Press Archives

Here is a list of articles from 2000-2002. You can also view recent articles.

If you found an article that isn't listed, we'd love to know about it.

New Media

March '01
120 Seconds did an excellent piece on geocaching in flash. You can get a great feel for the sport.

Print (Digital and Trees)

12/29/02
News Herald (Painesville, Ohio) - Parks Cache in on Trend (by Kevin A. Schneider)
12/23/02
Buffalo News (New York) - Geocaching (by Gerry Rising)
12/19/02
Missouri Valley Times (Missouri) - New high tech tools provide innovative teaching (by Christine Kasel)
12/09/02
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois) - Techie Trekking
12/09/02
Wall Street Journal
12/03/02
The Reveille (Louisiana State University) - Local residents discover sport of geocaching (by Amanda McElfresh)
12/02/02
Review-Journal (Las Vegas, Nevada) - Follow the Money in the Consumer Guide, Entertainment, R9 (by Jennifer Saranow)
Dec '02
Lost Treasure Magazine
Dec '02
WaterCraft World - #5 of "12 of the newest, coolest, and sometimes most unexpected ideas for enjoying your PWC"
Dec '02
Men's Journal
11/30/02
Irish Independent (Ireland) Something to treasure from beyond (by Peter Cunningham)
11/29/02
Bay of Plenty Times (Tauranga, New Zealand)- Treasure trail now a high-tech hunt (features geocacher Neill Ellis)
11/18/02
Marin Independent Journal (Marin, California)- High-tech treasure hunt (by Rick Polito)
11/17/02
Times Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)- The Great Island Treasure Hunt (by Dave Obee)
11/12/02
ARRL - National Association for AMateur Radio - Geocaching: A GPS Receiver is a Radio Too! (by Erin Lafreniere
11/08/02
Worcester Telegram (Worcester, Massachusetts) - Finding is the treasure
11/05/02
Everett Harold (Everett, Washington) - Cache In Hand (by Steve Powell)
Nov/Dec '02
Divers Magazine - Cache Hunter: GPS treasure hunting 101
Nov/Dec '02
National Geographic Traveler ("Smart Traveller" Section) - Global Treasure Hunt (by Margaret Loftus)
Nov/Dec '02
Boy's Life - High Tech Treasure Hunt (by Kelly Bourne) (Link to highlights)
Nov '02
Recreation News (Washington, DC) - High-Tech Treasure Hunt (by Bob Sleigh)
10/23/02
Sackville Tribune-Post (Sackville New Brunswick, Canada)- Geocaching Catches On: New Hobby Proves Popular Pastime For Many (by Joan LeBlanc)
10/14/02
Daily Universe (BYU, Utah)- New sport blends technology, treasure hunt (by Chris Seifert)
10/13/02
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) - Teachers learn the joy of science at annual workshop (by Amy Wold)
10/10/02
Modesto Bee (Modesto, California) - On The Trail and The Right Unit for You (by Clare Noonano / J.N. Sbranti)
10/08/02
SonntagsZeitung.ch - Die Schatzsucherin (Von Daniela Palumbo)
10/06/02
Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, Missouri) - Hidden treasures abound (by Didi Tang)
10/05/02
Cape Code Times (Concord, New Hampshire) - High-tech scavenger hunts (by Stephen Frothingham)
10/05/02
Kitchener Record (Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada) (by Bill Thompson)
Oct '02
Holiday Inn "Navigator" Magazine
Oct '02
Professional Surveyor Magazine - Geocaching: More than a Game (PDF)
09/26/02
The Times-News Online (Twin Falls, Idaho) - Geocaching, the Techno-Hiker’s Sport (by Margo)
09/22/02
Mannheimer Morgen (Mannheim, Germany) - Die Jagd nach der Tupperdose (by Christian Sywottek)
09/21/02
Tri-City Herald (Tri-Cities, Washington) - Geocaching Sparks Global Treasure Hunt (by Lorretto Hulse)
09/20/02
The Valley Independent (Pennsylvania) - In the right place at the right time (by Gregory D. Sofranko)
09/15/02
Mikrodatorn (Swedish Computer Magazine)
09/13/02
Casper Star Tribune (Casper, Wyoming)
09/12/02
The Republican Journal (Belfast, ME, Stepping Out Section) - Featured Steve C (noreasta) in the story
09/09/02
The Indiana Gazette (Indiana) - Hi-Tech Hunt is 'Caching' On (by Bob Sleigh)
09/09/02
The Indiana Gazette (Indiana) - Getting Started in the Right Direction (by Bob Sleigh)
Sep '02
Motor Coach Magazine (published by FMCA) - High-Tech Hide-And-Seek (by Russ & Tina DeMaris)
08/29/02
Ottawa Citizen (Canada)
08/26/02
3sat Online (Germany) - Schatzsuche per GPS (by Dagmar Hovestadt)
08/25/02
Northwest Herald Newspaper (Illinois) - Cache Prizes
08/25/02
Grand Rapids Press (Region Section, also featured on TV 8) (Michigan) - There's treasure in them thar hills (by Tom Radamacher)
08/24/02
Patriot Ledger (Massachusetts) - GET OUTSIDE: High-tech treasure hunting (by Larry Claflin, Jr.)
