Geocaching

Geocaching in The Colony

The Colony Parks and Recreation Department supports the sport of geocaching, using a GPS unit and the World Wide Web to place and locate a "cache" in your park system. We believe that geocaching will increase the public's exposure to the parks and historical sites within the City of The Colony. We also encourage the practice of "Cache in, Trash out" - helping to clean up the parks one cache at a time by bringing a trash bag and doing a little park cleanup while hunting for or placing a geocache.

There is always the possibility for geocaching to cause problems. People could place caches in dangerous or sensitive locations, bury them, or hunt them during times when parks are closed to the public. To avoid problems, The Colony has created the following geocaching guidelines:

Guidelines

We ask that you post information about park curfews on the cache description. It is very tempting to break the rules "just this once" if unaware of park restrictions when hunting that cache.

  • Use common sense. Don't hide a cache in an area that will present a danger to others who might be looking for it or to park visitors who are unaware of the sport. This includes, but is not limited to, activities such as burying a cache, leaving a cache at the edge of a cliff or up in a tree. We want everyone who uses the parks to have a safe, informative, and pleasant visit.
  • Stay on the trails, when available. The trails are there to provide access to sensitive areas, but limit the impact of visitors on those areas.
  • Be sure to stress the importance of staying on the marked trails.
  • No dangerous objects or substances may be cached in the parks. The definition of dangerous objects or substances is at the discretion of the Community Services Director.
  • The Colony Parks and Recreation Department reserves the right to confiscate any geocache found on park property, for any reason.
  • Of course, the rules that apply to all other park visitors apply to geocachers.

Have fun, be safe, and enjoy your parks and the sport of geocaching!