Distance between caches

[+Mak 'N Cheez]

My son and I are planning some hides in the near future and I'm wondering what the protocol is for hides in terms of how far from other caches should you be? Are there guidelines that I missed somewhere? Sorry if this is a silly question that is answered clearly somewhere else. I'm a newb and I've searched for an answer but haven't found one.

[+Beach_hut]

The minimum distance from existing caches is 0.1 miles. There's a bit more info here

[Pup Patrol]

My son and I are planning some hides in the near future and I'm wondering what the protocol is for hides in terms of how far from other caches should you be? Are there guidelines that I missed somewhere? Sorry if this is a silly question that is answered clearly somewhere else. I'm a newb and I've searched for an answer but haven't found one.

 

The Guidelines are linked to on this page: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/

 

The Guidelines can be found here:

 

http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx

 

The Help Center is something that you should be familiar with, as well:

 

http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.book&id=1

 

4. Review Process: Hiding a Geocache

 

http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=22

 

 

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[+L0ne.R]

My son and I are planning some hides in the near future and I'm wondering what the protocol is for hides in terms of how far from other caches should you be? Are there guidelines that I missed somewhere? Sorry if this is a silly question that is answered clearly somewhere else. I'm a newb and I've searched for an answer but haven't found one.

 

Might I suggest that you spend the next 2 months preparing your cache, scouting out a nice location, writing up the cache description (you can write up the cache description but not enable it for a couple of months), checking and double checking the coordinates plus doing some more geocaching to get a feel for what's good and what's bad. Also, give yourself 2 months to get over the honeymoon period of geocaching. If you're still both keen after 2 months, post your cache.

 

There's quite a bit of responsibility that goes along with cache ownership, including providing accurate coordinates, regular maintenance and checking on the cache promptly when problems are reported. You will also need to familiarize yourself with cache ownership features such a Owner Maintenance, Disable, Enable, Writing a Note, etc. Read the forums for a while also, you'll get a feel for what people like to find and what they don't like.

Edited May 8, 2013 by L0ne R

[+randco]

I agree with LOne R about waiting. When we got hooked I wanted make and hide caches. About a week after finding our first cache we were invited to a geocaching event. We went and had a great time. We had the opportunity to speak with a lot of other cachers. I told them how bad I wanted to place a cache. Most of the people that I talked to told me to wait until I had at least 100 finds. We took their advice and are glad we did.

 

When you are ready here is a simple Calculator that can be used to determine distance between caches.Coordinate Distance Calculator