08/20/02
New York Post (New York) - Seek and Ye Shall Find; Thes High-tech Gizmos Make Treasure Hunters out of Amateurs (by Don Kaplan)
08/18/02
Mid-Valley Sunday (Oregon) - Caching in on Hidden Treasure (by Jennifer Rouse)
08/16/02
Appalachian News-Express (Kentucky)
08/15/02
Beacon Journal (Ohio) - Seeking the prize (by Joy Woodson)
08/15/02
The Mercury News (California) - (front cover) Intrepid hobbyists use GPS to hunt 'treasure' (by Mike Antonucci)
08/15/02
The Mercury News (California) - Global treasure hunt (by Mike Antonucci)
08/14/02
Sun Newspapers (Minnesota) - People worldwide are playing high-tech game of hide and seek (by Mike Hanks)
08/14/02
Sun Newspapers (Minnesota) - Geocaching draws mixed response from park districts (by Mike Hanks)
08/14/02
Die Zeit (Germany) - Die Jäger des Plastikschatzes (von Christian Sywottek)
08/11/02
Ventura County Star (California) - Cache in hand (by Brett Johnson)
08/09/02
Antelope Valley Press D1 (California) - Article written about the Geocachers ~Treasure Seekers~.
08/07/02
Waikato Times (New Zealand) - Internet buffs go bush with new game Geocaching called "Game Boy meets Daniel Boone" (By Tracey Cooper)
08/07/02
Arizona Republic (Arizona) - A high-tech scavenger hunt (A noticeably one-sided article by Christina Leonard)
08/06/02
The Forum (North Dakota) - Caching in on GPS: Outdoor technology leads to treasure hunting (By Sherri Richards)
08/05/02
News-Leader (Missouri) - Some uses of conservation areas locked (by Mike Penprase)
08/03/02
Idaho Statesman (Idaho) - Geocaching is slowly catching on in Idaho
08/02/02
TimesCommunity (Prince William Co., Virginia) - X marks the spot - Geocaching offers new twist on treasure hunts (by Tara Slate Donaldson)
08/01/02
The State (Columbia, South Carolina) - Hide.org and seek.com (by Joey Holleman)
Aug/Sept '02
Cabin Life, Cabin Living - Hunting for Buried Treasure pages 56-58 (by Mike McQuaide)
August '02
Monitoring Times - Having Fun with GPS (by Anton Ninno and Jim Kuhl)
07/30/02
Allentown Morning Call (Pennsylvania)
07/29/02
Chicago Sun-Times - Geocaching sends geeks out into nature (by Andy Ihnatko)
07/29/02
California Computer News - Treasure Hunt with GPS(by Joe Lavin)
07/13/02
Moss Avis (Norway) - Skattejakt via satellitt (by Øystein Paulsen)
07/13/02
Aftenposten (Norway) - Høyteknologisk skattejakt (by KRISTIAN BJØRKENG)
07/13/02
Aftenposten (Norway) - Familie på sporet (by KRISTIAN BJØRKENG)
07/11/02
Journal Star (Central Illinois) - Family prizes fun of geocaching (by Michael Noyes)
07/10/02
Mesabi Daily News (Virginia, Minnesota) - Geocaching 'It's kind of like Game Boy meets Daniel Boone' (by Willow Sedore from the Daily Tribune)
07/09/02
New York Sun - Cache In (by Matthew Honan)
07/07/02
The Press (Atlantic City, New Jersey) - High-Tech Treasure Hunting
07/07/02
Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) - High-Tech Hide-and-Seek
07/07/02
Asheville Citizen Times (Asheville, North Carolina)
07/07/02
St. Petersburg Times (Tampa Bay, Florida) - High-tech hide and seek (by Dave Gussow)
07/07/02
Winston-Salem Journal (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) - HUNTING: Geocachers use GPS devices to look for hidden treasure (by Jimmy Tomlin)
07/07/02
Troy Daily News (Troy, Ohio) - Valley and Entertainment section - Discover Nature By Satellite (by David Fischer)
07/04/02
Columbia Flyer (Columbia, MD) (by Mary T. Robbins)
06/30/02
High Point Enterprise (North Carolina) - Thrill of the hunt (by Jimmy Tomlin)
06/29/02
The News Gazette (Champaign, Illinois) - Students learn real-life math (by Diane Haag)
06/27/02
Globe & Mail (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - Section A
06/26/02
Sun Journal (Bern, North Carolina) - High-tech game of hide-and-seek (by Penny Round)
06/23/02
The Daily Jeffersonian (Cambridge, Ohio) - (by Joe Miller of the Raleigh News and Observer)
06/23/02
Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, Kansas) - Cashing in with geocaching
06/19/02
The Bakersfield Californian - Treasure hunters search for cash -- geocache (by Mark Barna)
06/13/02
Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME) - Treasure hunters use satellites to find quarry (by Misty Edgecomb)
06/12/02
Aftenposten (Norway) - Dra på skattejakt med Aftenposten (by Tore Andre Godager)
06/11/02
Wired - Have Geocache, Will Travel (by Michelle Delio)
06/07/02
New Brunswick Times & Transcript - Playing the geocache game (by Jim Foster)
06/02/02
Birmingham News (Birmingham, Alabama) - Hide and (Geo) Seek (Lifestyle Section)
June '02
Vancouver Magazine (by Lauren Gullion)
June '02
Chicago Magazine - Listed as #1 of 50 Daytripping ideas (Online Magazine)
05/31/02
Arizona Republic (Arizona) - New high-tech pastime pays bonuses in cache(by Sally Mesarosh)
05/29/02
Ogden Standard Examiner (Arizona) - Caching in on new contest(by Bryce Petersen Jr.)
