+instep_guy Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Just wondering but is a cacher's feelings about virtuals and locationless caches related to the density of regular caches in their area? There are 71 caches of all types (excluding locationless) within a 50 mile radius of my home. frankly I can't be all that choosey with the cost of gas. I know I'll end up being jealous but how many caches are within 50mi. of your location? Quote Link to comment
+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 516 within 50 miles of my joint. Not bad but I have to travel a long ways to get one I haven't found and gas is going up up up. Quote Link to comment
GrandpaCannon Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 I'm almost embarrassed to say after the poverty of caches that you just described but I have 904 within a 50 mile radius. I have well over 100 within a 10 mile radius. Quote Link to comment
+Wacka Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 2014 within 50 miles! Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 290 for me, but not many left to find except for a few new ones I haven't run out to get. Oh yea, there's that webcam cache we all ignore too. Quote Link to comment
+geo-jedi Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Only 1680 for me but about 1/4 of the 50 mile radius circle is in the ocean. Quote Link to comment
+radioscout Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Only 327 Caches within a 50 miles radius. Quote Link to comment
+TeamK-9 Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Exactly 376 within 50 miles of my hometown. But what you really gotta look at here is sort of an average "Attainable Caching Area." I mean, 50 miles As the Crow Flies in Pennsylvania would be different then 50 miles in Nebraska. I mean, we don't have straight roads all over the place and it's kind of harder to get to the caches. So really, I mean there's 376 caches within 50 miles of my house, but if you take into account all the driving I'd have to do to get to them, I'd say it's way more than fifty miles, and so I'd probably cut that number in half or so... Quote Link to comment
+Team Tecmage Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 304, which is a step up from where we used to live (118) Quote Link to comment
+Wander Lost Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 1273 To answer your question, I don't think it would change my views. Our family visited Texas last year and spend a few days on the gulf. There were a few virtual caches in the area but no physicals to be found. We choose not to cache rather than hunt the virtuals. I think virtuals have their place, I'm not against them, I have a few in my find count. But I prefer to find something that was hidden by someone for only the select few smart enough to know about geocaching to find. Quote Link to comment
+WaldenRun Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 ...but how many caches are within 50mi. of your location? 873 There are 63 of those that I have not found, of which 6 are disabled. -WR Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 There are 343 caches within 50 miles of my house, a bit northwest of Pittsburgh. Most of them are also in Team K-9's list. I have spent a lot of $$$ on gas and driven a lot of miles to find 229 of those and to hide 22 of the caches included in that total. Since it was mentioned in the first post, I note that there are 20 virtuals included in that total of 343 caches. I've found 19 of them. Quote Link to comment
+Metaphor Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 566, but a good 90% of those are seperated from me by the Chesapeake Bay and take up to two hours to get to, even though they may show up as only 13 miles away. If I look only in a NE, E, or SE direction (without crossing the Bay) the number is about 30 caches, 5 of which are mine. Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 317, most of which are buried in snow right now. virtuals are starting to look more interesting. Quote Link to comment
+JMBella Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 (edited) 2904 within 100 miles of 11772 570 within 50 miles 73 within 10 miles Edited January 29, 2004 by JMBella Quote Link to comment
2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 (edited) We have a grand total of 55 caches within 50 miles. Of that 55 caches 22 are on the shores of Lk Powell and we have no boat. Another 8 caches are the ones we placed. That leaves a grand total of 20 caches. John edit- that should read a grand total of 25. Edited January 30, 2004 by 2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Quote Link to comment
inventorjg Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 392, but we have the bay, soooooo. Quote Link to comment
+bons Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 206 223 But Carleen has Jim-eye. Quote Link to comment
+Dagg Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 (edited) 2202 caches all types Edited January 30, 2004 by Dagg Quote Link to comment
+southdeltan Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 33 geocaches (all types, except - of course - locationless). Yes, that's Thirty-Three. I own 10 of those 33. southdeltan Quote Link to comment
dead_white_man Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 There are 71 caches of all types (excluding locationless) within a 50 mile radius of my home. frankly I can't be all that choosey with the cost of gas. I know I'll end up being jealous but how many caches are within 50mi. of your location? Interesting Instep guy. You and I are almost in the exact same geographic location. but I only have 69 while you have 71. Oh well. Quote Link to comment
+OneOfEm Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 135 within 50 miles (half of that circle is Gulf). More interesting than that is that 47 of those have been placed in the last 4 months. Quote Link to comment
