Links
Illinois Regional Associations/Groups
Name/Link |
Region |
Description |
| CIGA – Central Illinois Geocaching Association | Central IL between I-80 and I-70 | The Central Illinois Geocaching Association (CIGA) is a nonprofit organization that encourages geocaching in central Illinois. Active members are in an area between I-80 and I-70. Club meetings rotate bimonthly between Bloomington, Decatur, Champaign, Charleston, Peoria and Springfield. |
| Geocachers | Chicago Area | Geocachers in the Chicago area for things related to Geocaching. |
| Geocaching Illinois | Chicago and Western Suburbs | Looking for Geocache-ers in the Chicago & Western Suburbs area. We are new to this fun sport and would like to communicate with like minded cachers! |
| GoGeocaching.com | Chicago and neighboring Suburbs | |
| Mid-Illini Geocachers (MIG) | Peoria and East Peoria Area | Taking caching to a new level through friendships and group caching. Located in and around Peoria and East Peoria. |
| River Valley Geocachers | Southern IL border with KY, MO, and TN | The River Valley Geocachers are a group of Geocachers geographically located within the Clarks River, Cumberland River, Tennessee River, Ohio River, and Mississippi River valleys. As such, most of our members are primarily from the states of Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, and Illinois, but we welcome members from anywhere. |
| Stateline Geocachers | North Central IL | A clearing house for information pertaining to geocaching activities in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. Mostly the counties of Stephenson, Winnebago, Boone, in Illinois and Green, Rock, and Walworth in Wisconsin. |
Geocaching Utilities
Name/Link |
Description |
| CacheSleuth | Geocaching tools designed with geocachers in mind! Coordinate conversion, mapping tools, number tools, ciphers solvers, and code conversions. |
| Geocaching Toolbox | All geocaching tools a geocacher needs in one box! From coordinate notation changes to conversions to complete different coordinate systems and from distance calculations to midpoint and intersection calculations can be found here. All results will be shown on the map as a reference, next save them as .gpx or send them directly to your GPS device. With Geocaching Live support it is also possible to import coordinates of geocaches and waypoints from Geocaching.com directly into the different tools and update your personal cache note with the result. But there is more, also word value, caesar cipher, vigenère cipher, morse code and lots more! |
| Illinois Regional Geocaching Wiki | This is a list of the known regions in Illinois that have published geocaching policies. Note that some areas may have policies but have not yet put them onto a formal web page, or may have done so, but the reviewers have not been made aware of them. As the cache owner you are responsible for determining who to contact to obtain permission. If you discover a place with a policy that is not mentioned here, please contact your local reviewer for inclusion. |
| Project-GC | Project-GC is a website aiming to provide dynamic statistics for all geocachers in the world. Besides statistics there are several map tools that might be helpful. The goal is to make the best third party geocaching site available. All statistics are produced with data from Geocaching.com, retrieved via the Geocaching LIVE api |
Geocaching Podcasts/Vlogs/Blogs/Channels
Name/Link |
Description |
| Brycefoot | Adventure comedy! Geocaching, bottle hunting, exploration, history and more! |
| Geocache Talk Network | Join us for all things geocaching – from podcasts to books, games, and more. |
| Geocaching with Halemeister | Geocaching with Halemeister is a family friendly YouTube channel that l is chock-full of videos about the great game of Geocaching and the adventures that I hope to inspire other people with! |
| The Geocaching Podcast | Welcome to the home of the Geocaching Podcast, one of the longest running geocaching podcasts and the ONLY geocaching live call-in talk show. We take your calls live on the air every Wednesday night at 9:30pm EST, 8:30pm CST |
| The Official Geocaching Blog | The official blog from Geocaching.com Headquarters |