[Keystone]

This topic is to let you know about the regional geocaching organizations near you. These groups sponsor event caches and online forums where geocachers in the same area can get to know each other and share information. Geocaching organizations play a pivotal role in maintaining good relations with the land managers for the parks and forests where we play our game. Getting involved in your local group is a great way to make new friends and find answers to questions about the local caching scene.

It is up to representatives of the organizations to maintain this thread as a list of links to the Geocaching Groups in the Northeast States (Delaware, D.C., Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia). Please feel free to write a brief post about your geocaching group, giving its name, the area where most of its members live, and a link to the group's website, forums or mailing list. If your information changes later on, post a follow-up post.

Please do not use this pinned topic to promote individual events or initiatives that your group is undertaking. You can start separate topics for those. The moderating team may split out off topic posts into their own threads.

Finally, please note that this thread is not an endorsement by Groundspeak of any organization. It's just a convenient list of links.

This post has been edited by Keystone: 10 April 2007 - 03:25 PM

[DocDiTTo]

Here in Harrisburg we have GOTCHA:

Geocachers Of The Central Harrisburg Area

GOTCHA Yahoo Group

Our group mainly consists of South-Central Pennsylvania cachers in Dauphin, Cumberland, Lancaster, and Perry counties, but anyone is welcome.

[ODragon]

Here in South Eastern PA, we have

SEPAG

We don't have any real border and have members from all over South Eastern PA as well as other states. We overlap with many of the other regional groups in PA. Everyone is welcome to join, we're always happy to have new people.

[lindsychris]

Pittsburgh Area Geocaching Association

~A group of individuals fostering the open-minded growth and development of Geocaching in Western Pennsylvania. ~

Our goal is to be supportive of people who enjoy all styles of geocaching, from the simple micros to advanced mountain hikes. Our forum is here to provide a free exchange of ideas in a positive and constructive manner.

PAGA

This post has been edited by lindsychris: 11 April 2007 - 02:19 PM

[The Leprechauns]

NWPA GeoCachers has been around since early 2003 and has more than 300 members, centered in the Erie, PA area but also drawing from surrounding counties in Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio.

The group has a message board/mailing list -- see NWPA GeoCachers Yahoo Group, a weekly chat through GeoChums, and frequent event caches.

[KerBear]

I'll add our Butler area cachers group. We're north of Pittsburgh, Pa by about 1 hr. we're pretty new just organized this month. We're a smaller group but active. have lots of events, CITO, and fun times. our IT guy is working on web pages for us but here's what we have so far: http://bacon.freeforums.org/index.php

[bogleman]

Kinzu area geocachers NWPA area
Oil Region Cachers NWPA area
New York State Geocachers New York State Geocachers
Southern Tier GeocachersNWPA& Southern NY area
KYOWVA geocaching forums KY - OH - WV area

This post has been edited by Keystone: 19 April 2007 - 04:08 PM

[olbluesguy]

Still in the organizing stage,and up and running..NEPAG.
Northeast Pa geocachers ...Luzerne, Lackawanna,Bradford,Susquahanna, Pike, Wayne, Monroe, Carbon,Columbia,and Sullivan Countys.
events are already in the works Come check things out
http://nepageocachers.org

[IV_Warrior]

Centered on the State College area, but including all of "central PA" you have the http://www.centralpageocachers.org Our website and forum are up and running, drop by anytime.

[macatac1961]

Long Island, NY
LIGO

[unimoggers]

We've been quiet lately, but have around for a while. We're the Pocono Geocachers. Not a fancy name, but more than two years ago we adopted a portion of 191 in the Adopt-a-Highway program and are STILL waiting for the highway department to put up our sign. They've had the sign for nearly two years... ahhh progress. We post pictures of past events at: http://groups.msn.com/PoconoGeoCachers
We'll be posting pictures of the Third Annual Easter Egg Hunt just as soon as we have it on Saturday, April 14. Also, we have adopted a maple tree at the Meesing Center which has a very difficult geocache nearby. JennyCaz created a logo a while back and one of these days I'm going to get it up on the site. That's about it!

[King of Pennsylvania]

Sure you could join one of those "other" geocaching groups, but if you want to be part of something special...

Just kidding to all you geocachers out there.

