Create a new cache

[+PizzaKingAXA]

I'm on the island Anguilla and there are only two caches currently here and I would like to create several more how do I do that?

[Pup Patrol]

I'm on the island Anguilla and there are only two caches currently here and I would like to create several more how do I do that?

 

If you are not residing there, it's highly unlikely the Reviewer would publish them. You must be able to maintain the physical caches in a timely manner.

 

Before placing any caches anywhere...

 

1.) Read the Guidelines over and over again.

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

 

Don't miss clicking the links to expand the sections.

 

For example:

 

Owner is responsible for visits to the physical location.

 

You are responsible for occasional visits to your cache to ensure it is in proper working order, especially when someone reports a problem with the cache (missing, damaged, wet, etc.), or posts a Needs Maintenance log. Temporarily disable your cache to let others know not to search for it until you have addressed the problem. You are permitted a reasonable amount of time – generally up to 4 weeks – in which to check on your cache. If a cache is not being maintained, or has been temporarily disabled for an unreasonable length of time, we may archive the listing.

 

The region in which a cacher is considered able to maintain caches responsibly will vary from person to person. A cacher who has previously logged caches within a wide range of their home may be considered able to maintain a geocache 200 miles (322 km) away. However, someone whose geocaching activities have primarily been within 25 miles (40 km) of home may not be able to maintain a geocache this far from home. This factor is determined at the discretion of the cache reviewer or Groundspeak.

 

Because of the effort required to maintain a geocache, please place physical caches in your usual caching area and not while traveling. Caches placed during travel will likely not be published unless you are able to provide an acceptable maintenance plan. This plan must allow for a quick response to reported problems, and might include the username of a local cacher who will handle maintenance issues in your absence. Alternatively you might train a local person to maintain the cache. Document your maintenance plan in a Note to Reviewer on your cache listing. This should include contact information of the maintainer. The note will auto-delete on publication.

 

2.) Read the Help Center section:

 

Hiding a Geocache

http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.book&id=19

 

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Edited February 8, 2017 by Pup Patrol

[RuideAlmeida]

Hiding a cache.

[+Manville Possum]

I'm on the island Anguilla and there are only two caches currently here and I would like to create several more how do I do that?

 

Cool. Are you living there or on vacation?

[+hzoi]

If you live there now, simple: hide a cache and submit the listing for review.

 

If you don't live there, you're going to need to convince a reviewer that you have a good enough plan to maintain the cache. Do you travel there regularly? Do you have a reliable local contact that can maintain the cache in your absence?

 

If you can't satisfy a maintenance plan, you can still potentially get an earthcache published. If you go this route, recommend you do your homework on the local geology, and recommendd that you base it off something permanent. It's easy to set up an earthcache based on interpretive signs, but what if the signs disappear next week? Whereas if you base it on something that's relatively permanent, like a rock face or fossilized coral, it's more likely to stand the test of time, signs or no signs.

Edited February 8, 2017 by hzoi