Parents' Guide to Geocaching

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Common Sense Media Review

By Carla Thornton , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 14+

Treasure hunt = family fun but not for kids alone.

Parents Need to Know

Why Age 14+?

Any Positive Content?

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age 7+

Based on 4 parent reviews

 

 

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age 7+

Based on 7 kid reviews

 

 

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What's It About?

In 2000, after civilian GPS accuracy improved, three friends who worked at a dot-com startup launched Geocaching.com. GEOCACHING is a hybrid of GEO, for geography, and caching, a term used to describe hiding hiking or camping provisions. Users hide secret trinkets and find items by entering an address, zip code, latitude and longitude, or other qualification, and use the app to determine the object's hiding place.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say ( 4 ):
Kids say ( 7 ):

This app brings geocaching to the mobile devices, making it unnecessary to buy a dedicated GPS device. The app taps directly into geocaching.com's database of more than 2 million locations, some within walking distance, and gives you everything you need to find treasures hidden by other enthusiasts. Search by your current location or specific address, and get hints, photos, and step-by-step navigation. All that's missing is a torch.

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