National parks with geocaching
Bright dots offer geocaching. Tap any park to tick it off your checklist.
Quietest picks for geocaching
- 1Petrified Forest National Park315,951 visits
- 2Lassen Volcanic National Park504,777 visits
- 3Everglades National Park778,198 visits
By 2025 recreation visits (NPS).
Most parks for geocaching
- Arizona 1
- California 1
- Florida 1
- Maine 1
- Virginia 1
5 parks
Where to go for geocaching
Photo: NPS Photo by Kent MillerAcadia National Park
Maine
4,079,318 visits in 2025Quietest: February$35 / vehicle
Photo: NPS Photo by Miguel SalasEverglades National Park
Florida
778,198 visits in 2025Quietest: October$35 / vehicle
Photo: NPS Photo / Scott ArnazLassen Volcanic National Park
California
504,777 visits in 2025Quietest: December$30 / vehicle
Photo: NPS PhotoPetrified Forest National Park
Arizona
315,951 visits in 2025Quietest: February$25 / vehicle
Photo: NPS Photo / Neal LewisShenandoah National Park
Virginia
1,682,152 visits in 2025Quietest: January$30 / vehicle
Ideas from the National Park Service
Geocaching ideas, park by park
- Go Earthcaching At AcadiaSpring, Summer, Fall
Embark on an exciting journey through time to discover how glaciers have shaped Acadia National Park. Using your GPS unit and a set of clues obtained from this website and hidden along the journey, you can guide…
Reservation/permitFeePets OK
- Go Geocaching60 Minutes · All year
Go geocaching. There are multiple caches in the park including traditional and virtual.
Pets OK
From the NPS Data API's things-to-do records, checked 2026-10-01.
FAQ
Geocaching, quickly
- Which national parks offer geocaching?
- 5 of the 63 national parks list geocaching as an activity, according to the National Park Service: Acadia, Everglades, Lassen Volcanic, Petrified Forest, Shenandoah.
- What's the least crowded national park for geocaching?
- By 2025 recreation visits, Petrified Forest National Park (315,951 visits), then Lassen Volcanic (504,777). The busiest park on this list is Acadia, with 4,079,318.
Sources · 2
- 1.NPS Data API — /parks (all park units) · National Park Service (U.S. Department of the Interior)
- 2.NPS Visitor Use Statistics — monthly recreation visits, 2021–2025 (IRMA stats REST service) · National Park Service (U.S. Department of the Interior) — Visitor Use Statistics Program
Activities are the ones each park lists in the NPS Data API. Check the park's own nps.gov page for current trail, water and permit conditions.
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