+cabinfever1960 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Do you get a souvenir for finding a geocache in every county of your state? Or is it just for personal satisfaction? 1 Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 There's no souvenir for finding a cache in every county of a state - only for finding your very first cache in a state, province or country. However, most US states have challenge caches requiring finds in all the counties in a State. These are great geocaching goals to set your sights on! I co-own the Pennsylvania All Counties Challenge, and I've also found a cache in every county of Delaware, Indiana, Maryland and Ohio. Coloring in counties, and seeking the related challenge caches, is great fun! 3 Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 (edited) 2 hours ago, The Leprechauns said: There's no souvenir for finding a cache in every county of a state You only mentioned the USA. What about other countries? If the USA gets a souvenir, it would be only fair that every country had the same opportunity. Maybe too much work though for HQ. But then it is quite an achievement finding a cache in each council area in a state or territory. 128 councils alone in my neighbouring state, NSW. Have most of them. 137 in Western Australia, some of them very remote. 68 in South Australia, one at least you need to apply for official permission to visit. Etc. A lot of driving. State of NSW. 128 councils. A map of WA with Poland and Texas to show size. Edited May 20 by Goldenwattle Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 4 hours ago, Goldenwattle said: You only mentioned the USA. What about other countries? I did not mention other countries because I looked at the OP's profile and saw they live in Oregon, USA, and have cache finds only in their home state and two other western USA states. If it makes you feel better, yes, I agree that Australia also doesn't have a souvenir for finding a cache in each council area within a state or territory. I also agree that Australia is large, and it takes work to color in new council areas. I only have twelve and it took a lot of driving to do that. Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 5 hours ago, Goldenwattle said: 8 hours ago, The Leprechauns said: There's no souvenir for finding a cache in every county of a state You only mentioned the USA. What about other countries? Also no. 5 hours ago, Goldenwattle said: If the USA gets a souvenir, it would be only fair that every country had the same opportunity. ...but since the USA has no such souvenir, it seems to be a non-issue, n'est-ce pas? Quote Link to comment
+JL_HSTRE Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 (edited) 10 hours ago, Goldenwattle said: But then it is quite an achievement finding a cache in each council area in a state or territory. 128 councils alone in my neighbouring state, NSW. Some US states have only a few counties, but some have a lot more, including 8 with at least 100. I suspect two reasons for the lack of county souvenirs. One is some countries probably don't have county equivalents. The other is that some counties have zero caches so for some states/provinces/regions getting every county is impossible. Edited May 20 by JL_HSTRE 1 Quote Link to comment
+Smitherington Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 I like the county maps on Project GC. It gives me a reason to take a different route when I travel and it gives me goals for my geocaching activities. 6 states so far. Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Delaware, and Florida. Pennsylvania this year I think. I don't need a souvenir for each county. Having it colored in is enough. 3 1 Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 (edited) 9 hours ago, Smitherington said: I like the county maps on Project GC. It gives me a reason to take a different route when I travel and it gives me goals for my geocaching activities. 6 states so far. Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Delaware, and Florida. Pennsylvania this year I think. I don't need a souvenir for each county. Having it colored in is enough. I agree. I have an event (non Geocaching) on in Adelaide later this year and I will drive to it from Canberra. It will be an indirect route, as there are four remaining council areas (counties) to tick off in Victoria. I have almost all the council areas in Victoria and might clear it out on that trip. Also might get one in a tiny council area in NSW I have missed on the way to Victoria. Then steer to a SideTracked cache on the Victorian/South Australian (SA) border, take in one or more council areas in SA, then attend the event in Adelaide. On a longer route home, take in some more council areas, get the last Web Cam left for me in Australia, and swing by Melbourne for some more SideTracked finds. Geocaching does take you to more places; I agree . Edited May 21 by Goldenwattle Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 1 hour ago, Goldenwattle said: I have an event (non Geocaching) on in Adelaide later this year and I will drive to it from Canberra. It will be an indirect route, Tell me about it! We had a non-Geocaching event in Chicago last week. It's a 600 mile roundtrip drive from our home in Cincinnati. But our "indirect route" put 1,900 miles on the car, and scored us cache finds in 71 counties. In the process, we finished coloring in all 92 of Indiana's counties, plus a bunch more in Illinois and Wisconsin. My map is now approaching @Smitherington levels. The next states to finish coloring in are Michigan, Kentucky and West Virginia. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 3 hours ago, The Leprechauns said: coloring in all 92 of Indiana's counties You have a LOT of council areas found in that map. Well done. Victoria is one of our two smallest states, so only has 79 councils, so less than Indiana to find. Quote Link to comment
+JL_HSTRE Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 It's amazing what you get to see when you get leave the freeway and start taking the scenic route through the vast American countryside. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
+cabinfever1960 Posted May 21 Author Share Posted May 21 How does one go about starting a challenge? Or is that for another discussion? Quote Link to comment
+CAVinoGal Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 (edited) 15 hours ago, cabinfever1960 said: How does one go about starting a challenge? Or is that for another discussion? I would start a new discussion/thread in the How Do I subforum . . . and clarify if you mean create a challenge cache for others to find, or begin work on a challenge cache yourself? Edited May 22 by CAVinoGal 1 Quote Link to comment
+brodiebunch Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 On side note, there was (or still is) an Oregon county challenge. But a condition of it is the cache containers cannot be micros that you find. That can be a wrinkle to your goal if you were on a road trip and selected the easiest ones along a road. I didn't qualify for the challenge to find its geocache but I did find a geocache in every Oregon county. That was my goal anyway. Quote Link to comment
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