+Pat in Louisiana Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 (edited) I did a quick search of the forum thinking this has been asked before but found nothing. What US city has the most geocaches? So how many caches are there within 20 miles of your home coordinates? Edited February 2, 2011 by Pat in Louisiana Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I think you also need to specify a distance from city center. Going to be hard to figure out for the offcial city boundry line. Quote Link to comment
+Pat in Louisiana Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 (edited) 886 within 20 miles of Baton Rouge, La. 70815 Edited February 2, 2011 by Pat in Louisiana Quote Link to comment
+Ecylram Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I think you also need to specify a distance from city center. Going to be hard to figure out for the offcial city boundry line. Exactly. We've got somewhere between 4500-5500 in our metropolitan area, depending on how far you wish to extend the line. How you'd figure it out in the NE corridor I'd have no idea. Quote Link to comment
+Pat in Louisiana Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 I think you also need to specify a distance from city center. Going to be hard to figure out for the offcial city boundry line. Exactly. We've got somewhere between 4500-5500 in our metropolitan area, depending on how far you wish to extend the line. How you'd figure it out in the NE corridor I'd have no idea. I see your point perhaps I should change it to 20 miles from your home coords. PS I see from your profile you are in Co. I was born in Denver and spent childhood in Boulder. Small world.... Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 .... I see your point perhaps I should change it to 20 miles from your home coords. Count me out....I have 73 and about 50 of those are mine.... Quote Link to comment
+Ecylram Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I see your point perhaps I should change it to 20 miles from your home coords. PS I see from your profile you are in Co. I was born in Denver and spent childhood in Boulder. Small world.... To quote a famous comedian: "It's a small world...but I wouldn't want to paint it." There was a thread a few months ago where members were asked how many caches were within 10 miles of your home. To calculate this, you go to the "Hide & Seek a Cache" page and use the latitude/longitude search with a xx mile radius to get the result. I believe my response for 10 miles from my home was ~2200, which was high but not the highest number. In response to your question... 20 miles from city center (12th & Broadway), I came up with 5483 caches. Quote Link to comment
+thecaswellfamily Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 1210 caches within 20 miles of our home coordinates (Lacey, WA) Sheesh, and we've only found 202?!?! We'd better get goin'! Quote Link to comment
+KI4HLW Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 (edited) 772, about half of that 20 mile circle is ocean or swamps though so not a good comparison to someone who is land locked. Edited February 2, 2011 by KI4HLW Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I brought this up a couple years ago on the boards, and I think Southern California had the densest area. For example, there are 5700 within 20 miles of San Diego. And keep in mind that's on the coast, so if the water wasn't there, they could have hidden even more. When you go further inland to Lemon Grove, it's almost 6500. So far that's the most I've seen, I'd like to see if there are other places that have more caches! So far we've had three home towns with three very different saturation levels within 20 miles. Wiesbaden, Germany: 3993 (nice!) Charlottesville, VA: 194 (so lonely!) Montgomery, AL: 868 (pretty darn good) Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Hey, found my old thread. Ah, the memories. Quote Link to comment
+Corfman Clan Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 As of right now, I have 2991 caches within 20 miles of my home. Of those, there are 1314 that I have not found. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I see your point perhaps I should change it to 20 miles from your home coords.I come up with 4248 caches within 20 miles. Of course, that 20-mile radius includes a lot of the San Francisco Bay, where there are few geocaches. Quote Link to comment
+Andromeda321 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 1701 from my perch in Cleveland, 1678 from my "permanent address" in Pittsburgh (ie where my parents live, I'm a student). I might be studying in Bonn, Germany next year though and was pretty astounded to do a search there- 3448 caches within 20 miles! The grand majority of those are puzzle caches though with multis as a runner up (with traditional caches in the far minority) and most of those descriptions are in German though so most will be outside my capabilities until I learn the language. Quote Link to comment
+John in Valley Forge Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 1,737 in a 20 mile radius around Valley Forge, PA 19495 Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 886 within 20 miles of Baton Rouge, La. 70815 5320 within 20 miles of St. Paul, MN. 711 within 5 miles of St. Paul. Quote Link to comment
+California66er Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 4,237 within 20 miles of Los Angeles. 90012 Quote Link to comment
+Michaelcycle Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 2318 within 20 miles of Billy Penn's hat. Large sections of Philadelphia (especially north Philly) are nearly cacheless. Quote Link to comment
+GeePa Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 3944 - Naperville,IL Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 2822. Dec 31 2000: 0002 Dec 31 2001: 0024 Dec 31 2002: 0116 Dec 31 2003: 0347 Dec 31 2004: 0521 Dec 31 2005: 0713 Dec 31 2006: 0925 Dec 31 2007: 1162 Dec 31 2008: 1630 Dec 31 2009: 2233 Dec 31 2010: 2780 Quote Link to comment
+DragonsWest Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 1,869 Back when I started there were scant few. Funny how this happens. I've tried not to pile all of mine up around where I live. I think furthest apart are just over 100 miles. Quote Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 4,367 from my place in Kirkland, WA. Lots of water in the area. Quote Link to comment
+GeePa Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 4,367 from my place in Kirkland, WA. Lots of water in the area. Love the peace sign Quote Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 4,367 from my place in Kirkland, WA. Lots of water in the area. Love the peace sign It was quite the effort by a group of local cachers in th run up to GW last July. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 4,237 within 20 miles of Los Angeles. 90012 You mean to say that li'l old St. Paul, MN beat out LA by roughly 1000 caches in a 20 mile radius! THANK YOU KING BOREAS!!! Quote Link to comment
+debandrobin Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) 2086 around Indianapolis 46219 edited because I can't seem to spell where I live. Edited February 3, 2011 by debandrobin Quote Link to comment
+JesseVader08 Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Wow, I'm jealous of a lot of you. I've only got 442 caches available in a 20 mile radius. But I've only found 57 so far, so that's still lots to keep me busy! Quote Link to comment
+birder428 Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 589 within 20 miles of my home in Dutchess County, NY Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 570 within 20 miles of Ithaca, NY. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 2338 within 20 miles of Dover, NJ. (But most of them are BrianSnat's.) Quote Link to comment
+redsox_mark Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 2459 within 20 miles of my home coordinates in Bath, England. Quote Link to comment
+southeastalaska Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 165 within 20 miles. Of course any caching outside the 20 mile circle requires a boat or plane. Quote Link to comment
+traineediplomat Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 13 caches within 20 miles of Belgrade, Serbia downtown... 21 in the whole country. Quote Link to comment
+moose61 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 2540 caches within 20 miles from Landgraaf, The Netherlands. Not the US, but a place to find a lot of caches. Quote Link to comment
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