The Official Site of
West Virginia State Parks & Forests

West Virginia State Parks is a part of an exciting International game known as Geocaching (geo-cashing).

• What is geocaching?
• Rules and Guidelines - Geocaching Participants
• Rules and Guidelines - Placement of Caches
• Existing Geocaches in WV State Parks
  
  *permits required in WV State Parks

What is geocaching?

Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for GPS users. Participating in a cache hunt is a good way to take advantage of the wonderful features and capability of a GPS unit. The basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the site visitor with a wide variety of rewards. All the visitor is asked to do is if they take something they should try to leave something for the cache

Visit the www.geocaching.com to learn more about it and join this international community.

RULES AND GUIDELINES to geocaching in WV State Parks

There is a permit application for those wishing to place caches in state parks and/or forests in West Virginia.

Geocaching Participants

• Use good eco-manners when seeking a cache.
  Examples: do not step on wildflowers or leave litter.
• Follow established trails.
  Off-trail hiking is discouraged as it negatively impacts the environment.
• Lleave something in the cache if you take something out.
• Absolutely no tobacco, alcohol, drugs, firearms, dangerous items, adult items or food.
• Cache in - trash out.
• If there is a camera in the cache, please take a photo of yourself
• Please report blocked trails or abuse or misuse of an area to the park office.
• Log on to the web site www.geocaching.com to register your find.
• Please leave the cache where you found it. Others will be looking for it.

Have a great time exploring WV State Parks!

Placement of Caches

Persons placing a cache must have a permit issued by WV State Parks, Programming Office prior to placing the cache.

Download and print the application here Adobe Acrobat Reader required.

Permit is good for one year from the date issued.

When the permit year expires, the cache should be moved or removed and the new location re-permitted. This ensures that a particularly popular cache does not create an negative environmental impact on an area.

Monitor your permitted caches on a quarterly basis. This ensures that the cache is family-friendly. The cache should contain no food, alcohol, firearms, drugs, dangerous items or adult items.

Please use established trails for your cache. Off-trail hiking is discouraged as it negatively impacts the environment. Digging holes or disturbing the existing environment is not permitted. There is to be no earth disturbance or vegetative impact.

As a cache seeker or owner, observation of park hours, rules and regulations is applicable.

All approved caches should have an "Official Geocache" sticker with the cache. This sticker is received when the placement permit is approved.

Unauthorized geocaches on WV State Park or Forest lands will be removed and treated as abandoned property.

Audra State Park

• Family Picnic

Babcock State Park:

• Old Stone Building
• Shades of Death 2
• Survivor

Beartown State Park

• Goldilock's Worst Nightmare

Beech Fork State Park

• Campground Cache
• Igloo @ the Beech
• Reach the Beech
• Psycho Pups Cache
• Land of the Lost
• Lost Trail 
• Beech Fork Overlook 
• Beech Fork Memories

Berkeley Springs State Park

• Berkeley's Soothing Springs

Blackwater Falls State Park

• Lindy Point Cache
• Rhododendron Lane

Cabwaylingo State Forest

• The Slide
• Ike's Hike

Cacapon Resort

• Cacapon Ready Cash
• The Walk
• The Hike
• The Stroll
• Cacapon Mountain – The Overlook
• Cacapon Mountain – The Meander 
• Cacapon Mountain – The Trek

Camp Creek State Park

• Mash Fork Falls Stash
• Heart of Camp Creek

Canaan Valley Resort State Park

• Mossy Oak Cache
• The Links
• Easy Does It
• Triple Club
• Scenic View One + Two

Cathedral State Park

• Cathedral Cache

Chief Logan State Park

• Collaba-cache
• Chief Logan’s Challenge
• Chief Logan's Stash
• Mom's on the Run
• SAR DAWG #1   

Coopers Rock

• Old CCC Camp
• Coopers Rock Entrance
• Evil Sorcerer's Castle
• Top of the Rocks
• Nevermore

Fairfax Stone State Park

• Fairfax Stone 

Greenbrier River Trail

• Seebert Micro
• Seebert Cache
• Seebert 2 Cache

Hawks Nest State Park

• Hawks Beat

Holly River

• Holly River Cache
• Dreamers Meadow Cache
• Tecumseh Falls 
• Shupe’s Chute

Kanawha State Forest

• Out In A Log
• The Spirit of St. Louis and Mickey
• Snake....Run!
• The Beautiful Hawkline Sisters
• Ms. Pollys Wildcat
• The MIR Mortal 2
• Overlook Rock Library
• Let's Have a Picnic
• Powerline Overlook
• Tea Time
• Son of Gator Bait
• The Road Not Taken
• Follow the River

Little Beaver State Park

• Little Beaver Lake Cache

Lost River

• Cranny Crow
• Lost River

Moncove Lake State Park

• Devil Creek Cache

North Bend State Park

• North Bend Reunion Cache
• North Bend Cache (NB Rail Trail)
• Randal and Kathryn's 40th. Anniv.

Pinnacle Rock State Park

• Pinnacle Rock Cache
• Pinnacle Trail Cache

Pipestem Resort State Park

• Pipestem County Line Cache
• Up a River
• Lick Hollow Trail
• Turkey Spur Cache
• Pipestem Quick Cache
• Pipestem CryptoCache
• By the Bluestone
• Lake View Cache

Seneca State Forest

• The Seneca Crew Cache
• Thorny Creek Trail
• West Virginia Treasure Trove
• Island on the Greenbrier

Tomlinson Run State Park

• ELPO Rock   
• Fairview Woolen Mill 
• Hartford’s Grist Mill 
• Mineral Springs
• Tomlinsonx1
• The Poes Battle Bigfoot
• Three Trail Trek

Tu-Endie-Wei State Park

• Chief Cornstalk Letterbox

Twin Falls Resort

• Cliffside Cache
• Horsepen Knob
• Sunset Cache

Tygart Lake State Park

• Dogwood Trail
• Hiking and Eating at Tygart Lake

Valley Falls State Park

• Valley Falls Loop
• Valley Falls Cache
• Tygart Valley Gorge
• Rocky Cache

Watoga

• Watoga's Wonders
• C.C.C. Tribute
• Ranger's Cache

Watters Smith Memorial

• Watters Smith Memorial

Geocaching is fun!

Map and compass meets GPS. Technology invites outdoor exploration. WV State Parks permits this activity for guests and visitors to enjoy. Our guidelines ensure a safe caching experience, encourage families and friends to get outside, and uphold the user expectations of geocaching.com.

This site is helpful for information and posting of placement coordinates once a permit is approved. WV State Parks use coordinates from geocaching.com to include your link on this state park website.

Happy Caching.