GeoTrails and GeoTours

Updated September 28, 2024

Geocaching frequently brings cachers to unique destinations. GeoTrails and GeoTours take the hunt to specific caches that will introduce Geocachers to historic, scenic, or unusual areas that they might not have discovered otherwise.

Often the GeoTrail and GeoTour organizers will offer customized Geocoins, Pathtags, or wooden nickels as a reward to cachers for completing their challenge. A “passport” of some sort is often used to prove that the adventure seeker has fulfilled the requirements of the tour or trail.

The list of trails and tours below will help get you started.

Get out there and explore this world in which we live!

If you know of a GeoTour or GeoTrail that is not on this list, or if one of them has been decommissioned, please let us know!

U.S. GeoTours

Multi-State

• New England Franco Route – Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
• Santa Fe National Historic Trail – Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri – 73 caches
• U.S. National Park GeoTour – Find Your Park

Alabama

• A Dash of the Unexpected GeoTour – Northern Alabama – 26 caches

 

Arizona

• Mesa’s Fresh Foodie Trail GeoTour – 10 caches
• Visit Mesa Autism Travel – Mesa – 12 caches

California

• Discover Mission Viejo
• Observing Earth – JPSS & Landsat in Lompoc– 17 caches

Colorado

• Santa Fe National Historic Trail – 73 caches

Florida

• Operation Recreation – Florida State Parks and Trails – 52 caches
• Taking Flight – Manatee County – 17 caches
• Sebring Area GeoTour: Florida’s Hidden Gem – 37 caches

Georgia

• Columbus, GA: RiverWalk – 31 caches
• Georgia History Trail – 19 caches
• Georgia State Parks – 45 caches

Indiana (No Listings)

Illinois

• Big Things Small Towns – 5 caches

Kansas

• Santa Fe National Historic Trail –  73 caches

Kentucky

• Barbecue, Bourbon and Bluegrass GeoTour – Owensboro, 5 caches

Louisiana (No listings)

Maine

• Gulf of Maine Council – 23 caches
• New England Franco Route – 25 caches

Maryland

• Captain John Smith – Chesapeake Bay – 32 caches
• Find Your Chesapeake – Annapolis -62 caches
• Star-Spangled Banner – 20 caches

Massachusetts

• Historic Boston – 12 caches
• New England Franco Route – 25 caches

Michigan

• Michigan State Parks Centennial – 100 caches
• Ogemaw Roscommon Bureaus – 30 caches
• The Preservers – 9 caches

Missouri

• Santa Fe National Historic Trail – 73 caches
• U.S. National Parks – 83 caches

Nebraska

• Visit Norfolk Area Nebraska – 40 caches

New Hampshire

• New England Franco Route – 25 caches

New Mexico

• Santa Fe National Historic Trail  – 73 caches

New York

• Experience Cortland – 20 caches
• Experience Tioga County – 27 caches

North Dakota (No Listings)

Ohio

• Belmont County Explore More GeoTour – 25 caches
• MWGB Feather Road – 15 caches

Oklahoma

• Santa Fe National Historic Trail – 73 caches
• Visit Stillwater – 20 caches

Oregon

• The Bends Arts, Culture & Adventure GeoTour
• Christmas Valley Back Country Byway – 28 caches

Pennsylvania

• Visit Centre County GeoTour – 58 caches
• Visit Clearfield County – 131 caches

Rhode Island

• New England Franco Route – 25 caches

Tennessee

• Discover South Central Tennessee – 62 caches
• Jack Trail – 49 caches

Texas

• Discover Terrell Texas
• Explore Mercedes Texas – 35 caches
• Find Yourself in Rockport-Fulton GeoTour
• TRWD Trinity Trails Geocaching Adventure – Fort Worth – 30 caches
• Visit Baytown Texas GeoTour – 31 caches
• Visit Beaumont Texas
• Visit Conroe Texas GeoTour – 32 caches
• Visit League City Texas GeoTour – 10 caches
• Visit Pearland TX – 31 caches

Utah

• Carbon Corridor SPX

Virginia

• Captain John Smith – 32 caches

Washington

• Bonneville Bigfoots Search – 10 caches
• HQ GeoTour – 7 caches
• WSGA 20th Anniversary 48 North Chapter – 20 caches
• WSGA 20th Anniversary Cache-cadian Chapter – 20 caches
• WSGA 20th Anniversary Inland Empire Chapter – 20 caches
• WSGA 20th Anniversary Olympic Peninsula Chapter – 20 caches
• WSGA 20th Anniversary Puget Sound Chapter – 20 caches
• WSGA 20th Anniversary South Central Chapter – 20 caches
• WSGA 20th Anniversary Southwest Chapter – 20 caches

Washington D.C.

