Mapleton Geocaching Project

The students have their own cache tucked away on a country road somewhere in Mapleton. We have had 49 geocachers visit our cache, log in and trade treasures from our box.

Students are also tracking the mileage of their “travel bugs” as they travel around the world. The bugs are metal tags with a tracking number that fellow geocachers pick up and move to another cache at a different location. The website is used to log all the movement and miles of the bugs. We use “Google Earth” and maps to study the travels of our bugs.

Through this project the students have received communication from other worldwide participants encouraging the students and telling them about the places fellow geocachers are traveling.



Monday, April 5, 2010

Geocache Mileage Update


Craig the Otter 2 – 8480 miles. This travel bug went to the Caymen Islands, Pennsylvania, then South Carolina, before actually traveling by camel to Camelback Mountain near Scottsdale, Arizona!

Craig the Otter - 1439 miles, now resting on top of Carver Mountain in Laveen, AZ..

Barrett the Otter – 3147 miles, now resting in West Virginia. This bug has not moved all year. We hope we have not lost him!

Ross the Otter – 14,827 miles, now resting Rheinland Pfalz, Germany. The logs for this travel bug are in many different languages. Check it out.

Tim the Otter – 8245 miles. This traveler has been happily making several stops around New South Wales, Australia, and is now rock climbing in Australia Capital Territory.

Chief Siltcoos the Otter – has not moved from the Oregon Coast after traveling 230 miles around the state. Perhaps like his namesake, retirement suits him!

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