Geocaching
Sebring Area GeoTour:
Florida’s Hidden Gem
The Sebring Area offers a vibrant geocaching scene, inviting adventurers to embark on a modern-day treasure hunt to uncover hidden treasures in diverse terrains. Discover the Sebring region through an exciting GeoTour that showcases its unique history, outdoor adventures, and charming towns. Navigate four GeoTrails—Ranch & Harvest, Parks & Recreation, Historic, and Art & Culture—using your GPS or smartphone. Enjoy caching at cattle ranches, citrus groves, museums, and parks while exploring the neighboring communities of Sebring, Avon Park, Lake Placid, Lorida, and Venus. Each cache contains unique items and logbooks, fostering community among geocachers. Ideal for families or solo explorers, Sebring promises fun and memorable experiences through this interactive outdoor activity.
How it Works
A GeoTour is a series of specifically located geocaches designed to give geocatchers a tour of the area. Caches often have a theme or historical significance, and GeoTours offer rewards, such as a geocoin or wooden nickel, for completing all or part of the tour. Add codes and stamps from each geochache location to your passport, which will be used as proof of completing the tour.
- Register a username at Geocaching.com
- Download a geocaching app to your smartpnone and find the Sebring Area Geo Tour
- Locate the hidden caches by traveling throughout the Sebring area, including Avon Park, Lake Placid, Lorida, and Venus.
- When you find a cache, sign the log, take a sticker game piece, and affix it to your game sheet
- Record your find using the Geocaching app
- After locating the specified number of caches, posters, and Adventure Labs in the GeoTour Passport, submit your completed passport game sheet to Visit Sebring to receive your official geocoin.
Mail to: Visit Sebring, 501 S. Commerce Avenue, Sebring, FL 33870 or email to rfultz@highlandsfl.gov
Frequently Asked Questions
In order to locate a cache, you’ll need either a GPS device or GPS-enabled mobile phone. You will also need to signup for a membership on Geocaching.com, and a basic membership is free.
Once you locate the cache, write about your discovery in the logbook, which is located in the cache, but don’t forget to leave the logbook in the cache for the next person to write in. If you decide to take an item from the cache, you must replace it with an item of equal or greater value. Then, record your adventure using the Geocaching app.
Geocaches range in size from Micro (less than 100ml) to Large (20L or larger). Some are also listed as “Other,” and you’ll need to see the cache description for more information. Caches come in all shapes and forms; it could be a clear plastic container, a canister or a secret compartment in a fake rock. You can get a general idea of a cache’s size by reading the caches description.
It will be a surprise! You never know what previous cache visitors have left behind in the cache. However, a cache will always contain a logsheet or logbook for you to document your find.
Geocaching Gallery
We want to see your adventure. Post your photos from the Sebring Area GeoTour on social media using our hashtags: #SebringGeoTour #VisitSebring