• Star-Spangled Banner – 20 caches

 

West Virginia

• Berkeley Gadgets – 66 caches

 

Wisconsin

• West Bend Four Seasons – 20 caches

 

Worldwide GeoTours

Australia

• Ballarat – Victoria – 25 caches

Austria

• Castle Road – 26 caches
• The HIGHKING CODE – Hochkönig Region – 35 caches

Brazil

• A.P.E. Brasil – 21 caches

Canada

• Atlantic Canada’s Hidden Histories – 16 caches
• Amazing Places – British Columbia, 8 caches
• Discover Huron Shores – Ontario, 23 caches
• Explore Abbotsford – British Columbia
• Geocaching Capital of Canada – Central Ontario – 150 caches
• Gold Country – Cache Creek, British Columbia – 147 caches
• Gold Country Prequel – Be A Guest? – 51 caches
• Gulf of Maine Council – 23 caches
• Out and About Haldimand County – 20 caches
• Richmond GeoTour –  British Columbia – 50 caches

Denmark

• GeoTour Randers – 52 caches

England (No Listings)

Finland

• Porvoo GeoTour – 13 caches

France

• Saint-Omer – 8 caches

Germany

• Draisinenspaß GeoTour – 75 caches
• Entdecke Deinen Landkreis – 5 caches
• Faszination Wasser – 5 caches
• Geoheimnisse der Region Hannover – 74 caches
• GeoTour Thüringer Integrationsschätze – 6 caches
• GeoTurle – 17 caches
• Leibniz Geoheimnisse – 14 caches
• Nachhaltige Geoheimnisse – 18 caches
• Oldenburger Klimaschätze – 15 caches
• Paderborner Land – 73 caches
• Regionale Schatze – 10 caches
• Sattelfeste Geoheimnisse – 20 caches
• Schatzhüterin – Hannover – 37 caches
• Schluss mit Schmutzig – 6 caches
• St Wendel – 5 caches
• Visit Hannover – 18 caches

Italy

• Bellezza Infinita GeoTour – Hamlets of Marche – 40 caches

 

Netherlands

• Garden of Amsterdam – Gooi & Vecht region – 60 caches
• Kop van Drenthe – 73 caches

 

New Zealand (No Listings)

 

Norway

• GeoTour 68° N 2022 Edition – 12 caches
• GeoTour 68° N 2023 Edition – 16 caches

Portugal

• Alentejo GeoTour – 141 caches
• GeoTour Azores – 144 caches
• Lagoa GeoTour – Azores Islands – 33 caches
• Ponta Delgada – Azores Islands – 45 caches

Singapore

• Seletar Aerospace Park – 25 caches

Spain (No Listings)

Switzerland

• Explore Fully – 20 caches
• Explore Sion – 11 caches

 

 

U.S. GeoTrails

Alabama

No Listing

Alaska

• HELP – 13 mile trail

Arkansas

• Arkansas State Parks – 53 caches

California

• Preserve Circuit Geo-Challenge – Cache through the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space in California.  Get your passport here

Colorado

• Denver Public Library GeoTrail – 26 Caches at various public libraries in the Denver area.  Offers coins for the first 200 cachers to complete the cache trail

Florida

• Okaloosa County Geocache Trail – 26 other caches also in Okaloosa County, Florida.  Download the passport here

Georgia

• AMNHA Geo-PATH – Over 60 caches just outside of Atlanta.  Get your Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area passport here
• Jackson County Heritage GeoTrail – 30 caches in Jackson County.  Download the passport here
• Magic City Rail Quest – Merriweather County
• Rail-Quest Journey – Merriweather County
• The Real Woodbury Zombie GeoQuest – Merriweather County,

