What classifies as a physical stage?

[Gawangawoosle]

I'm thinking of hiding a multicache and want to know something. I know that physical stages have to be at least .1 mile from any existing cache. I don't know what classifies a physical stage. For example, if I want players to obtain information for the final coordinates at a sign, does the sign have to be .1 mile away from another cache or is a physical stage just for containers that you place that have clues in them?

 

[geoawareUSA9]

Generally, if you put it out there, like a tag, it's a physical stage.

 

Whereas if you direct folks to an existing object, like a sign or a plaque, it's a virtual stage.

[Gawangawoosle]

Thank you, that is good news.

[+niraD]

The Check for minimum distance section of the guidelines says it this way:

"A physical stage is any object placed by the cache owner, such as a container or a tag."

 

There is more info in that section of the guidelines, as well as in the Waypoints and stages page in the Help Center.