I just had the unique pleasure geocaching for the first time. I’d always been interested in the concept: someone hides something tiny in the wilderness and you use a GPS tracker to find it. However, ...

Dave Grenewetzki, 52, was on bended knee, rooting through bushes in downtown San Rafael, and eliciting bewildered looks from nearby beauty-school students. With a global positioning system unit in one ...

Most of us think that GPS can only be used for tracking purposes. However, GPS is being used for many other purposes in today's world. Here is a list of ways that justify how GPS is used other than ...

Lost hikers and outdoorsmen will soon have yet another arrow to add to their navigational quivers, now that Garmin has decided to upgrade its eTrex line of GPS handhelds. The refresh, announced this ...

It’s been 10 years since HackAttack and Ma Bell planted one of the longest-active geocaches in the country and the oldest in Texas — known as Tombstone, in Arlington — but since then it has been found ...

What do you need to get started geocaching? If you’re looking for a fun excuse to get outside and get some exercise, look no further than geocaching. Geocaching is an excellent way to hike with ...

Bryan Roth had been hiking and scrambling for a while, with drop-offs evident around him, when his guides held out coveralls and pointed between two rocks. “We have to go in the hole,” one said. Roth ...

Fans of modern-day treasure hunting will follow the trail to the Doyle Reservation, 464 Abbott Ave., on Aug. 15 and 16 for the Great Northern Tier Geocaching and Letterboxing Tournament. About 40 ...