First GeoTour in Mississippi launches Friday

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) – You will have heard of a Geocache, however what makes this a GeoTour?

VISITHattiesburg and Hub Metropolis Cache mixed with their sponsors to make this GeoTour doable. The objective is to discover locations you wouldn’t usually go to whereas nonetheless seeing the sights that Hattiesburg has to supply.

“Geocaching is for everyone,” stated Shawn Harris, the founding father of Hub Metropolis Cache. “These Geocaches are most likely probably the most versatile that you just’ll discover. We’ve some which are in public parks throughout the metropolis of Hattiesburg, we have now some which are hidden on non-public property and we have now a Geocache on the Black Creek Mountaineering Path.”

You first go to Geocaching.com to register a username. Subsequent, you’ll obtain the Geocaching app and seek for the Hattiesburg GeoTour (GT4BF).

There are 40 caches to seek out, which you find by means of a GPS sign and clues.

As soon as you discover one, you signal the log and write the code in your ‘passport’. As soon as you discover not less than 35, chances are you’ll flip your passport in to T-Bones Data and Cafe, The Fortunate Rabbit, or mail it in to obtain your coin.

This sport is designed to deliver guests into the Hub Metropolis and permit residents to discover Hattiesburg additional than they’ve earlier than.

The GeoTour is free to take part in. The official launch was Friday, however chances are you’ll full the GeoTour at any time.

These geocaches are supposed to be discovered, however you could have to look in some uncommon locations.

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