GSA EarthCache Guidelines

Submit Your EarthCache^™ Site

Please read the guidelines
before you complete this form.

Please fill out the information below regarding your EarthCache^™ site after reading the Submittal Guidelines. Once you are finished, click on the "Submit cache" button at the bottom of the page to send it to the Geological Society of America for review. You will receive a confirmation if your EarthCache site was successfully submitted.

To meet the Earthcache guidelines and be approved, your EarthCache MUST:

contain thorough educational information for the visitor about the earth science of the site.
contain an educational task that is related to the EarthCache site/lesson. Posting a photograph or mentioning a word or number from a sign does not meet these guidelines because it does not show that learning has occurred. We suggest asking people to answer an earth science related question or have them undertake some form of measurement as the logging requirement. Please see the submittal guidelines (link) for more information about this logging requirement.
have received appropriate permission from the land owner or manager to place an EarthCache site on the land. For your EarthCache to be approved, you must list this information in the form below.
not leave any items, box, or physical cache at the site.

It is also the responsibility of the cache developer to seek and receive permission from the land-owner or manager to place an EarthCache site on any land. For your EarthCache to be approved, you must list this information in the form below.

Always keep a backup of your cache information.

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* = required information

Cache Info

Your Real Name

This name will not be displayed on Web site.

*Your E-mail Address

This e-mail address will not be displayed on Web site.

*EarthCache Name

Use a descriptive name of your site.

*Geocaching log-in Name

This is your geocaching log-in name and will be the name displayed on the Web site.

*EarthCache Classification

*GPS Coordinates (MinDec)

	degrees	minutes

*Location

State/Province:
Country:

*Type of Land

ex: State Park, National Park, National Forest, Private, County

*Phone number of public land

ex: Main phone number to National Park

Approval Permit Number

(if applicable)

*Name of Land Manager

Person giving approval/permission of EarthCache

*Overall
Rating

Difficulty	Terrain

1 is easiest, 5 is hardest. [ click here to calculate rating ]

Cache Details

Short Description of Area

Location information: terrain and general difficulty levels, elevation, etc. (255 Characters)
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NOTE: Please develop the text in Word format first, then copy and paste it into the following two designated fields.

*Educational Information

Details about the EarthCache: Thorough educational explanation of the feature or site: earth science, formation, interesting facts, links to other nearby sites, geosciences historical information, stories/legends, fossil record, etc. (8000 characters)

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Other Educational Information

Technical scientific or other information about the feature or site. Scientific notes. (2500 Characters)

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Hints/Spoiler Info

Enter any hints or spoiler information below. This information will be encrypted on the site until a geocacher clicks on a link to unencrypt it, or decodes it on the trail. Text within brackets [like this] will not be encrypted. Please keep your hints short, so decoding it on the trail is easier. If you don't have a hint, leave it blank. (500 Characters)

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Note to Reviewer

In order to expedite your new cache approval, please provide any details for the cache listing. Include answers to all logging questions.(500 Characters)

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By clicking on the "Submit Cache" button you are agreeing to all of the submittal guidelines, including that the Geological Society of America retains the right to edit, modify, delete, or archive any EarthCache that does not adhere to the submittal guidelines, or for any other purpose, including the promotion of sponsors for the EarthCache program.

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