Method: Entire Pack

Creating a Treasure Hiking Program for a Pack will require some planning.

1. Find more than one GPS unit
2. Select three (3) public park as locations for the Treasure Hikes
   • Go to www.geocaching.com
   • Type your zip code into the box in the upper right corner
   • Click the arrow to search
   • Click on the "Map It" icon in the upper right corner
   • Move around the map looking for a park in your area that has 5+ caches
     • Public parks are usually shown as green on the map
     • You can move the map by clicking on the map and holding the button down while moving the mouse.
     • You can also zoom in/out using the + and - icons on the left
3. Find a Hike Leader for each Treasure Hike
4. Pick dates for the Treasure Hike that work for the Hike Leaders
   • Saturday mornings or weekday nights work well
5. Decide if you are going to hold a picnic in addition to the Treasure Hike
   • Depending upon the facilities you would like, this may effect your selection of parks for hike locations
   • If necessary, reserve facilities at the parks
   • Find someone to manage the picnic
   • Add a description of the picnic to the next section
6. Communicate to your Pack
   • Fill out the Treasure Hiking Pack Program template
   • Post a notice on your website with the Pack Program as an attachment
   • Send an email to the Pack with the Pack Program as an attachment
   • An example email can be found here
7. Organize a "test run" for the Hike Leaders
   • This will help learn how to use the GPS unit
   • It will also give them their first experience finding a cache
8. Have the Hike Leaders go to the Plan a Hike section