York County Geocaching Society

This is the link to our website. We are a fun-loving dedicate group that meets once a month (very informal). We plan 2 or 3 geocaching events a year on top of our monthly meetings. Additionaly we have adopted a highway in York County and do CITO events on it roughly every other month. We organize a "Beginners Event" every year and are always willing to help out a struggling geocacher. We also have formed a waymarking team and have at this time one waymarking category (Retired Prisons).

In the past we have organized a geocaching activity for sick children and we have created our own trackable geocaching coin (I think we still have some) and a travel bug race. If you have any questions please feel free to post on our website or contact me via geocaching.com

Good caching to all of you.

This post has been edited by Brown Bear: 12 April 2007 - 02:41 PM

[Evil Chicken]

South Jersey Geocaching

From the website: "The South Jersey Geocaching Organization exists to promote the sport of geocaching within Southern New Jersey. We are a group of active geocachers who use the resources of the South Jersey Geocaching Organization to socialize with other members, work cooperatively with land managers and to promote responsible geocaching in our area. We invite all interested geocachers living, actively caching or interested in caching in Southern New Jersey to join us!"

Edit: (typo)

This post has been edited by Evil Chicken: 13 April 2007 - 11:56 AM

[The Leprechauns]

Geochums is a group without borders. Although its membership is heavily tilted towards Northeast Ohio, many Chums hail from Western PA, New York and West Virginia. Anyone can join, and the focus of the group is on helping each other with questions and having FUN.

Geochums has its own weekly chat, and also hosts chats for other organizations such as the NWPA Geocachers.

[Phil Trigo]

TRIGO is a (dis)organization of geocaching enthusiasts in southwestern Pennsylvania. We’re not sure what TRIGO stands for but we think that it could be an acronym for Three Rivers Informal Geocaching Organization or something like that. The purpose of this group is to coordinate events and promote geocaching in our area. There are no dues or anything like that because we want to keep this club free and fun. [attack against other organizations removed by mod] TRIGO does not exclude anybody or their opinions from our forum. Anyone interested in geocaching in SWPA can join us in our disorganization.

- Phil Trigo, Virtual President.

This post has been edited by NJ Admin: 19 April 2007 - 12:11 PM

[DaisyChain]

I didn't notice the first state organization:



http://www.mdgps.org


Celebrating our fifth anniversary this year!

This post has been edited by DaisyChain: 16 May 2007 - 03:42 AM

[GPS Guy]

New York Capital Region Geocachers

[robert]

http://www.novago.org

[Team Ferret]

I know our group was already mentioned, but I thought I would give an official posting.

Southern Tier Geocachers covers counties in N.Y. and P.A.

Here is a list of the areas we generally cover.

N.Y. - Broome, Tioga, Chemung, Steuben, Delaware, Schuyler, Tompkins, Cortland, Otsego and Chenango.

P.A. - Bradford, Susquehanna, Wayne and Tioga.

Southern Tier Geocachers

[mtndave]

Although NEPAG may have been previously listed I would again like to invite all the great Geocachers of Northeast Pennsylvania to visit our NEPAG Fourms.

[Devil Duckies]

Long Island Geocaching Organization has a new web page!



CLick Here!

[Nochipra]

This is the Hampton Roads Geocachers Yahoo Group:

http://groups.yahoo....HamptonRoadsVA/

They are a large group with almost 500 members.

This is a new site for Virginia geocachers:

http://www.vageocachers.org/

Great new site!

[Peconic Bay Sailors]

Northern New Jersey Cachers
NNJC LINK

This post has been edited by Peconic Bay Sailors: 18 November 2007 - 03:20 PM

[ChileHead]

Geocachers of the Rochester (NY) Area

[rock_rat]

We have a group named MAGPI, the Mountaineer Area Geocaching Persons of Interest. Most of our membership ranges from north central West Virginia through the northern panhandle and even southern PA. We have an unofficial get together on the last Thursday of every month.


http://www.magpi.us

[ekitt10]

Spawned from the fine cachers from the north & south of the great state of New Jersey.
Not far from the NJT exit 9, GSP exit 123, and Sprung from cages on Highway 9 ...

Greetings from Central Jersey!

http://centraljerseygeocaching.net/

This post has been edited by ekitt10: 01 May 2008 - 04:42 PM

[flper]

In Schuylkill County and Surrounding areas you now have

Schuylkill Geocachers www.schuylkillgeocachers.com

[softball29]

Seeing as we're kind of in the middle of everywhere else, we've created a new club called the "Stuck in the Middle Cachers," which basically covers Delaware County, Otsego County and some surrounding communities in New York.

