Westborough Public Library Presents Geocaching Program

From Westborough Public Library: The Westborough Public Library will be presenting a program on Geocaching on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at 7 p.m. as part of the adult summer reading program, “Build a Better World”. The program will be presented by the Gillins who are the author of the book, “The Joy of Geocaching”.

For those not familiar with the term, geocaching is a real-world outdoor treasure hunt. Players use a GPS-enabled device to navigate to specific geographic coordinates, then try to find the geocache (some kind of container) hidden there. Each geocache has a log book inside that you sign, and sometimes there are small items inside that you can take. Good geocache etiquette says if you take something from a cache you should leave something of equal or greater value inside.

The library has also just added a geocaching kit that you can borrow. The Library's Geocaching Kit includes a handheld Garmin eTrex 20x GPS device and a copy of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Geocaching. Staff have pre-loaded all the Westborough geocaches on the device, along with a number of caches in surrounding towns.Headed on vacation? Load up the device with your destination's geocaches and search for treasure while you're there!

Come find about this great activity and then start your geocaching adventure!

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