+Team Fegel Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 312 within 50 miles of Loveland, CO Quote Link to comment
Link & Zelda Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 2,148 within 50 miles. We're very, very lucky. Now if I could only find the time.... Quote Link to comment
+Quest Master Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I have found all but 25 of the 337 caches within 50 miles of my home in the rural east suburbs of Pittsburgh. I would have found them all by now but I am stumped on a rest stop micro less than 3.5 miles away. I very much prefer quality to quantity! Quote Link to comment
+wildearth2001 Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 256 within 50 miles. I really wish there were more that way I could be more choosy with the ones I do. Quote Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Wow... 695. More than I would have guessed... Quote Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 (edited) From a log entry I made in April of 2002: "At 62.15 miles, this was the closest cache that I haven't yet found, so I decided to head out and nab it." Today, I've found 37 of the 230 within 50 miles of my home. Jamie [edit] fixed date Edited January 30, 2004 by Jamie Z Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 255 caches within 50 miles (including my own) 144 unfound within 50 miles (mostly in the mountains NE of Albuquerque) 173 within 20 miles (including my own) 76 unfound within 20 miles Quote Link to comment
+Tprints Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 About 150 total caches within 50 miles, of which 14 are my own hides. I've found all of them with the exception of only one new one I haven't tried to find yet. Quote Link to comment
+IV_Warrior Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Total caches in 50 miles: 329 Virtual caches in 50 miles: 44 Unfound caches in 50 miles: 209 Unfound virtuals in 50 miles: 16 Quote Link to comment
+retphoto Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 (edited) After looking at IV's post....I think I'm bout 50 miles east of him. I have 475 caches within that 50 mile radious. up to 5 mile radius 2 out to 10 mile radius 4 (6 total) out to 20 mile radius 4 (10 total) out to 25 mile radius 6 (16 total 8 of which are mine) so there are about 460 caches between 25 and 50 miles from my house. that is total caches.... Edited January 30, 2004 by retphoto Quote Link to comment
+Corp Of Discovery Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 (edited) 10 miles- 52 25 miles- 293 50 miles- 826 100 miles- 1511 We live on the southside of Chicago, most of the above caches are off to our north, at the outermost distance we start to pick up caches in Milwaukee. Out of all our virts only 1 is local- all the rest were found on a recent vacation. All of our locationless were found locally- went on an all day locationless search on my b-day this year and found most of them then. Edited January 30, 2004 by Corp Of Discovery Quote Link to comment
+JoelCam Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 786 within 50 miles. Quote Link to comment
Ferreter5 Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Hmm ... 509 within 50 miles of my house. With only a dozen finds so far (since I started in earnest at Christmas, dadgum this freezy weather!) I have a lot of fun to look forward to. Yay me! Quote Link to comment
+T10X Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I have 428 within 50mi and 1528 within 100. Looks like I have some serious caching to do with only 60 some finds so far. Quote Link to comment
+welch Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 167 within 50 miles (including a few of my own and those I've already found). Not that high, but much better than Southdeltan (these threads must make you crazy!) Quote Link to comment
+Traveling Jones Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 56 within 50 miles and 455 within 100 miles Quote Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 1231 from the center of my zip code. Quote Link to comment
+crzycrzy Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 3426 From my work... 3469 From my home... I have alot of caching up to do... Quote Link to comment
+G-Squad Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I live roughly 15 miles north of Phoenix. I have 881 caches listed within 50 miles. 52 virtual caches...many are in downtown areas; 1 is really a locationless 2 are hybrid letterbox 1 is a webcam 11 are "?" caches of which 1 is disabled 1 is an upcoming Event cache 77 are multi's; 7 of these are disabled That leaves 737 traditional caches of which 53 are disabled Quote Link to comment
+crzycrzy Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Oops ! That was 100 miles... 50 mile stats 1332 From home 1367 From work Quote Link to comment
+1setter Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I've got 15, but 2 are mine, so I guess the searchable count would be 13. I do have 446 benchmarks within 30 miles which gives me something to do. Quote Link to comment
+JMBella Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I am your density. (movie trivia) (Posting here in an attempt to bury the "Wilderness thread" Won't you help? Please post once in any other thread other than the wilderness thread. Make it go away. Please help me.) Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 50 mi.=528 caches. Quote Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 315 caches within 50 miles. Probably over 30 caches have been archived in the last two years within those 50 miles. I own 6 caches within 50 miles. I can't think of a single virtual in that 50 miles. I have done 111 caches within those 50 miles. 1050 (about) caches within 100 miles, but only because you run into the Seattle area. Quote Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I am your density. (movie trivia) George McFly to Lorraine Baines, Back to the Future. Jamie Quote Link to comment
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