05/24/02
AV Times (Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada) - New kind of game makes technology fun, provides fresh air and exercise(by Matt McDonald)
05/21/02
St. Joseph News-Press (Missouri) - 'Caching' in on fun(by Matt McDonald)
05/21/02
Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida) - Mission: Search, enjoy (hid this cache) (by Aline Mendelsohn)
05/20/02
New York Daily News Full Page, p.46 Health & Fitness section (by Stephen Frothingham)
05/18/02
The Daily Herald (Provo, Utah) - Technology leads to treasure in GPS game (by Caleb Warnock)
05/16/02
Nyt Now (Finland Newspaper/Online) - Modernia aarteenetsintää (by Ossi Leander)
05/15/02
De Telegraaf (in Dutch) - TVweekeinde section of the newspaper
05/15/02
Houston Chronicle (Houston, Texas) - Gizmo knows just where to find you (by Thom Marshall)
05/15/02
Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, Nevada) - Geocaching: It's catching on (by Ryan Randazzo)
05/15/02
Maine Sunday Telegram (Portland, Maine) - Sport of Geocaching Catching On (by Stephen Frothingham)
05/02/02
Orange County Metro (Orange County, California) - Geocacher? A Web-based scavenger hunts sends people into the bush. (by Renne Gardner)
04/30/02
The Vista (University of Central Oklahoma) - Where in the world is that cache? (by Jera Stone)
04/29/02
Information Week - Langa Letter: Error-Free Business Travel (by Fred Langa)
04/28/02
El Paso Times (El Paso, TX) - The hi-tech game's afoot - Gizmos turn hikers into treasure hunters (by David Peregrino)
04/28/02
Buffalo News - (Buffalo, NY)Hunting for treasure? Join the dash for cache (by Jeremy Schmidt)
04/26/02
Marietta Daily Journal (Marietta, Georgia) - Georgia Geocachers Association hunting for Cobb participants (by Carla Barnes)
04/22/02
Las Vegas Sun (Las Vegas, NV) - Cache and Carry: Geocaching a quirky game of hide-and-seek (by Kristen Peterson)
04/11/02
Faribault Daily News (Faribault MN)
April '02
OC Metro (Orange County, CA) - Geocacher? A Web-based scavenger hunt sends people into the bush. (by Renne Gardner)
April '02
Novell Connection - High-Tech R-and-R (by Leslie Miller)
03/28/02
News Observer - Cache as Cache Can (by Joe Miller)
03/28/02
Purdue Exponent (Lafayette, IN) - New sport entails finding caches (by Jeff Lowe)
03/26/02
Oshkosh Northwestern - Hidden Cache Games Growing (by Elizabeth Grekso)
03/23/02
Vancouver Sun - The object is getting there (by Jeremy Schmidt)
03/20/02
TMCnet.com - The Sport of (Cyber) Kings (by Tracey E. Schelmetic)
03/19/02
Wall Street Journal (Page A20) - Pinpoint GPS Spawns A Global Treasure Hunt (by Susan G. Hauser)
03/15/02
The W5YI Report (Ham Radio Newsletter)
03/15/02
There's Definitely a CACHE to this Pasttime (B (Life Section))
03/14/02
The Times (Gainesville, GA) - Geocaching: Not just for geeks anymore (by Dan Washburn)
03/13/02
Twin City Journal-Reporter (Gas City, IN)
03/10/02
Public Opinion (Chambersburg, PA) - Hunting for hidden treasure (by Christopher Durst)
03/10/02
Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY) (Associated Press) - High-tech treasure hunt is catching on around the world (by Andrew Kramer)
03/05/02
Fayetville Observer (Fayetville, NC) - Geocachers create adventures (by Paul Woolverton)
03/02/02
The West Australian
03/02
Playboy
02/25/02
City View (Des Moines, IA) - Cache advances (by Michelle Rubin)
02/24/02
Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) - Geocaching game plots path to 'treasure boxes' (by Bo Petersen)
02/21/02
The Republican (Oakland, MD) - Geocachers Use Space-Age Technology To Find Earthbound "Buried Treasure" (by David Foster) (Page C-1)
02/20/02
West University Examiner - They camp. They hunt. They explore (by Cynthia Lescalleet)
02/17/02
Record-Eagle (Traverse City, MI) - Techno Treasure Hunt (1st page of the "Northern Living" section)
