Pack & Troop Websites
Method: Pack Optional
May 1, 2007 - 6:12pm — mkabot
Creating an optional Treasure Hiking Program for a Pack will require some planning, but not as much as for the entire Pack.
- Find more than one GPS unit
- 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
- Find a Hike Leader for each Treasure Hike
- Pick dates for the Treasure Hike that work for the Hike Leaders
- Saturday mornings or weekday nights work well
- 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
- 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
- Have the Hike Leaders go to the Plan a Hike section
