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 ...

SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES employees Joanne Lombardi and Steve Bunn recently climbed to the highest hill on the lab’s property, crossing through security gates and thick grass. From there, they ...

People of all ages can benefit from spending more time in nature. Immersing yourself in the outdoors is a fantastic way to improve both your physical and mental health. But just wandering the same old ...

As physical collections shrink in response to the digital revolution, most libraries are looking for ways to keep the turnstile spinning. In central New York near Syracuse, Liverpool Public Library ...

As a geocaching enthusiast, Dwight Wingert of Hagerstown has climbed to the top of Mount Whitley in California and hiked through the Grand Canyon — all to find a plastic box filled with dollar-store ...

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 ...

Before smartphones were really ‘smart’, youngsters were traipsing around the countryside on the hunt for hidden treasure – with GPS device as their guide. Geocaching became a worldwide phenomenon in ...

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 ...