02/16/02
Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) - Arts&Life (section E)
02/08/02
Computor Edge (San Diego, CA) - High-Tech Treasure Hunt (by Joe Lavin)
02/03/02
The Reporter (Vacaville, CA) - Geocaching a techno treasure hunt (by Greg Trott)
02/01/02
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) - Hide and seek (by Ted Griggs)
Feb '02
Life Adventures Magazine (Texas)
Feb '02
Knights of the Dinner Table (Comic Issue 64)
Feb '02
Handheld Computing (Issue 5.0)
01/30/02
City Pulse (Lansang, MI) - Geocaching: Experience the thrill of the hunt (by Danyelle Freeman)
01/28/02
BMW Moteradd (South Africa) - Geocaching (by Brian Cheyne)
01/28/02
Yakima Herald (WA) - Caching In -- Treasure Hunting Goes High-Tech (by Stephanie Earls)
01/27/02
Halifax Herald Limited (Canada) - Geocaching: High-tech game of hide and seek (by Kelly Shiers)
01/27/02
Dallas Morning News (TX) - On a high-tech scavenger hunt (by Jeremy Schmidt)
01/23/02
KATU 2 (Portland, Oregon) - Grant's Getaways - Geocaching
01/21/02
Community Internet Station (Camden, Maine)
01/13/02
San Diego Union-Tribune (CA)
01/11/02
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa) - Geocaching Craze and Local geocachers participate in hunt (b5)
01/10/02
North County Times (San Diego, CA) - Geocaching is not a Crime (by Ernie Cowan)
01/10/02
Polk County Observer (Oregon) - The Thrill of the Hunt (by Jennifer Rouse)
01/07/02
The Capital Times (Madison, WI) - Hide and geek: Treasure hunt goes high-tech (by Lee Sensenbrenner)
01/06/02
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Scavenger hunts turn high-tech
01/03/02
Seattle Times - Geocaching in on a new sport: Technology takes hide-and-seek to a new level (by Mike McQuaide) (sidebar on the rules of geocaching)
Dec '01 / Jan '02
Mobile Entertainment Magazine - Cache And Carry (by Leslie Shapiro)
Dec '01
APC Magazine - Cache Me If You Can (by Darren Ellis)
12/31/01
The Oregonian - New hide-and-seek pursuit gets some help from above (by Michael Milstein)
12/26/01
Pantagraph (Illinois) High tech enhances thrill of the hunt (by Karen Hansen)
12/23/01
Worcester Telegram (Massachusetts)
12/19/01
Syracuse New Times (New York) - Caching In
12/17/01
Orange County Register (California) - This hobby is starting to cache on (By Andre Mouchard)
12/13/01
New Jersey Daily - Having fun while looking for buried caches (By Robert Owens)
12/08/01
Journal Tribune (York County, Maine) - High-tech Treasure Hunt
Dec '01
InQuest Gamer - Hidden Treasure Everywhere - X Really Does Mark the Spot (by M.R. Goode)
11/25/01
Tribune-Review (Pittsburg, PA) - 'Geocaching': High-tech scavenger hunting (by Robb Frederick)
11/25/01
Sunday Tribune Review Vol. 113 No. 295. (Greensburg, PA)
11/24/01
LA Times (California) Today's Treasure Hunt Gets a High-Tech Twist (by Sue Fox)
11/18/01
Rutland Herald (Vermont) You're getting warmer ... warmer (by Laurie Lynn Fischer)
11/14/01
Newsday (Long Island, NY-based daily newspaper) Patricia Kean's column - Geocaching, a New Scavenger Hunt
11/07/01
Daily Triplicate (Crescent City, California) No compasses used in couple's treasure hunt (by Lori Bennett-Tetrick)
11/07/01
Omaha World Herald (Nebraska) Geocaching is catching on nationwide as an adults' version of a treasure hunt (by Todd Cooper)
10/31/01
Ahwatukee Foothills News (Arizona) Geocaching Uses GPS to Create Technological Version of Hide-and-Seek (by Sally Mesarosh)
10/28/01
Canandaigua Messenger (by Kris Dreesen)
10/28/01
Walworth County Times (Wisconsin) CACHING IN (by Douglas Stewart)
10/26/01
The Ottowa Citizen (Canada) Hi-Tech Treasure Hunts (by Zachary Houle)
10/25/01
The Press-Enterprise (Southern California) GAME: GPS units in hand, geocachers search for treasure... (by Mark Muckenfuss)
10/21/01
