Lights, camera, geocache! 🎬
Our fourth and final hiding theme of 2026 is Movie screens and animal themes. This quarter, we’re looking for geocaches inspired by the stories and characters we love to watch, and the creatures we love to encounter.
Maybe your favorite movie inspires a clever container worthy of the big screen. Perhaps a television show gives you an idea for a puzzle or gadget. Or maybe you’d rather go wild with a geocache disguised as an animal.
However you interpret the theme, it’s time to let your imagination run wild!
💡 Examples to inspire:
- Geocaches inspired by movies, television shows, or memorable characters
- Containers and puzzles that feel like props from the big or small screen
- Animal-shaped or animal-inspired containers
- Combine elements in a cache tribute to a cinematic critter
✨ More inspiration:
Ways to participate:
- Hide a movie-, television-, or animal-themed geocache between November 1 and December 31, 2026. Submit your geocache using this form.
- Find a movie-, television-, or animal-themed geocache between November 1 and December 31, 2026. Submit your find using this form.
- Share on Instagram and TikTok: Post your photos and videos and tag @geocaching. Use the hashtag #GeoHT26 for a chance to be featured on our Stories.
There are countless possibilities for what you can attach a container to, place a container under, or use to make a geocache. Use your creativity; many geocaches fit these criteria, but be sure to follow the geocache hiding guidelines.
Geocaching is universal, but some guidelines are local. Help protect the game and yourself by following all applicable guidelines when hiding a geocache.
Check out Shop Geocaching to find items to help craft your on-theme geocaches.
Whether your inspiration comes from the silver screen or the animal kingdom, we can’t wait to see what you create for our final hiding theme of 2026!
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