+JKMonkey Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 There's one in central Nevada called E.T. starting with E.T. 001 (GC2551A) and most recently ending with E.T. 1022 (GC2AEQE). It's well over 1000, plus it has 51 caches set up to resemble an aliens head. Pretty cool concept and would love to check it out. We did the big smiley face in the New Mexican desert, which was only 23, but each cache was handmade (one was a flipped upside down dirtbike with an ammo can welded to it) and is a series that absolutely should be on your list of caches to complete before you kick it for good. This has not entered by Geo-Bucket List, thank you very much sir! Quote Link to comment
+sword fern Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 There's one in central Nevada called E.T. starting with E.T. 001 (GC2551A) and most recently ending with E.T. 1022 (GC2AEQE). It's well over 1000, plus it has 51 caches set up to resemble an aliens head. Pretty cool concept and would love to check it out. We did the big smiley face in the New Mexican desert, which was only 23, but each cache was handmade (one was a flipped upside down dirtbike with an ammo can welded to it) and is a series that absolutely should be on your list of caches to complete before you kick it for good. This has not entered by Geo-Bucket List, thank you very much sir! IMO, power trails don't count as a series because they are solely there just to get your find count up. Something that counts as a series would be this: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC23YFX Check the series on the map, its pretty cool. Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 I agree with previous posters. A series is anything designed to be found in a run and numbered consecutively. Anyone can make geoart with puzzle caches. What's really cool is geoart with real waypoints. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I agree with previous posters. A series is anything designed to be found in a run and numbered consecutively.But a series doesn't have to be designed to be found in a run. The Assume Nothing series by workerofwood is united only by its theme: "a series of common hides with a twist". Quote Link to comment
+bjmccacher Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 If any of you like challenges, I'm the co-owner of the oak creek challenge trail, it's 13 miles of a bike trail, nothing else along the trail outside of the challenges. It is 103 of them all with different requirements. It is by no means a power trail, we placed each one as if we were out placing the hardest possibly hide we could come up with in the area. We've have incredible feedback, and cachers from 10 states and Canada, with cachers from more states, Canada and the uk coming this summer. I haven't found any challenge trails of this length in all my searching! Quote Link to comment
+mjshmammut Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 On August 31st, 2013 an over 900 km (565 miles) power trail was published in Denmark - check it out here: GC43AG3 Quote Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 A new series published in Belgium is 2190 Quote Link to comment
+mjshmammut Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 A new series published in Belgium is 2190 What is the GC reference? Quote Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 OOPS Denmark http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=315213&st=0 Quote Link to comment
+Deepdiggingmole Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Does the Church Micro series in the UK with numbers over #5000 now constitute as the largest ? Quote Link to comment
+Deepdiggingmole Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 What is the definition of a series? Church Micro series - an example of a new one added recently http://coord.info/GC50DAR Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 What is the definition of a series? Church Micro series - an example of a new one added recently http://coord.info/GC50DAR The Church Micro series may have some formal conventions for a a cache being in included but there isn't anything official for calling a group of caches a series. Often the only thing in common with caches in a series is the name and a similar, often unremarkable location. Quote Link to comment
+redsox_mark Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 (edited) I agree - while there may not be a definitive definition, "series" generally means one continuous route. The Church Micros are more of a "franchise". They need to adhere to a certain standard defined by the franchise owner (mainly that they be near and about a church), but are scattered all over the country. Edited March 30, 2014 by redsox_mark Quote Link to comment
+res2100 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Definitely not the longest but very fun and most definitely unique is the Credit River Shipwreck Series which consists of 146 caches along 37.3 km of the Credit River, in Ontario, Canada. In order to get these caches, you will need to use a tube in the river. There is also a nice variety of hides. We plan on extending this series in both directions this summer. Lots of fun! Quote Link to comment
+FunnyNose Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Longest geocache series is Iron Horse Trail in Alberta 1425 caches. There are at least that many on the Confederation Trail on Prince Edward Island. The trail is a well maintained bike trail built on the old railway lines and going to all corners of the island. http://www.geocaching.com/map/default.aspx?lat=46.379533&lng=-62.843833 PAul If you believe what their website says The 1,600 Confederation Trail geocaches placed along the 400 kilometers of the Trail comprise the longest and largest geocache ‘Power Trail’ in the world. A couple siblings and I briefly visited PEI a couple years ago and the area was beautiful. That would be the only mega-trail I would even consider doing. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I agree - while there may not be a definitive definition, "series" generally means one continuous route.It may be a regional thing. Around here, we have a number of series that share a common theme, but don't share "one continuous route" at all. For example, workerofwood's Assume Nothing series, or catomcat's Somewhere series, or mokelly's Programming Challenge series, or mbrill's Tolkien series, or WeBeDnD's Plain Ol' Puzzle series, or PurplePeople's Lost Villages series, or sands5's Sands Series, rragan's CDC Cyber Series, or Venona's ACTIVITIES 2011 series, or... Well, I'm sure you get the idea. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I agree - while there may not be a definitive definition, "series" generally means one continuous route.It may be a regional thing. Around here, we have a number of series that share a common theme, but don't share "one continuous route" at all. For example, workerofwood's Assume Nothing series, or catomcat's Somewhere series, or mokelly's Programming Challenge series, or mbrill's Tolkien series, or WeBeDnD's Plain Ol' Puzzle series, or PurplePeople's Lost Villages series, or sands5's Sands Series, rragan's CDC Cyber Series, or Venona's ACTIVITIES 2011 series, or... Well, I'm sure you get the idea. A power trail is a series, but a series isn't necessarily a power trail. Quote Link to comment
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