Anchorage Daily News (Alaska) High-tech game of hide and seek (by Natalie Phillips)
10/18/01
Santa Fe New Mexican Techno-geek treasure hunting latest craze (by Craig Martin)
10/18/01
Calgary Herald (Alberta, Canada) Treasure hunting for health (by Valerie Berenyi)
10/15/01
Indianapolis Star (Indiana) - Hide and Geo Seek (by George McLaren)
10/14/01
The Providence Journal (Rhode Island) - 'Geocaching' is a high-tech treasure hunt (by Laura Meade Kirk)
10/12/01
Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minnesota) - Your Sports: Geocaching Catches on (by Jerry Zgoda)
10/07/01
Oakland Tribune (California) - Treasure hunts guided by satellites (by Scott Smith)
10/07/01
Gulf News (Dubai) - 'Cache' an adventure (by Karuna Sawlani)
10/05/01
Deseret News (Utah) - 'Geocaching' is latest Web craze (by Lynn Arave)
10/02/01
Gwinnett Daily Post - Treasure Hunters: Satellite technology puts a new twist on walking in the woods
10/02/01
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) - On the Map - Geocoaching, a new sports involving high-tech toys... (by Mike McAndrew)
October '01
Spirit Magazine (Southwest Airlines) - Personal Tech - Never Get Lost Again
October '01
Blue Ridge Outdoors (Virginia) - Finding fun in the World Wide Woods (By Scott Handy)
09/23/01
The Sunday Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
09/09/01
Herald-Tribune (Sarasota, FL)- New handheld satellite receivers make a global game of hide and seek (by Eric Alan Barton)
09/07/01
Colorado Springs Examiner (Colorado)
09/06/01
Clarendon Today (South Carolina) - Scavenger hunts take on high-tech twist (by Tommy Geddings)
09/06/01
Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT) - new sport of geocaching - a high-tech treasure hunt - becoming all the rage (by Jim Wright)
09/04/01
CanadaComputers.com - Scavenger Hunt for the Gadget Geek (by James McNally)
09/04/01
New Orleans Times Picayune - X marks the spot (by Siona LaFrance)
Sept. '01
Austrailian PC World (Australia) - Message in a Bottle (by Scott Mendham)
Sept. '01
Computer Active (United Kingdom)
08/31/01
The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA) - GPS devices help modern-day explorers locate hidden treasures (by Lucia Anderson)
08/26/01
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Go on a state-of-the-art treasure hunt - Geocaching requires a GPS and a zeal for adventure (and this one) (by Cassandra Vivian)
08/26/01
The Record (New Jersey) - In Geocaching, Most of the Fun's in Getting There
08/26/01
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Caching in - Treasure hunting goes high-tech with GPS devices (by Stanley A. Miller II)
08/26/01
Waco Tribune-Herald (Waco, Tx)
08/25/01
Las Cruces (New Mexico) Sun News (C-11) - GPS Marks the Spot: A Scavenger hunt with a techno twist (by Ylan Q. Mui)
08/25/01
Nashville Tennessean ("life" section) - The thrill of the hunt
08/24/01
Herald Review (Central Illinois) - High tech hide-and-seek
08/23/01
Santa Rosa Press Democrat ("Time Out" section)
08/18/01
Anderson Independent Mail (Anderson, SC) - Technology puts a new spin on treasure hunting
08/18/01
Lancaster Intelligencer Journal - My satellite is my co-pilot
08/17/01
Kim Kommando - (Mention in Weekly Newsletter)
08/16/01
Times Union (Albany, NY)
08/16/01
Washington Post - Hide-and-Go-Seek Goes Global
08/13/01
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT - X and Y Mark the spot
08/11/01
567MW Cape Talk (South Africa) - Geocaching - The hi-tech GPS treasure hunt (Interviews Professor Charles Merry)
08/11/01
NY Post - CACHE-'N'-CARRY TREASURE HUNTS (by Todd Levin)
08/03/01
Entertainment Weekly
08/03/01
Christian Science Monitor - "High tech hunters scour the U.S. for buried treasure" (no direct link). For the record, geocaches are rarely, if ever, buried.
