Hiding a temporary cache at campsite?

[Noble Navigator]

We go camping a lot and I was wondering if it's possible to hide a cache at our campsite while we are there (2-4 days). Is it possible to list a cache for such a short amount of time?

[+WRASTRO]

You can create a listing so you have a papaer printout but you can't have one published on GC.com for such a short period. You can also just hide them and hunt them without listing them.

[Keystone]

Under the "Cache Permanence" guidelines, geocachers expect that caches listed on Geocaching.com will be available for a reasonable, extended period of time. If, by the time someone's received their Friday pocket query and planned their route for Sunday afternoon, you've picked up and moved along, that searcher would not be a happy camper. (Pardon the pun.)

 

For more details please see this Listing Guideline Page. You will see that three months is the bare minimum period that can be presumed to have "permanence."

[+6NoisyHikers]

If the intent is to have people come to your campsite so you can meet other campers, perhaps an Event Cache would be a better option?

 

If you only want something for your friends and family to find, you can make printouts as Wastro said and let the seekers input the coordinates manually.

[+ZeeCaching]

I thought I read that an event cache expires. Maybe try that?

[+AustinMN]

Keep in mind that if you camp in state or county parks, many of those have their own rules regarding geocaching. You will not get a listing approved if you have not complied with those rules (often including getting written permission from park personnel). I can't see where that's worth the effort for a long weekend, or even a full week.

 

Austin