Have never Geocached, live in remote area...

[plumferry]

Hello all, I have been thinking about getting involved with Geocaching for some time now, but I live in a small coastal town in Oregon an hour from Eugene, called Florence and don't know how to determine if there are caches within an hour of my home. Are there any members around here?

Thanks.

[+Wadcutter]

Go to www.geocaching.com.  At the top part of that page you'll see a box with the grayed words "city, state, coordinates, GC code..."  Type in Florence, OR and click on the green button to the right.  I show 373 caches within 10 miles of the center of Florence.  There are caches all along the coast road.

Good hunting and enjoy the hobby.

 

[+kunarion]

On 2/2/2018 at 6:58 PM, plumferry said:

Hello all, I have been thinking about getting involved with Geocaching for some time now, but I live in a small coastal town in Oregon an hour from Eugene, called Florence and don't know how to determine if there are caches within an hour of my home. Are there any members around here?

Thanks.

 

I visit family and friends there regularly.  But it's super tough to get them to come hunt Geocaches.

The weather, surf and sand can be hard on cache containers, so check the recent logs if you're going onto the jetty or along beaches.  If you don't mind traveling around a little, be sure to check out the scenic caches along mountain trails.

There are several nice caches at the waterfront.  As Wadcutter mentioned, there are caches throughout the area. Here's a map.

Also, these are pretty cool:

Democracy Under Pressure https://coord.info/GC15X4B

Gateway to South Jetty https://coord.info/GC1NDQX

Bedrock's Duck https://coord.info/GC1YGPR (cool one in Reedsport)

Alice's Rabbit Hole https://coord.info/GCGTH2 (30 miles north)

A puzzle cache: Slow As Molasses https://coord.info/GC62B01 (I flew from Atlanta, drove straight there and signed the blank log.  And someone else found it that same afternoon!). By kenny art. Look for kenny art caches that have a lot of favorites.

 

 

 

Edited February 4, 2018 by kunarion

[+noncentric]

Just to clarify on the numbers provided above. There are ~370 total geocaches within 10 miles of Florence, but ~70 of those are Premium Member Only caches.