08/02/01
Colorado Springs Gazette - (Life Section)
08/01/01
Silicon Chip Magazine (Australia/NZ)- (Front cover and feature) (no direct link) (by Ross Tester)
Aug '01
Famous Magazine (Toronto, Canada)
Jul/Aug '01
Appalachian Trailways News (p. 17)
07/29/01
South Bend Tribune (Indiana)
07/28/01
Berkshire Eagle - Thrill of the search (By Bernard A. Drew)
07/27/01
Entertainment Weekly - Apes Introduces a New Sport: Geocaching (By Noah Robischon)
07/27/01
USA Today - 'Geocaching' sends folks on a scavenger hunt (By Laura Bly)
07/23/01
The Irish Times - Surf Report - Treasure hunts get makeover for modern world
07/22/01
Greenville Times - Geocaching a high-tech scavenger hunt (by Mike Foley)
07/22/01
Orange County Register (CA) - A fast-growing, Web-based outdoor scavenger hunt called geocaching... (by Liz Austin)
07/20/01
Newsweek - Surf Report (small mention)
07/17/01
Des Moines Register - Satellites find the spot (by Steven S. Woo)
07/15/01
Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Washington) - Hide & seek for geeks (by Fiona Cohen)
07/15/01
New Haven Register - Geocachers use GPS units to find hidden trinkets around the world (by Jim Shelton)
07/12/01
St.Paul Pioneer Press - Cache and Carry (by Liz Austin)
07/10/01
Santa Barbara News Press - High-tech trails to treasures (by Charlotte Boechler)
07/09/01
The Industry Standard (July 9-16 issue) - The Searcher
07/08/01
The Denver Post Section I - High-tech hide 'n' seek (by Jack Cox)
07/02/01
Investor's Business Daily (A6) - Careful Hunters, Geocachers Hit the Woods (by David Noack)
07/02/01
The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Times Herald Record (New York) - Scavenger hunts for the digital age
07/01/01
San Antonio Express-News - Scavenger hunts for the digital age (same as the News & Observer)
Jul '01
Yahoo Internet Life (page 74)
06/30/01
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) - GPS receivers take trackers and others in new directions (by Chris Kenning)
06/27/01
The Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN)
06/26/01
Sacramento Bee - Geocache Cachet (By Carlos Alcalá)
06/24/01
Oakland Press - Game uses GPS to give players taste of adventure (by Gary Gould)
06/17/01
Time Magazine (June 25, 2001 Vol. 157 No 25) - TREND ALERT - Geocaching
06/17/01
The Star-Ledger (New Jersey) - Seeking globally, hiding locally
06/16/01
E! Online - "Blair" What? Promos Spin New Web
06/14/01
The News-Times (Connecticut) - Geocaching offers challenge to today’s avid explorers.
06/12/01
Hike the Wild - Geocaching: X and Y Mark the Spot (by Paul Lamble)
06/12/01
The Australian - Better GPS creates $23bn game of hide and seek
06/12/01
Prince George's Journal (D2) - Web meets wild in hot new game.
06/10/01
San Francisco Chronicle - HIGH TECH TREASURE HUNT Geocache fans use GPS devices to put their eyes on the hidden prize.
06/09/01
The Kansas City Star - HIGH-TECH HIDE AND SEEK (by Liz Austin)
06/07/01
The Inyo Register (Bishop, CA) - Wilderness meets the Web in hot new game (by Ralf Kircher)
06/04/01
Charlotte Observer - A Scavenger Hunt with a High Tech Twist (by Jack Horan)
06/03/01
Ogden Standard Examiner (Utah) - Plenty of treasure to be found in Utah's wilds
06/02/01
SiliconValley.com - Web gets role in summer flicks.
06/02/01
The Salt Lake Tribune - Satellite Scavenger Hunts Lure Techies (by Vince Horiuchi) [note: We have had caches plundered in the past, and there has been environmental impact. Not sure how the information came out wrong.]
05/30/01
USA Today - Net Treasure Hunt Has Fans Going Ape
05/29/01
MSNBC - Geocaching 'Planet of the Apes'
05/29/01
Toronto Star - High-tech gadgetry creates new-fangled treasure hunt
05/29/01
CNN.COM - Fox goes 'Ape' online in global campaign
05/29/01
The Courier-Mail (Queensland, Australia) - Hidden treasure
05/27/01
Access Magazine (Boston Herald) - Make a dash for the stash
05/26/01
Austin (Texas) American-Statesman - X Marks the Spot
05/20/01
Naples Daily News (Naples, Fl) - Virtually a Sport
05/18/01
Oracle's Profit Magazine - The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth, or at Least Use It as a Gameboard
05/14/01
The Philadelphia Enquirer - From Cold War technology, a gadget for fun and profit (by Jeff Bennett)
May '01
Backpacker Magazine - Your next clue is under the beaver
May '01
Midwest PC Review - Geocaching: Hi-Tech Hide & Seek
May '01
AMC Outdoor Magazine - Geocaching: A Techie Twist
May '01
GAMES Magazine - High-Tech Hide-And-Seek
May '01
Entrepreneur Magazine - You Can't Be For Real! (scary picture of Jeremy Irish)
04/29/01
North County Times (California) - High-tech hide-and-seek - Geocaching lets GPS owners discover a new sport
04/27/01
Edmonton Journal (Canada) High-tech treasure hunters fan out Grab your GPS, sturdy pair of boots and start the search
04/24/01
Ingeniøren (Denmark) På skattejagt med GPS- signaler (Af Mette Stougård)
04/19/01
Waterloo Courier (Iowa) - Site reveals hiding spots in Iowa's parks (by Jeff Reinitz)
04/18/01
Detroit News - Geocaching: High-tech treasure hunts (by Michael H. Hodges)
04/17/01
Lancaster New Era - Geocaching, an outdoors high-tech scavenger hunt... (by Ad Crable)
04/16/01
Forbes - Palm Pirates
04/10/01
The Modesto Bee (Modesto, CA) - "Game of Stash"
04/08/01
The Day (New London, Connecticut) - Geocaching catches on in U.S (by Jill Young Miller)
04/09/01
mlive.com (Ann Arbor, Michigan) - High-tech scavenger hunt Game pieces... (by Michael Stroh and ANNE RUETER)
04/04/01
Detroit Free Press (Michigan) - High-tech treasure hunters go for the thrill of finding junk - (by Heather Newman)
04/02/01
The Columbian Section D, Page D1 (Washington) - Treasure Hunts Tap Global Positioning
04/02/01
The Times-Picayune, Louisiana
04/02/01
Tampa Tribune - High-tech new game pinpoints 'treasures'
Apr '01
Yahoo! Internet Life - New, Notable, & Fun section (page 112)
03/25/01
WBOC TV (Maryland) - New Outdoor Sport: Geocaching (by Sarah Buduson)
03/22/01
Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY) - The search is the sport (by Gary Fallesen)
03/21/01
Houston Chronicle - Geocaching treasure hunters get clues off Web (by Jeannie Kever)
03/20/01
Gainesville Times (GA) - Geocaching: High-tech hide-and-seek (by Dan Washburn)
03/19/01
The Baltimore Sun - Scavenger hunt (by Michael Stroh)
03/12/01
The Bulletin - an Australian weekly magazine ran a full page story on geocaching this week called Think Global, Find Local (by Josh Mehlman)
03/12/01
NationalGeographic.com - Geocaching: High-Tech Hide-and-Seek (by Erin Streff)
03/08/01
GUIDON - Geocaching: an exciting outdoor adventure (by Master Sgt. Ray Long III)
03/06/01
Salon - Geocaching goes mainstream (by Janelle Brown) - Link looks temporary.
