Dozens of hidden containers are spread in and around Hutchinson, and people can use just their smartphone to help find them. Geocaching is an activity where people use GPS to find and locate ...

WEEK’S EXPLORE OUTDOORS. WHEN WE GET UP HERE, WE’LL WANT TO TURN TO THE LEFT. HIKING THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN COMMONS MAY NOT SEEM LIKE AN ADVENTURE. MAYBE JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MACY’S BUILDING, BUT ...

Hidden in the framework of a classic New England covered bridge in ­Pittsford, Vt., there is a Tupperware container with a surprise inside. I know this because I put it there. That Tupperware ...

If on a recent weekday afternoon you saw an otherwise sane-seeming thirtysomething woman running her hands along a chain-link fence in the parking lot of Philippe the Original or thrashing around in ...

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Lisa Lopez is one gung-ho geocacher. Lopez, 60, of Manlius, leads Central New York and is fifth in the state overall when it comes to most geocache “finds” with a career total of more than 62,000, ...

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Geocachers have a new item to look for this week, after Elyza Peterson, her pug Eloise and I hid our first cache in Manchester.Fewer than three hours after we placed our cache in its hiding spot, it ...

Geocaching is an outdoor activity using GPS to find hidden containers (caches). Participants use a smartphone app to locate caches, often hidden in public places like parks. Once found, geocachers ...