Feel free to come and join us: Stuck in the middle cachers!

[Tatanka49]

The New York City Metropolitan Area has a new up and coming organization--

METRO NY GEOCACHING SOCIETY. We started in February 2008 and have an active forum, a logo (which I haven't a clue how to post here) and about 80 members from the five boroughs of New York City and Westchester County and Long Island.

In the short time that we have been around, we have held 3 gatherings, 1 CITO, Geocaching 101 events and one WWFM and will have another in the fall. We areworking on a banner and a coin that we hope to unveil shortly.

We have started a series of caches in the NYC with movie location themes, expanded on the SPARE US another Urban Micro series and many of our members are actively involved in puzzle caching and are working on the new Mid-Atlantic Puzzle Challenge.

Stop by our forum website at METROGC.org.

[addisonbr]

 Tatanka49, on Sep 18 2008, 04:54 PM, said:

We started in February 2008 and have an active forum, a logo (which I haven't a clue how to post here)

I got your back

[ngauger]

Delaware Geocachers

[Novac]

Since NYGO recently shut down, we have the Geocaching in Central New York forums.





In CNY we also have the CNYCachers @ Yahoo! Groups which has been around for quite a while.

[linuxxpert]

Hi!
This year a few friends came together and slowly grew into a small group of extreme caching enthusiasts, some crazy caches were completed and before we knew it we had a successful website at
http://www.extreme-caching.com where brave cachers from all over the world come together and recommend/discuss/brag about their adventures.
Our core group the “Extreme Team” organizes trips all over the mid-atlantic region and tries to introduce as many people as possible to this form of geocaching. Come visit our website and forum and you’ll see what it is all about. You’re Invited!

[avgraphics]

The number of Geocaching organizations scattered throughout the Mid-Atlantic (previously known as the "Northeast") region continues to grow & grow!! I thought that it would be helpful to see how they are distributed geographically.. so I created a new My Maps on Google depicting all those listed in this forum topic and I'm placing the link to it here for all to enjoy!

LINK:
Mid-Atlantic Geocaching Region - State and local Geocaching Organizations

[dubulskuls]

Hudson Valley Explorers

Hudson Valley Explorers is a Facebook group for geocachers, letterboxers, explorers and adventurers in the Hudson Valley.

Stephen Gilman
Kingston, New York

[captainmath]

The Tri-State Geocachers is our area's geocaching society centered at the Tri-State point of PA, NY, and NJ and including geocachers from all three states. Our monthly Tri-State Meet, Greet and Eat is in its third year of gatherings and is held on Friday nights in Matamoras, PA, and we have many other events, including our annual Tri-State Treasures picnic in mid- to late-June and Geo Tech U, our annual conference with sessions on geocaching technology. Cachers from any area are always welcome at our events.

As of the time of this post, our second annual Geo Tech U is just a week away and has sessions for beginners and experienced cachers. Come and join us!

This post has been edited by captainmath: 16 January 2010 - 02:32 AM

[edscott]

 mtndave, on Aug 30 2007, 09:27 PM, said:

Although NEPAG may have been previously listed I would again like to invite all the great Geocachers of Northeast Pennsylvania to visit our site

Here's the new link to NEPAG

http://nepageocachers.com/

This post has been edited by edscott: 31 August 2010 - 10:39 AM

[six-pac]

Lancaster County PA has started a group called Lancaster Organization for Seeking Tupperware (L.O.S.T.)
Keep up with us at our website: www.lostcachers.com

[blueline_geocachers]

About Us
The Blueline Geocaching Association (BLGA) is a group of geocachers (Inside and Outside the Adirondack Blue Line) who are committed to promoting safe, responsible, and environmentally friendly geocaching. We welcome the involvement and cooperation of park management and government to work with us in the development of this activity both to benefit both geocachers and parks alike. The BLGA also provides a way for people to come together to organize regional activities and events that will promote the credibility of the sport and bring families together in an outdoor environment. Join us, It's a great way to show your support for Geocaching in the Adirondack park and Northern New York. Membership is free and joining is easy to do. To become a member of BLGA you must Register as a user of the BLGA Forums. Also, when placing geocaches in the Adirondack Park, please use the BLGA logo on your cache pages to help promote the organization. You might even consider hosting an event under the BLGA. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us!