03/06/01
Foxhall Cup - First Geocaching challenge (associated press release)
03/05/01
BBC - How to play hide-and-seek by satellite
03/02/01
Chattanooga Times-Free Press - High-tech treasure hunters use GPS devices (by Lisa Denton)
03/01/01
Dallas Morning News - PLAYING HIGH-TECH HIDE AND SEEK
Mar '01
MONITORING TIMES - A NEW GPS SPORT
02/14/01
UK PLUS Site of the Day
Spring '01
Forbes - pp. 25 "Lost on Earth?" (small paragraph reference)
02/13/01
LA Times - The Sporting Life Goes Techno (by Renee Tawa)
02/09/01
The Journal News (NY) - GPS game is 'caching' on (by Cathey O'Donnell)
02/08/01
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - High Tech Treasure Hunt (by Jill Young Miller)
02/06/01
New Zealand Herald - short blurb
02/06/01
Village Voice (NYC) - Romancing the Stash - Geocachers Seek What Lies Beneath (by Geoffrey Gray)
02/06/01
The Star - Malaysia Publication Looking for the cache
02/06/01
The Register Geocaching game makes geeks sane and fit. Tongue in cheek, true to form for The Register :)
02/04/01
Sunday Times of London - Let's play treasure hunt
02/05/01
Bella Online Cache In
02/01/01
CNN Featured Geocaching.com in the Sci-Tech section, 'Geocaching' offers high-tech treasure hunt. This segment was apparently picked up by many of Turner's affiliate stations. Great news for Geocaching everywhere!
01/19/00
CNET - GPS owners play high-tech hide-and-seek
01/18/00
Postnet.com - Geocaching game takes you to needle in a haystack - Kudos to the Quick Family for this press!
01/13/00
New Scientist - (British science journal) No. 2273 edition mentioned Geocaching in a sidebar article.
Jan '01
Outside Magazine - If You Hide It, They Will Come (Page 30).
12/23/00
New Scientist Magazine (number 2270/71; p. 39)
12/10/00
Salon.com - Hunting the secret cyber-stash - by fellow Geocacher Janelle Brown (Not mentioned, but Mike Teague was the original Webmaster for Geocaching).
12/10/00
The Boston Globe - Where in the world is the geocache (dead link)
12/09/00
De Morgen (Belgian newspaper) 'Geocaching' sleurt de computernerd vanachter het scherm de natuur in - scan from newspaper
12/07/00
GIS Monitor - Hide and Seek for the GPS Set
11/29/00
Reuters - NetTrends: Hi-Tech Treasure Hunt Gains Popularity (dead link)
11/24/00
Oxygen - FINDING: A HOBBY - Tiny snippet from Breakup Girl.
10/26/00
New York Times (Circuits) - What to Do With G.P.S - visted the G32-1 cache.
10/23/00
Time International (Tech Watch section) - Trend Alert: Lost and Found
10/09/00
Times of India - Treasure chest
09/25/00
Slashdot.org dropped a message on their site.
08/??/00
NewMedia.com - Toys: Geocaching.
