THE LISTED COORDINATES
ARE NOW CORRECT!
Saturday, May 14th
10am to 4pm
Cache Across Maryland is an annual geocaching tour of the state of Maryland. This year, to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service, the National Park Service has teamed up with the Maryland Geocaching Society to place ten new Cache Across Maryland geocaches in various National Parks throughout Maryland. To attend this event, you must find all ten caches. Be aware that CAM participants logged an average of 800 miles on their trek around the state last year. The ten CAM caches are generally rated no higher than 2/2 on the ‘star scale’. No special equipment will be needed to find any of the caches.
The listed event coordinates are invalid. Each cache will give you information crucial to determining the correct coordinates of the event location. As the date of the event draws near, a method for decoding the event coordinates will be posted here on this event page and on the MGS website. Add this event to your Watch List to receive updates and announcements.
The process for participation in CAM:
1. You do not need to be an MGS member to participate in CAM. CAM cache listings, gpx files, and other information will be available for download from the MGS Forums around 8.00am on March 26th. The MGS Forums is the only place to find the information until the caches are officially published on geocaching.com on or after May 14th.
2. Find the ten caches placed around the state. Each CAM 2016 cache contains a means of verification – don't forget! Sign the cache's log book and make a trade if you wish. Please refrain from leaving travel bugs in CAM caches.
3. Once you have found all ten CAM caches, send an email to CAM2016Completion@mdgps.org with “CAM Completion” in the subject and your geocaching.com username in the body. This is the only way we are able to determine who receives certificates and geocoins. Please submit your completion email as soon as you complete CAM.
4. During the first week of May, a decoder will be provided to allow you to determine the secret picnic location using your GeoPassport. The event site is somewhere in Maryland.
5. Bring your favorite potluck dish and your completed GeoPassport to the picnic on Saturday, May 14th at 10.00am. Please visit the CAM 2016 Picnic Food List topic on the forums to let us know what food items you intend to bring.
6. You may log the individual CAM 2016 caches you have found, and this event, on or after the picnic date of May 14th. Feel free to join us in our CAM Forums and share your experiences with the cache hiders before that date.
7. Vote for your favorite CAM cache by visiting the 2016 Favorite CAM Cache Poll on the forum.
Validate your CAM Picnic coordinates with certitude.
(Be aware that the ‘drag and drop link to toolbar’ feature
will not work because this is an event, not a puzzle.)
DISCLAIMER: Searching for any of these caches and participation in this event is done at your own risk. The Maryland Geocaching Society and its individual members can not be held responsible for any injury or damage to property. Please obey all National Park rules, especially hours of operation, entrance fees, and parking restrictions.
The Maryland Geocaching Society extends its thanks to the National Park Service for participating in Cache Across Maryland 2016 and for allowing us to partake in its centennial celebrations. Geocaches may only be placed on National Park Property at the direction of National Park Service staff.
Lists of caches from all thirteen CAMs are available: