Texas geocachers have ranked their favorite geocaches through the Geocaching.com’s ranking system that allows geocachers to ‘favorite’ one cache for every ten geocaches they find.
These caches may be favorited by members because it was a good puzzle, a new experience, or one that just have that “wow” factor because of the scenery, location or uniqueness of the cache.
These are the caches in Texas that geocachers enjoyed the most.
Necropolis of Britannia Manor III (GC2B034)
This is Texas’ most favorited geocache! There are eight chapters of exploration that cover many miles of Texasin the Austin area. It will take you several hours to accomplish. The terrain elements include graveyards, deep woods and tangled brush. The private property that part of the puzzle lays upon gives the cache owner the opportunity to embellish his surroundings. If you are easily scared by the likes of the undead, you may want to pass on this one. But, who can pass on the Lone Star State’s most popular cache!
Just west of Amarillo, off of Route 66, this Texaslandmark has a virtual geocache associated with it. If you are in the area, this is one piece of Americana you don’t want to miss. As a matter of fact, it may be worth a special trip to the area.
Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Museum (GCB6A8)
If you find yourself in the San Antonio area of Texas, this virtual cache is the third favorite in the state. You read it right, it is a one-of-a-kind toilet seat museum located in a garage owned by Barney Smith. Barney has been featured on the Today Show and Good Morning America.
Are you interested in ghost towns and Texas history? This is a multi-waypoint geocache located in Arlington, Texas. The Berachah Cemetary is all that is left of a former home for outcast girls. You will learn some history of the Arlingtonarea, as well as some geocaching history.
13 days in 30 seconds (GCHH18)
Number five on Texas’ most favorite geocaches and winner of the 2004 Best Virtual Cache, is “13 days in 30 seconds”. Located in near the Alamo, this cache boasts to be San Antonio’s only webcam geocache. It may be a bit difficult to log this cache because once you find the webcam, you must have an accomplice with a computer that can go to the webcam’s URL and save the image that is taken every 2 minutes.
The number six cache in Texas is The Grassy Knoll, located in DealeyPlaza, downtown Dallas, Texas. This area is where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The virtual geocache has you searching for a small wall with historical information regarding this day in American and Texas History.
The seventh favorite geocache in Texasis the “Spinning Wheel”, located in SpringfieldParkin Rowlett, Texas. Described by geocachers that have found it as a “must do cache” and “One of the most memorable caching experiences I have ever had”.
This Austin“mystery” geocache is the only moving geocache in the area. Whoever finds the cache gets to move it to another location within a designated boundary, rehide the cache and place the new coordinates on the cache page. Just make sure, if you try this one, to look at the cache page and the latest logs to find the latest coordinates!
The Bug Ranch is located east of Amarillo and is the only geocache that I know of that graffiti is legal! This area is a shrine of VW Bugs, painted and decorated in a Stonehengefashion. Texas’ ninth favorite geocache is here too! It is unique in the fact that there is no log book in the cache. The VW Bugs act as the log book, so bring a marker and sign the log!
1928 Ross AvenueTB Hotel (GC13789)
Wrapping up the list at number ten is an off-set multi-cache located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas. It is an off-set cache, meaning a compass might come in handy to find the final cache. The cache is designated as a Travel Bug Hotel, so if you are interested in picking up or dropping off one of these trackables, check out the 1928 Ross AvenueTB Hotel.
This list was generated using the geocaching.com’s search function. You can find the most favorited geocaches in any area by doing a regular search for the area and then clicking on the “favorites” link at the top of the list.
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