Illinois

• Illinois River Road – 90 caches along the Illinois River Road

Kentucky

• Hatfield McCoy GeoTrail – 20 Geocaches in Eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia – Trackable coin – Each cache contains a unique crayon rubbing to be collected on the passport
• Richmond, Kentucky Parks and Recreation GeoTrail – 30 caches in Richmond. Visit the webpage here

Louisiana

• Atchafalaya Basin GeoTrail – Atchafalaya Basin
• Louisiana Office of State Parks Geo Project – Cache in Louisiana State Parks
• Solomon Northrup  GeoTrail – The 12 Years a Slave Geotrail

Maryland

• Caching the Rain Geocaching Trail – 6 caches in Montgomery County
• Georick’s GeoTrail – 17 caches along the Seneca Creek Greenway Trail, between Route 355 (Frederick Rd) and Route 117 (Clopper Rd) in Northern Maryland.  We’ve completed this GeoTrail and highly recommend it!  Bring your camera and enjoy the great caches!
• Washington County GeoTrail – 35 geocaches in the Washington County/Hagerstown area.  Download your passport here

Nebraska

• Shannon Trail – Over 350 caches in Knox and Cedar counties, Nebraska AND a total of over 650 caches in the area

New Jersey

• Duke Farms GeoTrail – 11 caches placed along the Duke Farms property in New Jersey

New York

• The Adirondack Coast GeoTrail – Visit Lake Champlain, historic sites, farmland, a chasm, beautiful State Parks and much more in New York. 30 caches
• Bridges and Arches of Central Park – An extensive Multi-Cache tour of Central Park in New York City
• Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway GeoTrail – 20 Geocaches in New York state – 15 caches needed to qualify for the commemorative coin
• Great Lakes Seaway Trail GeoTrail – 75 caches along the lake in New York and Pennsylvannia
• New York’s Amish GeoTrail – Western Cattaraugus County. Explore the Enchanted Mountains. 24 caches

North Carolina

• NC Civil War 150 GeoTrail – This trail will walk you into the Civil War and North Carolina’s past.  Print your passport here

Ohio

• Anderson Township Park District GeoTrail – Anderson Park Township has 13 caches to offer
• Friends of Hudson Parks – Earn a Pathtag for your efforts by finding 6 caches
• GeoTrail in the Parks – Clermont County

Oklahoma

• Top of OK Barn Quilt Trail – 40 caches near barn quilt locations

Oregon

• Cache the Stash Challenge – Discover great caches in the Mt. Hood Territory

Pennsylvania

• Butler Freeport Trail Historic GeoTrail – 20 caches placed at historic locations.  Get the passport here
• Clarion North Country Trail GeoTrail – 20 caches
• Great Lakes Seaway Trail GeoTrail – 75 caches along the lake in New York and Pennsylvannia
• Hanover GeoTrail – Main Street Hanover presents 20 caches
• Main Line Canal Greenway GeoTrail – 320 miles of caching.  Logbook here

South Carolina

• Hitting the Books GeoTrail – Spartanburg County libraries. 10 caches
• Spartanburg Heritage Trail – 20 caches in Spartanburg County

Texas

• Texas State Parks Geocache Challenge – Rewards for 10, 20, 30, 50, and 80 caches found – Awards include Entry, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum Level Pathtags, keychains, stickers, medal challenge sticker, discounts for state park store purchases, park and camping visits

Washington

• A Short History of Battle Ground – Find 2 of 3 Multi-caches plus 4 more caches in the Battle Ground area

West Virginia

• Gadgets of Berkeley County –
• Hatfield McCoy GeoTrail – 20 Geocaches in Eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia – Trackable coin – Each cache contains a unique crayon rubbing to be collected on the passport
• MothMan GeoTrail
• Mystery Caches of Berkely County GeoTrail – 15 caches in Berkely County.  Mostly WVTim gadget caches!
• SMART Caches of Berkely County – 15 caches in West Virginia.  WVTim gadget and SMART caches

Worldwide GeoTrails

• Bogn Mega Trail – 1001 caches in the middle of Norway
• Millennium Way GeoTrail – 46 caches on the beautiful Isle of Man.

NOTE:  GeocachersCompass.com periodically checks all of the GeoTour and GeoTrail listings to see if they are still active.  Please verify that the listing is enabled before heading out to find the caches.  GeocachersCompass.com is not responsible for the status of any listing.