www.bluelinegeocachers.org

This post has been edited by Keystone: 22 December 2010 - 06:11 AM
Reason for edit: removed oversized image

[Angry-Beaver]

Here in South Eastern PA, we have

We don't have any real border and have members from all over South Eastern PA as well as other states. We overlap with many of the other regional groups in PA. Everyone is welcome to join, we're always happy to have new people.
UPDATED - UPDATE*** Alas it seems that the SEPAG site is no longer working. There is a new Facebook page added to help keep those interested updated. Nothing like the old site but come check it out and join:
SEPAG on Facebook
-Angry Beaver

This post has been edited by Angry-Beaver: 13 July 2011 - 06:15 AM

[paintblr]

The Great Hazleton Area Geocaching Society Located in Hazleton Pennsylvania. founded in Feb 2011 350 registered members 60 active members. Multiple events,Weekly Cache trips on all Sundays from spring to fall. Owns 150 caches From Hazleton Thru White Haven Pa. Join us on facebook at "Hazleton Geocaching", Check out our website at www.hazletongeocaching.com. email us for information at hazletongeocache@gmail.com.
If your looking for that super active group that goes all year long we are the group for you !!!

[Cachew Knutz]

 Nochipra, on 11 October 2007 - 03:47 AM, said:

This is a new site for Virginia geocachers:

http://www.vageocachers.org/

It seems that this website is no longer valid.

[Cachew Knutz]

.


Fredericksburg Geocachers
is a group for geocachers based in
Fredericksburg, Virginia, the
surrounding counties of Stafford,
Spotsylvania, Orange and Caroline
and other parts of the central
Rappahannock region.
.

[JamieIUP]

A group of students at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania have just started up a group to go out together and cache. Would love to team up with any groups in the area along with getting some help from other groups about what we need and where to get it so it's affordable. And anything else that will help us keep the group going. Thanks guys!!!!

IUP Gocachers

[sabrefan7]

There is a NEW Western New York Group Please check them out

http://wnygeocachers.com/

[TeamMedlock]

Eastern Shore of Virginia Geocachers (NEW)

Whether you are a current, past or possible future geocacher , you are welcome to be a member of the group. This is for anyone and everyone that has anything to do with geocaching. If you are interested in geocaching and would like to learn more about it , you can check out this site www.geocaching.com , or even send me a message and I will be glad to help answer your questions.
We are accepting anyone who would like to be a member, send an e-mail with a brief description of who you are and what you would like to do or what your goals are with this group and a picture and you will be added to the members list and featured in a members album. You can Email us or send a message through Facebook ( ESVA Geocachers). After recruiting more members we will hold occasional meetings in the style of Meet and Greets and discuss po:antenna: ssible future events and introduce one another and plan caches and so forth. ESVA Geocachers
Hope to hear from you soon.

This post has been edited by TeamMedlock: 17 June 2012 - 03:12 PM

[Team BlackZ]

This is the Yahoo Group for the CVGA (Central Virginia Geocaching Association) All are welcome to join our group. Just let us know a little about yourself.

http://groups.yahoo....alvageocaching/

This post has been edited by Team BlackZ: 22 June 2012 - 02:52 PM

[Team Geofrog]

For those of you in the Lower Hudson Valley area of New York, New York City, Northern New Jersey, or Southern Connecticut, there's the
Lower Hudson Geocachers which can be found at http://lohudgc.forummotion.com/ and on facebook at http://on.fb.me/lowerhudsongeocachers (the more popular choice). Come visit us!

[AcousticNut]

We have a new GeoCaching group for people in Shenango and Mahoning River Valleys which cover Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio. The group is still in infancy, so we're encouraging all users in the Sharon, Youngstown, New Castle area to come on in and see what's happening. Your contributions will help contribute to the direction of the group.

You can sign up for and contribute to the GeoMaSh (Geocachers of the Mahoning and Shenango) forums at the following link:

http://geomash.freegametalk.com

Thanks!

[btaudel]

I have a group for the Southtowns area in Western New York. We don't just to Geocaching but that is one of the many things we do enjoy. Check it out....

http://www.facebook....02990489760197/

We cover East Aurora, Wales, Hamburg, Orchard Park and other southtowns in the Buffalo area.