08/??/00
GPS World Magazine, a monthly publication all about GPS did a short article on Geocaching in their August 2000 issue. (no links)

Radio

08/08/02
CBC Radio (Canada) went on a cache hunt. Radio broadcast in Mp3
05/17/02
NPR's Savvy Traveller segment on Geocaching. In RealAudio (by Jeff Tyler)
03/08/02
NPR's Living on Earth did an excellent segment on Geocaching. In mp3 and RealAudio
02/02/02
Geocaching.com mentioned on Online Tonight with David Lawrence
7/27/01
Team Chaos members Captain Chaos & The Ginger Loon were interviewed by Chris Bullock from ABC Radio National's "Background Briefing" program as part of a special on GPS usage. Listen to the Interview (RealAudio) and log the virtual cache
7/27/01
Voice of America's Linda Cashdan interviews Jeremy Irish and Jon Stanley (Moun10bike) about geocaching. Listen to the Interview
6/18/01
WVXU from Xavier University in Dayton/Cincinnati, Ohio
4/15/01
Building42 CBC Radio Story on Definitely not the Opera
5/4/01
Interview between Cape Talk presenter Kieno Kammies and Prof Charles Merry of University of Cape Town on Cape Talk radio (567 AM) in South Africa, May 3 2001 at 1330 GMT+2. www.capetalk.co.za. Duration is 7 minutes 32 seconds. Listen now (mp3).
03/26/01
Geocaching: Treasure hunt for the wired world - Mary Lou Finlay interviews Jeremy Irish about the sport.
12/21/00
A followup to the Salon article was discussed on Salon.com's radio segment. Listen to the mp3
12/08/00
Jeremy was interviewed on C|Net Radio. click to hear the broadcast. (RealAudio)
12/07/00
Fellow Geocacher Chris O'Byrne had a marvelous interview on London-based radio talk show "The Lab" at 8:30pm London time (@896 beat time), Thursday, December 7. In addition to Geocaching, they discussed The Degree Confluence Project, a sister hobby. Great job Chris! Listen to the RealAudio or MP3 version.

Television

11/21/02
Wood TV - (Michigan) - Find neat stuff with a G.P.S. device and a map!
10/03/02
KELO TV - (South Dakota) - Satellite Scavenger Hunt (Includes Windows Media Player Broadcast)
09/15 and 09/16/02
Evening Magazine re-aired a segment about Geocaching on KING-TV- Seattle, KSKN Spokane, and Northwest Cable News on the 25th. It also aired on KYW in Portland OR on the 26th. Feature originally aired on 11/27/01 and had a cache associated with it.
07/24/02
Travel Channel Top Ten Lost Treasures (#7 was us!) (produced by Michael Hoff Productions
06/28/02
"2010" (Portugese TV Show on RTP)
06/15/02
KOAT Channel 7 (Albuquerque, New Mexico) - The Plugges and Team TJ were involved. Aired on the 10:00 news.
June '02
Regional UK Show did a short piece on geocaching. You can watch the AVI here!
04/30/02
KCRA TV (Sacramento, California) - Site Sets You On High-Tech Treasure Hunt (by Wayne Harrison)
03/29/02
The Do it Yourself Network - Series of How-to's
03/27/02
ABC News (Channel 27, Harrisburg, PA) - with Rob Dixon & CCCooperAgency
12/19/01
Discovery Channel Canada - GPS: Not just for the military anymore (by Daniel Paré) - Includes Video
12/11/01
KTVB News - (Boise, ID) - GeoCaching gains ground in Boise (by Dale Dixon) - Interviews local geocacher Lee Glover
11/27/01
Treasure Is Yours For The Taking" by Jim Dever, Evening Magazine, (Pacific Northwest). Was also re-aired on NWCN (Northwest Cable News)
11/15/01
WBRZ Baton Rouge, LA (Channel 9) at 6:00am (visited The Kingdom Kids cache)
09/01
Cincinnati (Channel 5) (visited with DLiming and Crew) (hi bandwidth) (lo bandwidth)
08/20/01
FOX 10 News (Phoenix, Arizona) - Followed Bob Renner to check out the Rural Experience cache.
08/15/01
TechTV Short interview with Jeremy on the sport of Geocaching (through live webcam!)
08/10/01
KTVX Channel 4 Utah
08/08/01
Kurt the Cyberguy on KTLA Channel 5
07/30/01
KY3/NBC Springfield MO
07/29/01
FOX News (41) in Kansas City
07/27/01
Fox News - Friday night sometime between 5:00pm and 6:00pm Denver Colorado time. Visited the Dinosaur Ridge Cache
07/27/01
USA Today Live - Geocachers go searching for high-tech treasure
07/6/01
ABC World News Tonight - What is Geocaching?
06/26/01
TechTV - TechTV Live
05/11/01
Channel 5 KSL-TV (Salt Lake City, Utah) - Hiking For Hidden Treasure
05/02/01
KZSC Santa Cruz Evening News
05/01/01
Channel 11 Alive (Atlanta, Georgia) - High-Tech Hide and Seek Touches briefly on the Foxhall Cup Geocaching Challenge.
02/01/01
CNN Broadcast a short segment on Headline News throughout the weekend, as well as on Saturday's Science & Technology Week.
01/31/01
Greg Scratchley of Building42 approached a local Edmonton, Alberta (that's in Canada if you didn't already know) television station, A-Channel. We have clips of the show online in Windows Media Player format.
10/30/00
Geocaching had a 3 minute spot on TechTV over the weekend. I have a copy of the video, and will seek permission to post on the site.