Geocaching Merit Badge Requirements Released
You won’t need your GPS unit to find the Geocaching merit badge requirements. We’ve got them right here.
The merit badge pamphlet is not yet available, but the Boy Scouts of America wanted to get the official requirements in the hands of Scouts and Scouters as soon as possible. The BSA knows that troops, districts, and councils will be planning spring and summer activities around this newest merit badge.
Here are a few highlights of what Scouts will learn while earning Geocaching merit badge:
- Precautions necessary to have a safe time while searching for geocaches
- Geocaching etiquette and how the principles of Leave No Trace apply
- Geocaching terms
- How GPS technology works
- Steps for finding and logging a cache
- How to use geocaching.com, the official online home of geocaching
But it isn’t all “classroom work.” The majority of the merit badge involves Scouts searching for geocaches. They’ll also have the opportunity to create and hide their own caches.
Click here to download a copy of the Geocaching Merit Badge Requirements
ASM Helms and others will be teaching this class soon for those Troop 108 scouts who are interested.